Talk:William Plankinton

William Plankinton was one of the Social sciences and society good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
October 2, 2020	Good article nominee	Listed
February 26, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on March 3, 2017.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that William Plankinton, for whom the William Plankinton Mansion is named, commissioned the John Plankinton statue (pictured) from the sculptor who was his sister's ex-fiancé?

Current status: Delisted good article

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Circa 1909?

How can the photo be taken after he died?--Leon (talk) 16:15, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:William Plankinton/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: No Great Shaker (talk · contribs) 04:33, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Commencing review

Well written: the prose is clear and concise.
Well written: the spelling and grammar are correct.
Complies with the MOS guidelines for lead sections.
Complies with the MOS guidelines for article structure and layout.
Complies with the MOS guidelines for words to watch.
Complies with the MOS guidelines for writing about fiction – not applicable.
Complies with the MOS guidelines for list incorporation – not applicable.
Complies with the MOS guidelines for use of quotations.
All statements are verifiable with inline citations provided.
All inline citations are from reliable sources, etc.
Contains a list of all references in accordance with the layout style guideline.
No original research.
No copyright violations or plagiarism.
Broad in its coverage but within scope and in summary style.
Neutral.
Stable.
Illustrated, if possible.
Images are at least fair use and do not breach copyright.

Hello, Doug. I'll be reviewing all the Plankinton articles within the current GAN Backlog Drive and will use the checklist above to register progress. Hope to provide some feedback soon. No Great Shaker (talk) 04:33, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

One question

Only a very short article but breadth of coverage is adequate. I made a couple of minor tweaks and I hope those are okay.

Just one query that needs to be answered – who was it that scarpered off to Mexico? I presume it was Lappen, but it isn't entirely clear so we need the name. I won't put this on hold as you can answer the query in an instant and then it will be promoted. Well done. No Great Shaker (talk) 14:37, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@No Great Shaker: Issue Done. Can you take another look. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:46, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Passed

That's fine, Doug, and this passes the review so I'm promoting to GA. Well done. No Great Shaker (talk) 19:10, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment

This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:37, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]