Talk:Robert W. Forden

A fact from Robert W. Forden appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the current United States Chargé d'affaires to China, Robert W. Forden, taught English at universities in Shenyang and Beijing from 1981 to 1983?

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 18:40, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Robert W. Forden

... that current United States Chargé d'affaires to China Robert W. Forden (pictured) taught English at universities in Shenyang and Beijing from 1981 to 1983? Source: U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China – Chargé d’Affaires Robert W. Forden

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kay Mazzo

Created by PCN02WPS (talk). Self-nominated at 05:23, 3 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - The sentence that begins "Forden served two stints..." is unsourced. Also, the source for his birthplace only says California, not Southern California.
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Just some sourcing issues. It may be worth cropping the image more tightly; I'll leave that to your judgement. —Granger (talk · contribs) 10:15, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mx. Granger, I have updated sourcing and I uploaded a cropped version of the original file. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 17:51, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. —Granger (talk · contribs) 17:54, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:14, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]