A fact from Richard Pink appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 May 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Wing Commander Richard Pink led No. 2 (Indian) Wing during Pink's War, the first independent action of the Royal Air Force, and is the only RAF officer after whom a campaign is named?
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I have not classified this page yet myself - I do not believe in self-rating of articles above stub class - but believe that it fairly well meets all but B2 of the B-class rating. Specifically, I believe that there is a good deal more information that could be added, especially with regards to Pink's naval career, and I've not seen much on the submarine, anti-submarine, and aircraft and anti-aircraft projects in which he was involved during WWI while at the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Air Service. – Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 18:54, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
FYI I cam across this running the 'unassessed biogs' category..I don't rate them very high myself, more filling out the basics. This does deserves a higher rating though...I just don't do it in my 'semi-auto' run of these. Revent (talk) 03:44, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Could Pink be the "unidentified major" (back row middle) in the following photo? Greenshed (talk) 11:45, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The British Air Section at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
Very possibly! I had been meaning to add his time at the Paris Peace Conference and sort out the RAF section, so firstly thank you for that. I'll have to do some research on the delegation to the conference to establish if it is likely to be him, or there are any other majors not mentioned in the photograph, but if it is, then this is a real find! — Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 17:23, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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