Template:Did you know nominations/James Barney Marsh
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:23, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
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James Barney Marsh
... that bridge designer James Barney Marsh gave Archie Alexander, the first African-American to graduate as an engineer from the University of Iowa, his start?Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridges In Iowa page 9: "A more famous civil engineering contractor who got his start with J. B. Marsh was Archibald (Archie) A. Alexander, one of Iowa's most distinguished African-American citizens. Alexander was the first black to graduate as an engineer from the State University in Iowa City, in 1912."
- Reviewed: Vlashnjë
5x expanded by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:47, 6 September 2020 (UTC).
Interesting life on few but good sources, offline main source accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I'd give him an infobox, or it looks like an article about a bridge ;) - In the hook, why not say "his first job", as in the article. I wondered what he gave, and "a start" came as a surprise. - In the article, I confess I'm no friend of saying "had a wife and children" as if he owned them. How about "was married, and the couple had ... children"? I also wonder if that sentence might be better in some "private life", - the final section looks shortish. No reason not to approve, though, only the hook wording. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:47, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
- Gerda Arendt I reworded that sentence and I added an infobox. ALT1: ... that bridge designer James Barney Marsh gave Archie Alexander, the first African-American to graduate as an engineer from the University of Iowa, his first job? SL93 (talk) 23:58, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Thank you! We seem not to know where he died, right? I suggest to move the images more to context. Could you somehow indicate that ref 1 is for all bridges in Iowa, not only the last? I am surprised we have no article on these specific bridges, while we have Chain bridge. Could we at least make a redirect to somewhere in Bridge? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 11 September 2020 (UTC)- Forget the last item, found Arch bridge. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:44, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hello there SL93 I came by to promote but found that some of his works in the Works section are not cited. Please provide inline citations for each. Thank you, and nice article! VincentLUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 12:49, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
- Vincent60030 What do you mean? The Iowa works are all cited to the book, which is why I included it at the end. SL93 (talk) 15:22, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
- @SL93: I definitely overlooked the description or note you wrote on top of the subsection. Apologies. Restoring tick. VincentLUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 15:42, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
- Vincent60030 Oh. I actually added that description after your comment to help you and others. SL93 (talk) 16:05, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
- Vincent60030 What do you mean? The Iowa works are all cited to the book, which is why I included it at the end. SL93 (talk) 15:22, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
- Gerda Arendt I reworded that sentence and I added an infobox. ALT1: ... that bridge designer James Barney Marsh gave Archie Alexander, the first African-American to graduate as an engineer from the University of Iowa, his first job? SL93 (talk) 23:58, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
