Template:Did you know nominations/Armistead Burwell (judge)
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:22, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
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Armistead Burwell (judge)
[edit]- ... that North Carolina Supreme Court justice Armistead Burwell's parents founded Queens University of Charlotte in 1857? (Source: "Judge Burwell's parents came to Charlotte in Oct. 1857 and founded the Charlotte Female Institue, now the Presbyterian college" The Charlotte News, May 13, 1913)
Created by MB (talk). Self-nominated at 03:43, 12 March 2017 (UTC).
It all checks out: long enough, new enough, not plagiarized, hook verified. No review done yet--which gives me a moment to ask, MB, such a handsome man, with so many talents and jobs, and we have a hook about his parents? There's nothing wrong with it, but it's not that sexy, and that one article calls him "handsome" at least a dozen times. Dr Aaij (talk) 02:53, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Dr Aaij: I have completed the QPC review. I thought the fact that his parents founded a university was the most interesting thing here (I presume most universities were not started by just one or two people - they are usually established by cities, churches, or some other organization). I actually thought the article was boring; I only wrote it to resolve a redlink I found when disambiguating. I don't see talk of him being "handsome" is appropriate to mention - that is the writing style of a different century. MB 03:42, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
- User:MB, I was merely trying to prod you into reading the article again, which might have led to something interesting. I think there are many schools that are started by one person, and in this case it's not even the article subject but his parents. BlueMoonset, do you have an opinion? I'm afraid the Rambling Man will chop this down. Dr Aaij (talk) 13:33, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
- Dr Aaij: I've added ALT2 for consideration.
- User:MB, I was merely trying to prod you into reading the article again, which might have led to something interesting. I think there are many schools that are started by one person, and in this case it's not even the article subject but his parents. BlueMoonset, do you have an opinion? I'm afraid the Rambling Man will chop this down. Dr Aaij (talk) 13:33, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
- Dr Aaij: I have completed the QPC review. I thought the fact that his parents founded a university was the most interesting thing here (I presume most universities were not started by just one or two people - they are usually established by cities, churches, or some other organization). I actually thought the article was boring; I only wrote it to resolve a redlink I found when disambiguating. I don't see talk of him being "handsome" is appropriate to mention - that is the writing style of a different century. MB 03:42, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
- ALT2 ... that North Carolina Supreme Court justice Armistead Burwell's law partner joined the court after Burwell left it? MB 01:45, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
User:MB, I added the dates for the partner, with the reference that verifies it was after Burwell's tenure. Both hooks are verified, and I will let the promoter make the choice. Oh, MB--I stuck it in as a bare URL since I'm not so familiar with your format; no doubt you can do in a second what would take me ten minutes. Thanks, Dr Aaij (talk) 23:31, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
The article needs some more attention before this can be promoted. The lead states that he was "associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court" but I do not see this stated clearly elsewhere, and the article is confusingly arranged. The partner becoming a justice is mentioned unchronologically. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:36, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
- Cwmhiraeth: The last paragraph under LIFE said "Governor Thomas Holt appointed Burwell to fill Shepard's seat for the remaining three years". I thought that was clear, but changed "seat" to "associate justice seat".
- As far as the chronological order, the entire section talks about Burwell's career in chronological order. It states he was a soldier, teacher, lawyer, justice (in order). Where it talks about Burwell starting a law partnership with Walker, it mentions Walker was a future NC supreme court justice. That is the only place in the article that covers Walker and his future appointment to the court is mentioned in passing here to add a little prominence to Walker. MB 14:33, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
- Replacing Dr Aaij's tick now that this has been clarified. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:22, 22 March 2017 (UTC)