Talk:Edward W. Gantt/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 04:45, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 08:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will review, comments to follow in due course. Zawed (talk) 08:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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!

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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?
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
Do the sources specify why Polk's recommendation for Gantt's promotion to brigadier general was declined?
In this role, he oversaw the relation...: should that be relations (plural)?
sometimes carried seven weapons: seven or several (seven seems very precise!)
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?

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