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Derryck1, good start! It'd be nice to get a photo, maybe you could ask him, or check out the WP:NOTFREE guideline. Also, what Wikipedians or WikiProjects could you reach out to for review? -Reagle (talk) 13:52, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
User:Derryck1 I agree, this is a great start! One small typographical note: I changed one title to Wiki house style, which is sentence case -- meaning instead of "Early Life", capitalize just the first word for "Early life". I think you could also clean up the references. I'm happy to help with that if you need info on how to do that. Finally, I see some factual assertions in the article that might need some supporting citations or links. I'll add tags. Great job so far! AmandaRR123 (talk) 19:23, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Derryck1. Peer reviewers: Kimmecca, Fortier.je.
Hi Derryck, Great job so far! You have a lot of interesting information and a solid outline to the article. I'll number my notes so it's hopefully easier to understand: 1. I wonder if you need to include the street he was born on in the early life section (I think removing it may help the flow of that sentence and you already mention the street later and why it's important in the renaming section). 2. While I could guess by the title, I wasn't super clear on what the Roxbury Defenders Committee is, so maybe a little more explanation is needed there. 3. Could you maybe include why Ireland left the committee? 4. Just so you know, I made 3 edits on small, grammatical things. 5. If you're organizing sections in chronological order (early life through end of career), I think that point could be made clearer somehow just to help the flow of the overall article. Overall, I learned a good amount about Roderick Ireland and I think you cover a lot of ground without sending the reader into information overload. I'm excited to see the finished product! Kimmecca (talk) 17:53, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Derryck1. Peer reviewers: Kimmecca, Fortier.je.