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Former good article nomineeJohn F. Kennedy was a History good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
On this day... Article milestones
DateProcessResult
July 8, 2005 Peer reviewReviewed
November 17, 2005 Featured article candidateNot promoted
June 29, 2006 Good article nomineeNot listed
August 3, 2016 Guild of Copy EditorsCopyedited
On this day... A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the " On this day..." column on May 29, 2017.
Current status: Former good article nominee

Flight training in 1944

John F. Kennedy received flight training in 1944 at the Embry-Riddle Float School. 10 flights prior to soloing a Piper Cub J-3 on floats on his 27th birthday.

ERAU historian solves JFK flight mystery - AOPA https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/may/30/erau-historian-solves-jfk-mystery 57.140.48.28 ( talk) 09:43, 5 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 8 April 2024

John Freaky Kennedy Johnfreakykennedy ( talk) 12:27, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. '''[[ User:CanonNi]]''' ( talk| contribs) 12:33, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply
This is an acceptable and very good edit 208.118.175.250 ( talk) 13:12, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 18 April 2024

to edit where it says that jfk is the youngest president he was the second youngest my a few months. Doomer100m ( talk) 15:44, 18 April 2024 (UTC) reply

 Not done: Roosevelt was the youngest to serve as president, but he was sworn in after McKinley's assassination and was not elected until 3 years later. Kennedy was the youngest elected, which is what the article currently says. Jamedeus ( talk) 18:10, 18 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Editing the Health section

There is an awkwardness in this section regarding the three physicians who treated Kennedy.

George Burkley is first identified as Kennedy's "physician" but later as the President's "primary White House physician." I think the more detailed description of Burkley should come first (as should always be the case but sadly is often not, as I've seen in many other articles).

The really needed change is in regard to Burkley's determination that Jacobson and Travell were providing "medically inappropriate" treatments. It says in the article that Jacobson's involvement in treating the President was unknown to the other two doctors. In that case, how could Burkley have made a diagnosis regarding Jacobson's treatment, if he didn't know Jacobson was treating Kennedy?

It must be that Jacobson's involvement eventually came to the attention of Burkley and Travell, or at least to Burkley's attention. If so, simply inserting the phrase "at first" in the fourth paragraph, where Jacobson is first mentioned and his involvement is described as unknown to the other two doctors, could resolve the problem. Rontrigger ( talk) 20:56, 18 May 2024 (UTC) reply