Talk:Robert Harrill/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: ExcellentWheatFarmer (talk · contribs) 22:42, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

I'll be taking this one! Comments soon. ExcellentWheatFarmer (talk) 22:42, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

General Comments

• Earwig caught a possible violation, but that was mainly the long quote in the Attraction subsection. As such, I'd recommend cutting the quote down and integrating it into the prose.
  • If it's ok, I'd rather keep it like that, added a full stop Mujinga (talk) 14:23, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
• Article and its corresponding talk page seem stable.
• MoS seems fine.
• Article does not seem to include any original research, and the sources are all verifiable.
• In terms of images, they are all relevant and are appropriately tagged.
• Article maintains a a neutral POV on the topic.

Lede

• "His life has been commemorated in book, film and theatre." -> "His life has been commemorated through books, films, and a theatrical production."
  • rephrased
• Are there any other major details of Harrill's legacy that could be added to the final paragraph? Ie, whether his "School of Common Sense" had any impact anywhere.
  • The Hermit Society sees an impact, others not so much. So no major impact is missing. I'll add a bit more though Mujinga (talk) 14:11, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Early life

• "He was educated at Boiling Springs High School and then Gardner-Webb Jr. College." -> "He was educated at Boiling Springs High School, later known as Gardner-Webb Jr. College."
• source says "He attended Boiling Springs High School and later returned to the school, when it became Gardner-Webb Jr. College, to study ministry" Mujinga (talk) 14:23, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
• Wikilink Gardner-Webb University
  • added, good spot! Mujinga (talk) 14:23, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
• "His parents were abusive and he spent a lot of his time in the local woods." -> "His parents were abusive, which lead to him spending a lot of his time in the local woods."
  • rephrased Mujinga (talk) 14:23, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
• What year did the eldest son commit suicide?
  • all the sources kind of repeat the same story so the suicide is mentioned but not the timing Mujinga (talk) 14:17, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
• Is there any detail about what happened to Harrill in between the 30s and 50s? The article jumps straight from his family falling apart to him settling in Morgantan.
  • as above all the sources seem to skate over that part of his life Mujinga (talk) 14:17, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Hermit

• "He collected driftwood to furnish his humble house" Remove humble.
  • done Mujinga (talk) 14:16, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Memorial and legacy

• "Fred Pickler knew Harrill and with Anne Russell co-authored the book Life and Times of the Fort Fisher Hermit, Through the Lens of Fred Pickler." How did Pickler know Harrill?
  • source just says they were friends Mujinga (talk) 14:07, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
    • This source says "Fred Pickler took a lot of pictures [of The Fort Fisher Hermit] since he was a kid." Mujinga (talk) 14:29, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
• "Michael Edwards is president of the Hermit Society and wrote The Battle for Independence: The Story of the Fort Fisher Hermit." -> "President of the Hermit Society Michael Edwards wrote a book about Harrill, titled The Battle for Independence: The Story of the Fort Fisher Hermit.
  • rephrased Mujinga (talk) 14:07, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

@Mujinga That should be everything. Make these changes and I'll be happy to pass!

• • @ExcellentWheatFarmer: thanks for the careful review. in checking for more infos, I didn't find much but I did find out there was a second autopsy in 1984, which might explain why the body was moved to a different cemetery, i did wonder why that happened Mujinga (talk) 14:44, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
    • Alright, that should be it! Congrats on the GA!

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.