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Nominator: Thebiguglyalien (talk · contribs) 01:18, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: simongraham (talk · contribs) 05:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like another interesting article from the nominator as part of the series on First Ladies. On a cursory glance, it looks already close to meeting the criteria to be a Good Article, but I will start a review shortly. simongraham (talk) 05:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I'm not in any rush, but I just wanted to check in since it's been a week now. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 19:04, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Thebiguglyalien: Nice prompt. This is part of the backlog drive so it is worth doing well. simongraham (talk) 23:03, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Simongraham thank you for looking over the article! I believe I've addressed everything you listed below. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 03:05, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Thebiguglyalien: Excellent work. I will complete the review now. simongraham (talk) 11:25, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Overall, the standard of the article is high.
• It is of reasonable length, with 5,854 words of readable prose.
• The lead is appropriately long at 380 words.
• Authorship is 87.5% from the nominator with contributions from 104 other editors, none contributing more than 2%.
• It is currently assessed as a B class article.
• Although not a GA criteria, suggest adding ALT text for accessibility to the images in the way that Grace Coolidge Official portrait.jpg already has.

The six good article criteria:

1. It is reasonable well written.

   the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct;

   • The writing is clear and appropriate.
   • There are a few examples of "which" and subclauses without commas, which I am happy to accept as optional.
   • I believe it should be "where" rather than "were" in "were clearer air would help his recovery".
   • Please check the name "Mercersburg Academcy".
   • I believe there should be a hyphen between six and month in "they went on a six month tour of Europe" as it is an adjective.
   • I also think it should be "of" in "on the United States" and "at" in "on her husband's request".
   • I can see no other obvious spelling or grammar errors.

   it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead, layout and word choice.

   • It seems to comply with the Manuals of Style.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   it contains a reference section, presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;

   • A reference section is included, with sources listed.
   • There are two sequential sentences with reference 104. I believe that the first is superfluous.

   all inline citations are from reliable sources;

   • All sources are biographies published by reputable publishers.

   it contains no original research;

   • All relevant statements have inline citations.
   • Spot checks:
     • 6. Confirmed
     • 10. Confirmed.
     • 16. Confirmed.
     • 26. Confirmed.
     • 34. Confirmed.
     • 41. Confirmed.
     • 47. Confirmed.
     • 66. Confirmed (except the first one, the comment on the interviews, which I think is p. 408 and Carroll p. 174).
     • 71. Confirmed (although the Miller reference may be sufficient).
     • 82. Confirmed.
     • 94. Confirmed.
     • 107. Confirmed.
     • 110. Confirmed.
     • 128. Confirmed (although page 397 takes interpretation).
     • 137. Confirmed.

   it contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism;

   • Earwig gives a 14.5% chance of copyright violation with her biography on C-Span. The shared words are proper nouns so not a cause for concern. There seem no obvious examples of plagiarism.

3. It is broad in its coverage

   it addresses the main aspects of the topic.

   • The article covers Grace's life well, with details covering both her professional and personal life.

   it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).

   • The article goes into reasonable detail but is generally compliant.

4. It has a neutral point of view.

   it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to different points of view.

   • The article relies on secondary sources and, unusually for articles that I have read of figures whose notability comes during a time of mass publishing, does not use contemporary articles from the popular media of the day.

5. It is stable.

   it does not change significantly from day to day because of any ongoing edit war or content dispute.

   • There is no evidence of edit wars.

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   images are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content;

   • The images have appropriate PD tags aligned with their providence from places like the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division.

   images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.

   • The images are appropriate and bring the article to life.

@Thebiguglyalien: Thank you for an interesting article and one of the best I have reviewed for some time. Please take a look at my comments above and ping me when you would like me to take another look. simongraham (talk) 23:08, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that this article now meets the criteria to be a Good Article. Pass simongraham (talk) 11:25, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]