Talk:Eli Parsons Royce

Eli Parsons Royce was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
October 6, 2020	Good article nominee	Listed
February 26, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 28, 2017.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Eli Parsons Royce founded the city of Escanaba, Michigan, while Nelson Ludington named it?

Current status: Delisted good article

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Eli Parsons Royce/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 09:01, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Taking this review for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 09:01, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
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):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Infobox

Royce's occupation should begin with a capital letter

Lead

Clarify Royce was American in the first sentence
"and considered the founder of Escanaba." - and is considered

Early life

"Royce was born in Clinton, New York, November 29, 1820." - on November 29
"Phinehas Royce, was a Quaker and born in Massachusetts." - Perhaps make the text in bold a little shorter like was a Massachusetts-born Quaker?
I think the second and third sentences can be merged together
"Royce is their fourth son." - shouldn't it be was?

Career

Consider merging the first two sentences of the first paragraph
Use the convert template on the miles measurements
"like being able" - such as
"After some time," - how much time exactly?
"He also taught school for two years." - I'm not sure what is meant by this sentence. Does it mean he taught at a particular school for this period?
"He got various jobs in Chicago then from 1840 - 1842." - from 1840 to 1842.
"and worked with him." - what sort of work did Royce do with the Mayor of Chicago?
"He later returned in the summer of 1849" - per MOS:SEASONS, using seasons to refer to a particular time of the year is not recommended
"built west to the" - of the
"and married to Sarah J. Barras," - a word is missing between "and" and "married"
"There he studied law" - did Royce study law at a particular institution?
Upper Peninsula is linked twice
"and is considered the founder" - considered by whom?

Death

"Royce died May 26, 1912, at the age of 91." - died on May 26,
Detroit Free Press states he died on the morning of May 26, 1912 from old age

References

References 6 and 13 are duplicates; only one is needed
The hyphen in the title of Reference 12 can be replaced by an en dash (–) per MOS:DASH

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 10:18, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Working on the issues brought up. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:25, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Done all issues above. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:36, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@MWright96: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:36, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Doug Coldwell: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 12:17, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment

This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]