Notability
Anthony L. Jackson meets WP:SOLDIER (commanded a major military formation: Marine Corps Installations West, six bases across California and Arizona) and WP:GNG (significant secondary coverage in independent reliable sources for both his military career and his subsequent appointment as director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation).
Significant secondary coverage includes:
- California Governor's Office press release on his 2012 appointment.
- KPBS coverage of the Ruth Coleman resignation and Jackson's appointment in the wake of the $54 million hidden-funds scandal.
- Capital Public Radio coverage of his 2014 resignation as parks director.
- San Jose State University features on his career and 2011 honorary doctorate.
- AllGov biographical profile.
- Local press coverage of his Marine Corps assignments and retirement.
Notability for both major roles (USMC major general and California cabinet-level director) is independently established. Sparks19923 (talk) 08:04, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Note on revision history (accidental paste)
On article creation I accidentally pasted content from an unrelated update I had been working on for Air Force Historical Research Agency rather than the intended biographical article on Anthony L. Jackson. I noticed the error within approximately one minute and replaced the page content with the correct article. The accidental revision is preserved in the page history but does not reflect the article's intended subject; readers consulting the history should disregard that single revision and consult the current article. Apologies for any confusion. Sparks19923 (talk) 08:06, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Feedback from New Page Review process
I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: Interesting and thorough - thanks. Just a minor point that the lead does not need sources, as it is only a summary of what is in the body of the article.
Tony Holkham (Talk) 23:29, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Edit summary correction
My edit of 16:44, 3 June 2026 carried an incorrect summary that was copied from work on a different article; it does not describe this edit. That edit was a sourcing and biographical cleanup: it re-sourced the subject's birth year to the cited 2012 Mercury News profile, changed "(born 1949)" to a circa estimate, trimmed the short description, and removed the names of the subject's children per WP:BLPNAME. Apologies for the confusion. Sparks19923 (talk) 16:54, 3 June 2026 (UTC)