Talk:Frederick H. Bealefeld III

Frederick H. Bealefeld III is currently a Law good article nominee. Nominated by ^Queenof_Hearts at 22:55, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

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Short description: Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department from 2007 to 2012

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A fact from Frederick H. Bealefeld III appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 February 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a great-grandfather and a grandfather of a commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department also served in the department?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frederick H. Bealefeld III.

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Article reads like advertisement[edit]

This strikes me as a glowingly positive portrayal of a very controversial figure in Baltimore. Who wrote this? (I'm new) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.62.239.31 (talk) 08:25, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 20:08, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a great-grandfather and grandfather of a commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department also served the department? Source: Sentementes, Gus (February 4, 2007). "Frederick H. Bealefeld III". Baltimore Sun. pp. B3. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/DOM Clobbering
- Comment: This QPQ was done under my old username, but it's me - here's the rename log.

5x expanded by Queen of Hearts (talk). Self-nominated at 20:30, 11 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Frederick H. Bealefeld III; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

This was suggested offwiki by Pretzelles, and probably flows better:

ALT0a: ... that a commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department was descended from two of its officers?

^Queen of _Hearts 04:03, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article is new and long enough (RPS expanded 26× on February 11). No concerns with Earwig and sourcing looks good in the article. Hook fact is interesting and cited inline, and the given citation checks out. Preference to ALT1 for flow and simplicity. QPQ completed so we're good to go. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 07:35, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Frederick H. Bealefeld III/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Queen of Hearts (talk · contribs) 22:55, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Tails Wx (talk · contribs) 15:15, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Starting review on this GAN! Great work on expanding this article from a one-sentence stub to... this! This'll take up to one week. Thanks! :) ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 15:15, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Tails Wx and thanks for offering to review the article! I never expected this article to get picked up so soon, so there's still some rough edges. Could I please have a few days to fully flesh out the article? Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience, ^Queenof_Hearts 08:03, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, no worries, Queen of Hearts! I'll pause my review for a few days to let ya continue your work on the article. I'm sorry if I started too early; I was ecstatic in reviewing a GAN for a commissioner or chief of a police department, as I did write Kevin Davis! ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 17:53, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Friendly nudge, Queen of Hearts, it's been nearly two weeks! :0 ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 02:11, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another nudge since you've edited after the one above, Queen of Hearts! If this is not responded to, I unfortunately may have to fail this review due to inactivity. ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 02:21, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tails Wx, I am sorry that this has taken so long; if I do not get back to you in the next few days, please fail this. Queen of ♡ | speak 19:51, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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