Talk:James Edwin Campbell (poet)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Larry Hockett (talk · contribs) 16:34, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be happy to review this. Thanks to the nominator for some great work expanding this entry over the summer. I hope to leave some initial feedback shortly. Larry Hockett (Talk) 16:34, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've read through this article, and I found it very enjoyable. The article already meets most of the Good Article criteria. It appears to be verifiable, neutral, stable, and illustrated with images that contain appropriate license information and captions. I used Earwig's Copyvio Detector and Google searches of selected phrases, and these did not turn up copyvios or close paraphrasing.

This article appears to have been prepared quite well prior to nomination, so the items below are mostly suggestions rather than strict requirements for promotion to GA. Let me know if you disagree with any of the items.

Larry Hockett, thank you again for performing this incredibly detailed and thorough GA review of this article! I will contact you once I am finished addressing all of your questions and concerns. Thanks again! -- West Virginian (talk) 23:31, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lead and infobox

"became a staff member of the Chicago Times-Herald" - Here and in the body of the article, it may be worth specifying that he was a staff writer.

Consider linking African-American vernacular dialect to African-American Vernacular English. I notice that there is a link in the body.

Moving on to the infobox, consider removing "the" from the caption as it is apparently not part of the book title. I'm not sure we need the full name in the caption since the image includes the name already. With that said, it's not a sticking point for me if you want to keep it.

Use a capital E in educator as the first word in the Profession field.

A different death date is provided in the infobox compared to the lead and body (20 January vs 26 January).

This is just a compliment on the inclusion of the signature. I normally find signatures to be purely decorative, but this one is interesting and seems to tell us something about the subject.

Thank you for your kind words and thoughtful suggestions and recommendations! I have finished incorporating all of your suggestions for this section! Please let me know if you see anything else that needs to be tweaked in the meantime! -- West Virginian (talk) 23:37, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Early life and education

If I'm looking at it correctly, the original and archived versions of current reference #8 (The Advocate) actually point to different issues of the paper published months apart.

Thank you for this catch! I've re-archived the original source, and updated the archive link with the correct archived article. -- West Virginian (talk) 23:41, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Principal of Langston Academy

Consider clarifying which grade levels were taught at Langston Academy.

I re-reviewed the existing sources and referenced some additional sources on Langston Academy, and I was unable to identify which grade levels were taught at the school. I am assuming that it provided both primary and secondary education as many rural schools did at the time, but I cannot verify this. Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how best to address this for this section. Thanks again! -- West Virginian (talk) 23:48, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Principal of the West Virginia Colored Institute

"present-day Institute" may be confusing to some readers because the section is discussing the West Virginia Colored Institute. Consider rewording to something like "(an unincorporated community later known as Institute)".

"While Campbell was not a college graduate..." - This sentence sounds a little like we are justifying Campbell's selection in Wikipedia's voice. Since we already cover his secondary education, poems, and learned nature elsewhere, I think we can consider just leaving this out.

"an unincorporated community known as Farm" - If we include unincorporated community in the previous paragraph as suggested a couple of bullet points up, we may not need to include it here.

"principal and professor mathematics" - professor of

Is anything known about the nature of the opposition to Campbell's presidency?

In the caption for Fleming Hall, consider adding that Campbell's office was located there.

Thank you so much again for these thoughtful comments and suggestions! I modified the first mention on Institute, removed the sentence about Campbell's qualifications, modified the second mention of Farm, and added the of. I also removed the mention of the opposition altogether because there was no context or additional information that I could find to support any opposition or reason for it. I also updated the caption for Fleming Hall accordingly! -- West Virginian (talk) 01:07, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Death

"he died..." - capital H

I found myself wondering why his wife also died so young. Tonsillitis, according to the Oberlin College source. I think it's interesting, but I understand if you don't want to add it, as Campbell was long gone by that point.

I've capitalized the H and added in the mention of tonsillitis accordingly! -- West Virginian (talk) 01:11, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's all I have. I think most of it won't be hard to address. After you're finished, I'll probably make a quick pass through the article again to hunt for any stray typos before promoting it to GA. Thanks again for an interesting read! Larry Hockett (Talk) 08:24, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Larry Hockett, thank you again for taking the time to perform this review and provide your thoughtful and comprehensive suggestions and recommendations. Please let me know if there are any other outstanding issues or suggestions that I can address in the meantime. Thank you for all your continued contributions to Wikipedia! -- West Virginian (talk) 01:11, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Great work here. Thank you for your timely response. Promoting this to GA.

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.
a (reference section): 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 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:
Larry Hockett (Talk) 02:56, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]