Talk:John Ferdinand Smyth Stuart

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Did you know... that J. F. S. Stuart found the republican opinions of American colonists "obnoxious to a loyalist, and their barbarous manners repellent to a gentleman"?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:26, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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John Ferdinand Smyth Stuart

... that J. F. S. Stuart (pictured) found the republican opinions of American colonists "obnoxious to a loyalist, and their barbarous manners repellent to a gentleman"?
Source: Stuart, John Ferdinand Smyth, from Dictionary of National Biography vol. 55 (1898) at Wikisource

Reviewed: Swastima Khadka

Created by Moonraker (talk). Self-nominated at 14:04, 22 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: ~~Several avoidable overlaps with this. Moonraker, any chance you can tweak the article a bit?~~ Done and good to go. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:44, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks, Gog the Mild. I have edited where possible. Earwig is still saying 54.5%, but what is left is passages in quotation marks and some book titles. Moonraker (talk) 00:07, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]