Talk:John J. Beckley

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DateProcessResult
March 24, 2025Good article nomineeListed
July 24, 2025Featured article candidatePromoted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 21, 2025.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that John J. Beckley, the first librarian of Congress, came to America as an indentured child servant?
Current status: Featured article

GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:John J. Beckley/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 23:18, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Jon698 (talk · contribs) 17:05, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
    I have gone through the entire article and made some minor copyedits. I see nothing wrong with the writing, layout, or lead.
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.
    a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
    There are twelve sources within the Works Cited section. I have conducted a spot check of the following sources to check for accuracy: Pasley 1996 and Berkeley & Berkeley 1975. Sources [2] and [3] accurately cover his early life in the United Kingdom. Sources [9] and [10] cover his career in the early 1770s. [22] covers his career as mayor and his inability to rise in Virginia's social ranks. [18], [24], and [25] cover Madison and Randolph's views on Beckley's attempt to become secretary of the Constitutional Convention and the quote is correctly copied and attributed. [26] covers his attempt to become clerk of the U.S. House so that he could continue sending money to his parents. [30] covers his new found social advancement in New York and his relations with Jefferson and Madison. [33] covers his attempt to have George Clinton replace John Adams as vice president. [34] and [35] cover Beckley's views on the Jay Treaty and accusations of Wolcott overpaying Washington.
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
    The article covers his entire life, involvement in politics at the local, state, and federal levels, and his numerous clerical appointments.
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
    I see no neutrality problems.
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
    No edits war on the page or significant changes.
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
    There are seven images in the article and all are public domain. I added an image of Alexander Hamilton due to his large role in the "Career under the Federalists" section.
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:
    @Generalissima: I see nothing preventing this from becoming a good article. Jon698 (talk) 05:45, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 23:08, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Source: Berkeley, Edmund S.; Berkeley, Dorothy S. (1975). "The First Librarian of Congress: John Beckley". The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress. 32 (2). JSTOR 29781617. pages 434–435
Berkeley, Edmund; Berkeley, Dorothy Smith (1973). John Beckley: Zealous Partisan in a Nation Divided. p. 4
5x expanded by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 113 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 22:11, 26 March 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I reviewed this article for its GA nomination. Everything is still is line and fine for DYK. However, I would like to propose this hook to you @Generalissima: "... that John J. Beckley, the first Librarian of Congress, leaked Alexander Hamilton's extramarital affair to the press? Jon698 (talk) 12:15, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jon698: My apologies. This is a good review, but per WP:DYKRR you can't review a DYK nomination if you've reviewed it for GA, so this will need a second opinion. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 17:06, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think the hook is interesting enough and is well-cited, with reliable sources used. It also just passed GA and the user has done their QPQ, so passed.--ZKang123 (talk · contribs) 10:07, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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