A fact from Weldy Walker appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 June 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that an 1888 letter written by Weldy Walker(pictured), the second African American in Major League Baseball, was called "perhaps the most passionate cry for justice ever voiced by a Negro athlete"?
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I'll be glad to take this review. Initial comments to follow in the next 1-3 days. Thanks as always for the contributions. -- Khazar2 (talk) 23:07, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a GA-level issue, but it's a little confusing to have the first Peterson book reference appear as a partial reference, instead of putting the full reference first. Can this be flipped, or the full book citations moved to a "bibliography" subsection?
I've changed a few instances of "brother Fleetwood" to "Weldy's brother Fleetwood" to avoid making it sound like a title ("Brother Fleetwood").
A bibliography would probably be better to avoid those jumps so I'll work on that. Removed the source since it wasn't needed anyway, was only used alongsid other citations. Wizardman03:34, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Is it possible to give a phrase of context on who Cap Anson is for clarity--"Chicago White Stockings player-manager Cap Anson" or some such?
Sol White could also use a phrase of context ("future Hall of Famer Sol White"?)
That's all I really have to suggest here. This seems solid and probably ready to pass; it's a well-written article on a fascinating bit of baseball history. I'd heard vaguely of the Walker brothers as footnotes to stories about Jackie Robinson, but it's interesting to learn more. Thanks again for your work on it. Let me do the checklist and make sure I'm not missing anything; I want to do a few spotchecks and go over the references again, too. -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:02, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Article is excellently written. Spotchecks were difficult to perform for many of the sources, but those that I can see in Google Books show no problems. (The 1880s and '90s sources would be out of copyright anyway.) I think a little more context could be given to two points above, but it's no reason to hold this review for.
2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
Terrific research. References could be slightly better organized per the above, but it's not a GA issue.
It sets my antenna mildly going that the article draws on primary source data like the Oberlin College Archives and US census data, but the use is minimal, and mostly about things that don't need citation under the GA criteria anyway.
