Talk:William Monroe Trotter

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March 1, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed

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I have undertaken a re-write of the original article for the purpose of spelling and grammar correction, and inclusion of photos, with a view to preserving the spirit of the original.Tonymartin 08:00, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why isn't their a picture of this William dude??? I need a picture of him. How am I supposed to do a project without a picture?? This bites

(This is the way to request a photo for an article, BTW) Chyel 05:08, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dana boomer (talk · contribs) 18:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I'll be reviewing this article for GA status, and should have a full review up by the end of the day. Dana boomer (talk) 18:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
Early career, "He was not particularly activist in these years," This sounds off to me...is it a correct use of "activist"?

Early career, "The accommodationist policies of Booker T. Washington," Could "accommodationist policies" be linked or briefly explained? While I have a general idea of what this means, many readers (especially those not from the US) will not. I see now that this is explained (and well) in the first paragraph of the Attacking the African-American establishment section. Could this information be moved earlier in the article?

NERL, "center of anti-Washington civil rights activity," Is this anti-Washington DC or anti-Booker T Washington? If the latter, were they actually anti-Washington (they actually worked against him) or just not with him (didn't agree with him, etc.)?

Other protests, "The united front, worked in combination with the death later in 1915 of Booker T. Washington to bring about a relatively harmonious end" I think the comma is unnecessary here. Also, the grammar of "working in combination with the death..." doesn't quite work. Maybe "This united front, along with the death later in 1915 of Booker T. Washington, brought about a relatively harmonious end..."?

The Guardian, "a leading abolitionist agitator of the pre-war era," May want to specify which war.
I think I've addressed these. (I'm not sure I like how moving the background on accomodationism worked out, may still tweak that.) Magic♪piano 16:35, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I also added references to full name of Booker T. Washington when in doubt - to clarify which of Trotter's arguments were with him and which with the gov't in Washington, DC. Also added more on Washington's lesser known support of NAACP legal challenges to disfranchisement, and the state of disfranchisement at the time - in practice.Parkwells (talk) 15:06, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
What is ref #95 ("About the Trotter School". William Monroe Trotter Elementary School.)? It is formatted like a web ref, but there's no url. Fixed Magic♪piano 14:51, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
File:James Monroe Trotter.png has an author life+100 tag, when it should (I think?) have a pre-1923 publication tag. We don't know the author, so we don't know his date of death.
This should be {{PD-1923}}, I have changed it accordingly. Magic♪piano 14:51, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Du Bois, W. E. B., Boston 1907 summer..jpg - when was this actually published? If it wasn't published, we can't do pre-1923 publication, so it would need a different tag (possible author life +70 if we know who took the picture).
While I've updated what is known about this image (linked to the provenance page at UMass), its status is sufficiently unclear that I've swapped it for a different one from the Library of Congress. Magic♪piano 14:51, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
A bit outside your regular time period! Overall very nice - just a few prose issues, one minor ref issue, and a couple of image issues. Let me know if you have any questions, Dana boomer (talk) 20:54, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I took it on as a challenge of sorts, fallout from working on List of NHLs in MA and List of NHLs in Boston. Getting William Monroe Trotter House to GA may be a bit more of a challenge... Magic♪piano 14:51, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've addressed your issues; let me know if not. Thanks for reviewing! Magic♪piano 16:35, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
OK, everything looks good, so I'm passing the article to GA status. I worked on the Michigan NHL list last year, taking it up to FL status, and had quite a bit of fun with it. It's cool to see people working on the other state lists, too - maybe one of these days we can make a gigantic featured topic! :) Dana boomer (talk) 16:11, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Terms

African American as a noun is not hyphenated; the term is hyphenated when used as an adjective, as in "African-American writer." part of WP MOS.Parkwells (talk) 15:59, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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