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GA Review

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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 03:53, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Criteria

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1. Prose  Pass

2. Verifiability  Pass

3. Depth of Coverage  Pass

4. Neutral  Pass

5. Stable  Pass

6. Illustrations  Pass

7. Miscellaneous  Pass

Comments

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1.

  • Like Georgia and Virginia in the lead, although Georgia is a dab page, so a piped link will be necessary (Georgia is linked at the second mention, not the first)
  • Wikilink brigadier general
  • "He and his entire regiment were captured on October 4, 1777 in the Battle of Germantown." - I think one of the various MOS standards would want a comma after the year
  • "George Mathews was born on August 30, 1739 in Augusta County, Virginia" - Found the MOS, it's MOS:DATECOMMA. For space reasons, I won't list all of these.
    • Gotcha. These should all be taken care of.
  • "ten siblings, six brothers and four sisters" - Replace the comma with either a colon or a semicolon
  • " was willed a 300 acre tract of farm land" - Use the convert template here, I believe hectares (abbreviated as ha for the template) is generally the counterpart for acres
  • "attempting to halt its advance into the Ohio Country Rembert Patrick described the battle as" - I think there should be a sentence break between Ohio Country and Rembert

Patrick

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  • I'm not familiar with encyclopedia.com, is this a reliable source? I can open a comment at the reliable sources noticeboard if need be.
    • I think I just assumed was a reliable source, because it has a legit sounding name, ha. But yeah, looking at it more critically, it may not be. No need to open the comment -- I'll look for a better source, and if I can't find one, I'll cite the highest rank there is a quality source for. I've had some question about this rank anyway, which is probably why I ended up on encyclopedia.com. Newtack101 (talk) 22:50, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think I have now sufficiently addressed the citation issue for his rank of brigadier general. Newtack101 (talk) 14:58, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Refs 111-115 are bare URLS, full citations are needed.
  • Is the historical marker database reliable?
    • Hmm, not sure. I've updated all but one ref in the Memorials section to sources whose credibility would seem to be beyond debate. I couldn't find a better source for the full inscription of the Battle of Point Pleasant Monument. I'd think this source would be sufficient -- it simply transcribes the text on the monument and provides photos for verification. The description of our subject is simply his name ("Captain George Mathews") in a role that has been documented previously in the article. What do you think? Newtack101 (talk) 14:58, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      • Ought to be find then. I searched the RS/N archives, and found an old discussion on it with no clear consensus. It looks acceptable if there's not a better source available.
  • Some sort of parameter error is popping up in the bibliography

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  • Is it possible to add the years his second and third marriages occurred in? Also, is the reason for the ending of his second marriage ending? I'm assuming probably death, since divorce was uncommon in this time frame, but the reason is probably worth mentioning
    • Yes, I do have the dates for the second marriage, but not the third. The second marriage did actually end in divorce. It's a somewhat interesting story that I hadn't taken the time to include. Newtack101 (talk) 14:58, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Placing on hold. Hog Farm (talk) 01:18, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]