Talk:Letitia Christian Tyler/GA1

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Reviewer: Extraordinary Writ (talk · contribs) 07:57, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to take a look. At a glance I've not seeing any serious issues, so my comments should be fairly minor (and if any of them don't seem helpful, feel free to say so).

I've made a few minor edits; you're welcome to revert anything you disagree with.
Something seems to be broken in citation 2.
Barden 1996 ("Meet the First Ladies") seems to be a children's book—perhaps there's a higher-quality source that can be used?
Consider wikilinking Julia Gardiner Tyler, New Kent County, Virginia
and Robert Christian, a wealthy planter. that was well connected with the nation's political elite — something seems to be missing here.
In the lead, there are seven sentences in a row that begin with "she"—it might read more fluidly if you broke it up a bit.
Tyler only made one public appearance as first lady – any further details?

More to come. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:57, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

she came from an Episcopalian family – perhaps mention explicitly (here or somewhere else) that Tyler was herself a devout Episcopalian.
Distinguished visitors to the White House sometimes went upstairs to meet her, and Charles Dickens and Washington Irving paid her visits – the way this is structured implies that Dickens and Irving were separate from the distinguished visitors to the White House. What about "Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, and other prominent figures went upstairs to meet her during their visits to the White House" or something like that?
This article is definitely on the shorter side, but it seems to cover pretty much everything that the sources deem important (i.e. I don't have any concerns in terms of the broadness criterion). If you like, maybe take a look at this source (assuming Google Books cooperates) and see if there's anything worth adding?

More later. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:47, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

All comments to this point have been addressed. In a few cases I just removed the offending line because it was redundant to information elsewhere in the article. I was able to access the full chapter in Google Books and I found a few things in that source worth including. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 03:05, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. I did some spot-checks for verifiability, close paraphrasing, etc. and didn't find anything concerning, so I'm happy to pass this. (Oh, by the way, File:Tylerl-o.jpg seems to be public-domain and might make a nice addition to the legacy section, although that's obviously not a GACR issue.) Great work, and best of luck with your WP:GT project! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:17, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]