Talk:Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d (talk · contribs) 01:08, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

I can review this! It shouldn't take too long. Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 01:08, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): 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, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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• A very well-written article on this short-lived American newspaper. Earwig did pick-up some copyright issues, but it appears everything was quoted text from the PD.
• I tried looking for other sources but I'm pretty sure BeanieFan11 included just about every RS on this newspaper—so there's really not a lot we can do to expand the article. A have a few minor suggestions, but overall, this is a GA level article:
  • In the lead, perhaps mention that Greeley was the Liberal Republican Party candidate (like you did with O'Connor)
  • Link "1872 National Convention" to 1872 Republican National Convention
  • Link "Democratic National Convention" to 1872 Democratic National Convention
  • You sometimes shorten the title of the paper to either Straight-Out Truth Teller or just Truth Teller. I would recommend being consistent and just use one of those shortened titles.
  • You can shorten "Ulysses S. Grant" in parg. 4 to just "Grant", as you did previously
  • You quoted the Delaware State Journal reporting that the second issue of the Truth Teller was "very interesting." You could probably lengthen that quote to include the full quote, "...very interesting, positive in its support for the Louisville candidates, and earnest in its advocacy of Democratic Country and State ticket"
  • I believe the official name of "Rowell's Newspaper Directory" is Rowell's American Newspaper Directory [1] or Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory. [2] You can keep it as "Rowell's Newspaper Directory" but would need to i) remove the italics, ii) make "Newspaper Directory" lowercase and iii) link Rowell to George P. Rowell. Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 02:55, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 00:48, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

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First issue of the newspaper

• ... Source: Chronicling America
  • ALT1: ... Source: same as above
  • ALT2: ... that the only purpose of the Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller (pictured) was to promote a political candidate? Source: same as above ("The Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller was established to promote the cause of O’Conor and Adams.")
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Abdel Moneim Mokhtar

Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:47, 28 September 2022 (UTC).

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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @BeanieFan11 Good article. Though in my opinion hooks 1 and alt1 aren't interesting at all considering they only talk about the name of the newspaper however, alt2 is interesting enough for me to approve it. Just waiting on a QPQ Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:56, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

• @Onegreatjoke: I've reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Abdel Moneim Mokhtar as a QPQ. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:25, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

alright then. I approve the article and hook. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)