Talk:William R. Farrand/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 03:40, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Criteria

1. Prose ✓ Pass

2. Verifiability ✓ Pass

3. Depth of Coverage ✓ Pass

4. Neutral ✓ Pass

5. Stable ✓ Pass

6. Illustrations ✓ Pass

7. Miscellaneous ✓ Pass

Comments

1.

"The company was split up in 1897 by the two main partners, Edwin S. Votey and himself." - Is there a way to simplify the phrasing here?

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:29, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"He then became the president of the Farrand Organ Company and specialized in manufacturing reed organs" - I think which would be a better word choice than and

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:03, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Link reed organ

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:03, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"In 1893 the Mayor of Detroit" - Comma after 1893

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:03, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"In 1893 the Mayor of Detroit appointed him a member of the public lighting commission and was promoted president in 1897." - A literal interpretation of the clause order would suggest that the Major was promoted to president, can this be rephrased to make it clear the subject is Farrand?

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:08, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Link Presbyterian

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:03, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Republican party" - capitalize party and link

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:03, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2.

Sources in alphabetical order

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:50, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Add ISBN/OCLC where possible, the Junchen book at least has an ISBN.

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:50, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

3.

"In 1893 the Mayor of Detroit appointed him a member of the public lighting commission and was promoted president in 1897." - Is the mayor's name known?

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:12, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is there information with which his role in the companies can be expanded? He's most notable for that, and it only gets a few paragraphs

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:34, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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@Hog Farm: All issues have been addressed. Can you take a look at it now. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:34, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Still some ref OCLC stuff that can be added. With some of these older books, the OCLCs are important to identify the exact work. The OCLC for Moore is 657081089, [1]. [[worldcat.org] is very helpful with finding OCLCs for old works. Hog Farm (talk) 17:11, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Hog Farm: All OCLCs have been filled in. Thanks for the hint on how to find those on WorldCat. I didn't know.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:19, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Passing. In my opinion, it meets the GA requirement for coverage (although the previous reviewer seems to disagree). For A-Class or Featured Article, this would need some more information about his business activities, but in my opinion, this meets the GA standards. Hog Farm (talk) 21:41, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]