Talk:Foster G. McGaw

Hi team,

This is really good work, and a great start! The infobox is an especially nice touch! Here are a few pointers:

Flesh out the career section a bit more. A quick Google search shows lots of info about American Hospital Supply. TBH, it should probably have its own WP page, but you could at least flesh out the history of the company, and McGaw's involvement, a bit more. I think that would help to show why he's notable.
Do we know why he was so interested in donating to NU? It sounds like he wasn't an alum?
Can you find a picture of him? Maybe talk with Jason Nargis at NU Special Collections to see if there are any copyright-free images?

Overall, strong work!

-- Jdfoote (talk) 15:50, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review

Hey! Everything looks pretty solid--the structure is really clean, and the content all seems relevant, all in all, it seems like you put together (or significantly bumped up--if it was a stub beforehand) the topic very well. I'm especially a fan of how balanced the coverage is so far: lots of talk about lots of aspects of his life, and that can be hard to capture, so kudos on that. As far as notes/suggestions go:

The citation for "early life" links to the Tribune archive search--if there's any way to circumvent this and go right to the article, that'd be awesome, and I think it would help a lot.
Adding on to that, though, if you could do multiple citations within (that is, if you have multiple sources that you could tack on there--the Trib is pretty solid though, so if not, no worries)
Ditto on the earlier comment about possibly expanding a little bit more on involvement to Northwestern and fleshing out more details to add some more bulk to the article (without getting redundant, of course), oh, and a picture, if it's available
It would be nice to get more info on cause of death beyond "illness," but that's a pretty minor concern
Biggest suggestion, from me at least, would just be to go through and reorganize some of the intro/opening summary, try to expand a little bit, and reorganize it to sound a bit more "encyclopedia"-esque (for lack of any better word). Essentially: more detached, more to-the-point, if that makes sense? If it doesn't, totally disregard this, because I'm totally at a loss for a good word to describe what I mean. Anyway, example: separate the first sentence into two--one about how he was integral in the corporation, then a sentence or at least a clause that says what the company was known for/that it was a large company, etc. Then maybe go on to say how he was influential at Northwestern and in Evanston, just some more info that will generally catch the gist of the rest of the article. Then, working on adding some more content/clarity throughout.

The organization and balance of this article are, like I said, really great, and I'll definitely be taking that back to my article where it applies! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamberty (talk • contribs) 19:29, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hey guys,

This is a pretty good start. The biography portion seems very thorough and detailed and the family and early life sections provide a lot of information relevant to Northwestern. This being said, I have a few questions and suggestions:

Is the American Hospital Supply Corporation the only part of his career? What did he do before founding this corporation? I think key highlights of his early career should also be listed in the career section.
How did he become associated with Northwestern University?
Are any more details available on the McGaw medical center? It seems that for all of the other items under Philanthropy and Legacy have dates and more specific details. Try adding some balance between these topics.

Good job so far!

Kfam16 (talk) 19:45, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

I think this is a stellar start, and I really like the little bio box on the top right corner! I'm sure that there is an image on the way? I have a few suggestions:

I think in the intro you could link him to the Loyola University Medical Center (I think it was formerly called the Foster G. McGaw Hospital) and lead with the philanthropist idea rather than the founder of the AHS corporation line?
The biography section is great!
Perhaps rethinking the title for the 'Philanthropy and Legacy' section? Maybe something along the lines of like 'Work' or 'Achievements'? I think you could also do a slight mention of the points in this section in the intro and have an internal link to the section?

Good luck friends! Lizkang (talk) 19:53, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OCC Peer Review

Looks good! Well organized and outlined, very clear. Just some things I saw:

-Opening line syntax was a little awkward, I tried a change - feel free to undo it if you hate it

-Since the AHMC merged with Baxter, decide whether you want to wikilink to the Baxter page earlier on

-The article could have a bunch more Wikilinks to other topics in general, too - I added a few uncontroversial ones

-What does the G. stand for? I didn't see it anywhere obvious

-Is there any more info on his original job at the surgical tools company?

-Clarify that the two Vails you mention in Family and Children are the children from the previous marriage, it took a while to figure out who they were

-In the career page: "Based in Evanston, nearly 2,500 locals worked for the company..." is technically a dangling modifier error. It's technical, but that basically means that it's unclear whether you mean that the locals are based in Evanston, or that the company is based in Evanston. I assume you meant the latter, but the sentence structure implies the former.

-Clarify what the prize in his name is for maybe?

Other than that, it's looking really good! Foodnaptime (talk) 19:49, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]