Talk:Edward W. Gantt/GA1
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Nominator: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 04:45, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 08:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
I will review, comments to follow in due course. Zawed (talk) 08:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
What an interest character; the change from being a slave owner prewar to being somewhat of an advocate for freed slaves afterwards is quite jarring!
Lead
- Reads OK
Biography
- As a broader suggestion, a couple of subheadings would be nice; perhaps 'Military career' or 'Civil War' could be one?
- Gantt had ambitions to become a prominent figure,...: do the sources specify prominent in what context? Political, legal or just in society in general?
- Political; clarified. Hog Farm Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- gave him an adequate opportunity for that.: suggest "gave him appropriate opportunities." (the "for that" doesn't flow well to me).
- Gantt never took office in the United States House of Representatives, and was also elected...: it seems that this recites contrasting facts so rather than "and was also elected", a "but was elected" seems more appropriate.
- Gantt was badly wounded during an artillery duel.[10][2] : cites out of order if that is a thing for you
- I generally don't care about that, but I've made the change. Hog Farm Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- Do the sources specify why Polk's recommendation for Gantt's promotion to brigadier general was declined?
- Found something in Finley, added. Hog Farm Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- In this role, he oversaw the relation...: should that be relations (plural)?
- sometimes carried seven weapons: seven or several (seven seems very precise!)
- The sources do specify up to seven. Hog Farm Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- Is there anything to suggest his advocacy for freed slaves was possibly driven by his desire to be seen as prominent/famous (perhaps infamous is more appropriate given Arkansas is a southern state) or was it genuine charitable work?
- I've added a few bits from Finley. There was certainly some politicial motivations in what he was doing, but Finley also notes that he did make a genuine positive impact in several ways. Hog Farm Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
Other stuff
- No spot checks done, happy to AGF on the sourcing given nominator's history
- Sources themselves look reliable, being mostly university presses
- Earwig tool identifies the Finley article on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas as having 24% similarity. Reviewing this, it looks to be based mostly on common terms e.g. 1850 Nashville Convention and titles of shared sources.
- Image tag OK
- No dupe links
That's it for me. Zawed (talk) 06:58, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- Apologies for taking several days to get to this. I hope to be able to address these tomorrow. Hog Farm Talk 00:54, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Zawed: - Thanks for the review! I have replied above to all of these. Since I believe spot-checking is now required for GA reviews, I can provide quotes from the sourced. Hog Farm Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)