Talk:William Francis Clarke/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 09:50, 3 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"His term ended in 1861, he returned" reads like two fragments and would probably be better as "After his term..."
- Fixed. Ergo Sum 23:58, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"March 19, 1816 in the" comma after 1816.
- Fixed. Ergo Sum 23:59, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
First para of Early life section seems unreferenced?
- Whoops. Forgot to add a second citation after splitting up the section. Ergo Sum 00:00, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"operation of Gonzaga" perhaps "operation of the college" to avoid that Gozaga repeat?
- Done. Ergo Sum 00:00, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"He then entered the" as a new para in a new section, the "then" jars a little bit.
- Fixed. Ergo Sum 00:02, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"in White Marsh, Maryland and" comma after Maryland.
- Done. Ergo Sum 00:03, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
My ignorance, I don't know what "third" and "first grammar" means. Is there a suitable link or a footnote that could be applied?
- I'm not 100% certain of it either. From what I've read, I've deduced that students would take a set of the same subjects every year, but with increasing levels of difficulty. So, e.g. first grammar would be more elementary than third grammar. I don't have a source, however, that really explains that. Ergo Sum 00:04, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
And in any case, I think those two short sentences could be merged for flow improvement.
- Done. Ergo Sum 00:05, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"That year, his health rapidly failed" again, new section, perhaps "His health rapidly failed during 1846..."?
- Clarified. Ergo Sum 00:08, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"to Bohemia Manor, Maryland to recuperate." comma after Maryland.
- Done. Ergo Sum 00:08, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"which was then uncommon" I think I get this but would it be clearer if it was "which was uncommon at that time"?
- Done. Ergo Sum 00:09, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
" his appointment President of Loyola College in Maryland" missing "as"?
- Fixed. Ergo Sum 00:10, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"six months of his assuming office" quick repeat of "assume" here, perhaps this one could be "taking" instead?
- A good change. Ergo Sum 00:10, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"That following year,...." not necessary when you have the full date of his return just after.
- Removed. Ergo Sum 00:11, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
In the suc box, where you have "Pastor of St. Joseph's Church" I would add ", Baltimore" to that because there are no doubt plenty of churches called "St. Joseph's" and since the church has no article, it's useful to disambiguate it.
- Is this common? I've only ever seen where the bluelink itself is included in the succession box. My inclination would be that if a reader were unclear, they could click on the link or read above. Ergo Sum 00:12, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Bernardin F. Wiget is not notable but Joseph O’Callaghan is notable? Any reason?
- O'Callaghan was notable by virtue of being president of Loyola Maryland. I have not researched Wiget, but to my knowledge, he held no such notable position. Ergo Sum 00:15, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's all I have for now, so it's on hold. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 11:57, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Thank you for your comments; a much better article as a result. Ergo Sum 00:16, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, thanks for making those changes, the outstanding "issues" aren't so much issues as things I thought we could discuss, and certainly don't stand in the way of promotion so I'll go ahead and do that. Nice work. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 11:44, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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