Talk:George F. Lewis

George F. Lewis 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.

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October 6, 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 November 16, 2019.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that having received the results of the 1848 U.S. presidential election by telegraph, George F. Lewis helped publish the news of Zachary Taylor's win?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 02:35, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that George F. Lewis helped set up the printing that reported the news for the first time by telegraph of a Presidential election result?~~ "...aided in putting into type the first news ever received by telegraph of a presidential election"

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/WYFI

Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 12:59, 9 October 2019 (UTC).[reply]

New enough, long enough. Hook checks out and is in article and cited. I don't see any textual issues, either. QPQ present. Good to go. Raymie (t • c) 20:51, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Doug Coldwell: What does "set up the printing" mean? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:10, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Cwmhiraeth: - Citation 3 is Leeson, Michael A. (1881). History of Saginaw County, Mich. page 469 says, and aided in putting into type the first news ever received by telegraph of a presidential election that of Gen Zachary Taylor. Feel free to change the hook if you like. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:05, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

So the election result had been received by telegraph for the first time (rather than on horseback), and he published the information in his newspaper? Is that correct? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:04, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Cwmhiraeth: - Yes, that is correct! You can change the hook any way you wish and I already automatically approve. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:53, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Doug Coldwell: How about this? He may have just been the typesetter. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:01, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 ... that having received the results of the 1848 presidential election by telegraph for the first time ever, George F. Lewis helped publish the news?

@Cwmhiraeth: - Yes, ALT1 will work for me. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:12, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Replacing the tick. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:30, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 13:11, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Doing this for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 13:11, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Infobox

The image caption needs to be expanded from just "1863"

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:37, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

The lead is on the short side. Consider expanding it with relevant summarized information from the article body

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:37, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Early life and education

Do we have any information about his parents and what they did?

Done -Looked everywhere and nothing mentioned about his parents other than they moved to Mount Clemens.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:37, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also I cannot see any information about his education despite the section includes the word "education".

Done - removed education. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:37, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Business career

Wikilink Lake Superior on the first mention

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:55, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"On his return trip to New York City that fall," - avoid the use of seasons per MOS:SEASON

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:55, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"to get copper ore samples." - to obtain samples of copper ore.

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:55, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"he met Horace Greeley of the New-York Tribune." - what was the meeting about?

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:55, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"when took a job in July " - when he took

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:55, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"winter of 1848–1849." - 1848 to 1849.

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:55, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Lewis started the Port Huron Commercial newspaper in 1851[1]" - a comma is missing between "1851" and the citation

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:55, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"and then sold it to the Saginaw Enterprise Publishing Company." - and he subsequently

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:55, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Personal life

The final two paragraphs should be merged together to avoid having stubby one-line paragraphs

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:03, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Lewis died May 30, 1890." - died on May 30

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:03, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also, please date where Lewis died and what he died from (if the information is available)

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:03, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 18:49, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:03, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Doug Coldwell: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 12:07, 6 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) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]