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This review is transcluded from Talk:Edward W. Gantt/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 04:45, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 08:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will review, comments to follow in due course. Zawed (talk) 08:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What an interest character; the change from being a slave owner prewar to being somewhat of an advocate for freed slaves afterwards is quite jarring!

Lead

• Reads OK

Biography

• As a broader suggestion, a couple of subheadings would be nice; perhaps 'Military career' or 'Civil War' could be one?
  • Done. Hog Farm _Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Gantt had ambitions to become a prominent figure,...: do the sources specify prominent in what context? Political, legal or just in society in general?
  • Political; clarified. Hog Farm _Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• gave him an adequate opportunity for that.: suggest "gave him appropriate opportunities." (the "for that" doesn't flow well to me).
  • Done. Hog Farm _Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Gantt never took office in the United States House of Representatives, and was also elected...: it seems that this recites contrasting facts so rather than "and was also elected", a "but was elected" seems more appropriate.
  • Done. Hog Farm _Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Gantt was badly wounded during an artillery duel.[10][2] : cites out of order if that is a thing for you
  • I generally don't care about that, but I've made the change. Hog Farm _Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Do the sources specify why Polk's recommendation for Gantt's promotion to brigadier general was declined?
  • Found something in Finley, added. Hog Farm _Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• In this role, he oversaw the relation...: should that be relations (plural)?
  • Done. Hog Farm _Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• sometimes carried seven weapons: seven or several (seven seems very precise!)
  • The sources do specify up to seven. Hog Farm _Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Is there anything to suggest his advocacy for freed slaves was possibly driven by his desire to be seen as prominent/famous (perhaps infamous is more appropriate given Arkansas is a southern state) or was it genuine charitable work?
  • I've added a few bits from Finley. There was certainly some politicial motivations in what he was doing, but Finley also notes that he did make a genuine positive impact in several ways. Hog Farm _Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Other stuff

• No spot checks done, happy to AGF on the sourcing given nominator's history

Done some checks using the online source, over half a dozen cites reviewed and verified. Zawed (talk) 08:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Sources themselves look reliable, being mostly university presses
• Earwig tool identifies the Finley article on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas as having 24% similarity. Reviewing this, it looks to be based mostly on common terms e.g. 1850 Nashville Convention and titles of shared sources.
• Image tag OK
• No dupe links

That's it for me. Zawed (talk) 06:58, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for taking several days to get to this. I hope to be able to address these tomorrow. Hog Farm _Talk 00:54, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Zawed: - Thanks for the review! I have replied above to all of these. Since I believe spot-checking is now required for GA reviews, I can provide quotes from the sourced. Hog Farm _Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Passing this one as GA, as I believe that it meets the necessary criteria. Zawed (talk) 08:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]