Talk:Horton Davies

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 18:58, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

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Davies in 1963

• ... that ten years after publishing a book about Great South African Christians, Horton Davies (pictured) gave a speech criticizing South African churches for their role in Apartheid? Source: Great South African Christians, Oxford University Press, 1951 (verifying the book was published in 1951), in "Horton (Marlais) Davies", in Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors (September 28, 2005); Speaking on "The Church in South Africa: a Warning." and Clearly the churches and the synagogues must take some responsibility for the situation as they are the guardian of the nation's conscience," he said ("he" being Horton Davies, verifying his criticism of South African churches in 1961) "Church Role in S. Africa Outlined", The Morning Call, May 11, 1961, p. 10
  • ALT1: ... that during World War II, Horton Davies (pictured) was minister to a church in "Flying Bomb Alley", a part of London nicknamed for the many bombs dropped on it? Source: During the war Professor Davies underwent what he calls his "baptism of fire" while a minister in the section of London called "Flying Bomb Alley" because it received a record number of bombs per square mile, in "The Clergy in Fiction", Oklahoma City Star, October 30, 1959, p. 6.
  • ALT2: ... that Horton Davies (pictured) earned a bachelor's degree after earning a master's degree? Source: Education: University of Edinburgh, M.A., 1937, B.D., 1940, in "Horton (Marlais) Davies", in Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors (September 28, 2005)
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  • Comment: For clarity on ALT2, Davies probably also earned a different Bachelor's degree (a BA in English, as he's described in a source written by his wife, which I did not cite in the article as being too close to the subject, as having been an English major) before his MA; his BD, or Bachelor in Divinity, though, was earned after his MA, according to Gale Literature.

Created by Hydrangeans (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.

Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 03:37, 28 June 2024 (UTC).

• Approving all hooks on good faith, pref. ALT0 and ALT1. Article is long enough and created same day as DYK nom. Article is well-sourced, presentable, and free from copyvio (where possible, hits on book titles and such). Hooks are sourced, though blocked by login, and the first two hooks are interesting; ALT2 is okay but not particularly eye-catching. Image meets criteria. Thank you for your nomination Hydrangeans! Kimikel (talk) 21:45, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Feedback from New Page Review process

I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: Excellent work. You are constructing articles of a consistently high quality - why are you not autopatrolled? thanks.

Aszx5000 (talk) 12:54, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

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Nominator: Hydrangeans (talk · contribs) 22:09, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 14:57, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

I will take this up; sounds like my wheelhouse. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 14:57, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Apologies that took a hot sec.

Prose seems solid throughout. Just a few gripes:

• Do we need a seperate one line paragraph at the end of the lede?
• Abbreviating it "D. Phil." runs foul of MOS:ABBR, it should be spelled out.
• Maybe mention which city the University of South Africa is, for those unfamiliar? Entirely optional though.
• You don't actually need to cite bibliographies, though I guess there's nothing against citing them.

Sources:

• This isn't a requirement, but please make clippings on Newspaper.com instead of just linking the pages. It's just immeasurably more helpful for people checking the sources.
• Sources I did have access to all checked out though, no notes.

Good image with good alt-text. No edit-warring, instability, and seems a good overview of his life. @Hydrangeans: Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 04:03, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Generalissima: Thanks for the review and the generous assessment! I've gone ahead and implemented much of what you brought up:

• Yeah, I guess while it's a two sentence paragraph, it might as well be part of the preceding paragraph about Davies's career.
• Thanks for the catch; fixed!
• Good idea—I've added that the University of South Africa is in Pretoria.
• I've left in the citations if that's alright. Since Davies apparently wrote so many books—more than are listed in the selected bibliography—I figure the citations help establish that these ones were significant enough in his career to mention.
• Sorry about any inconveniences those links caused. I thought making clippings was something that required an account beyond the basic Wikipedia Library access? At least whenever I tried to make clippings I just got a popup asking me to create a Newspapers.com account on top of and beyond the basic Wikipedia Library access (which itself seems to not be there anymore as Newspapers.com access now needs to be applied for)

If that's all the required changes implemented, and a couple of the suggested ones, let me know if there's anything else you need. Thanks! Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 09:55, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Looks good to me! And yeah, no harm in having the citations there. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 16:14, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

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