Talk:Adamson Tannehill

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:29, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that Continental Army soldier Adamson Tannehill also served as president of the Pittsburgh Fire Co., president of the Pittsburgh branch of the Bank of the United States, and more? Source: https://archive.org/details/msa_sc_5881_1_87/page/n71/mode/2up pages 275-283 , https://books.google.com/books?id=v6f8G6phWCMC page 130 , http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pitttext&cc=pitttext&idno=00adc8925m&q1=Tannehill&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=347 page 263
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lone gunner of Flesquières

Improved to Good Article status by Tfhentz (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 20:58, 19 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Adamson Tannehill; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - n

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The final sentence in the article (beginning, "His gravestone inscription...") doesn't have a citation and indicates an opinion rather than simple facts. A citation is needed for that. The initial sentence in the "Early years" section needs a citation since it doesn't state a fact (rather, it's a guess about where he was born). I've also listed a couple alternative hooks below. @Tfhentz and Onegreatjoke: Let me know what you think. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:48, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that Continental Army soldier Adamson Tannehill served as president of the Pittsburgh Fire Co. and the Pittsburgh branch of the Bank of the United States? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:48, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that Continental Army soldier Adamson Tannehill was president of the Pittsburgh Fire Co. and the Pittsburgh branch of the Bank of the United States, but was also convicted of extortion? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:48, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

@Tfhentz: Thanks for removing the uncited opinion (the "is a fitting remembrance" part) and adding the citations. I've updated the review. Thoughts on the hooks? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:42, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

They're fine. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

• I guess we'll need someone else to chime in on which should be used since I probably shouldn't approve an Alt I wrote. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:23, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

• Tagging as someone else will need to approve one of the ALTs since I wrote them. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:24, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

• Approving Alt 2. --evrik ^(talk) 22:30, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

First, thanks very much for your review. ALT1 alters the chronological order of when Tannehill was named president of the two entities. I tried to list his various offices in time order. ALT2 adds his extortion conviction almost as an afterthought. I prefer devoting several sentences to its full context. Tfhentz (talk) 22:44, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Found a clipping of the Flashbacks mention

Tfhentz - Seeing you're the FA editor I wanted to mention this on the article talk. Anyway, found a clipping off of Newspapers(dot)com for the Flashbacks mention of when Tannehill's grave was moved to Allegheny Cemetery but hesitate to add it - am concerned that the linkage etc will disturb your present referencing. Anyway, I'll post the citation's information here along with the cite web template below:

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-flashbacks-from/138849123/
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (February 2, 1939). Flashbacks (From Post-Gazette Files). Newspapers.com. Editor. W.U. Christman. Retrieved January 15, 2024, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-flashbacks-from/138849123/
• <ref>{{cite web |title=Flashbacks (From Post-Gazette files) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/91014930/?clipping_id=132692965 |editor-last=Chritman |editor-first=W.U. | via=[[Newspapers.com]]|publisher=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |access-date=January 15, 2024 |pages=6 |date=February 2, 1939}}</ref>

Feel free to add it or not. If possible, I always like to make reference as accessible as possible. Cheers, Shearonink (talk) 03:49, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello Shearonink, Thanks for your suggestion! I'm hesitant to add the link for the original Post-Gazette article because I fear the link will only be be available for a short period of time. I believe Newspapers.com is a pay-per-view site, so isn't there a limited time for access to any one article? I quote the article anyway; I think that's probably enough. I appreciate your interest. Tfhentz (talk)

Tfhentz (talk) 16:24, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Tannehill ancestry

Wondering if Adamson is an ancestor of the late Ray Tannehill, known to many Pittsburgh residents as a longtime news anchor. 2603:8001:2A00:7428:6841:8B1C:620A:4C7D (talk) 21:11, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Adamson Tannehill had no children, but his brother, Josiah, was also present in early Pittsburgh. Perhaps Ray is his descendant. Thanks for your interest! Tfhentz (talk) Tfhentz (talk) 16:15, 17 January 2024 (UTC)