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Former good articleLouis Timothee 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.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
September 12, 2021Good article nomineeListed
February 26, 2023Good article reassessmentDelisted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 28, 2008.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Louis Timothee was the first public librarian in the United States?
Current status: Delisted good article


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GA Review

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

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 20:26, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]


Comments

  • Worth mentioning in the lead he was from the Netherlands.
  •  Done


  • Those "colonies" link to "province" articles, is that more appropriate for them?
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  • ". A couple of newspapers ..." perhaps, "... publishing newspapers which included..."
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  • "30 Dec 1738 (age 39)" odd short date format.
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  • Normally the birth/death date details are included after the name in the lead.
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  • "USA" -> "US".
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  • "08 Dec 1726" again, odd short date format and we don't need leading zeroes on dates.
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  • "lived in Rotterdam after they fled France and went to Holland" split sentence, and link Rotterdam.
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  • "in the Netherlands he" link it here if you're going to use Holland before.
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  • "September 21, 1731" which date format is this article using?
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  • Link British America.
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  • "Philadelphia, Timothy advertised" he advertised
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  • "public French School" link public appropriately, and what is meant exactly by a "French School"? Is it just a

"French-language school" in reality?

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  • "Timothy got acquainted" got->became.
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  • "His first attempt at a newspaper was " quick repeat of "newspaper", suggest a re-word.
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  • "by Franklin.[1] Franklin" repetitive.
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  • "Franklin furnished up front" avoid repeating "furnished" so quickly, perhaps "provided" or "lent" or similar.
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  • "the yellow fever disease" just "yellow fever" is fine.
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  • "Timothy did well as a newspaper publisher" in what sense?
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  • Is there a link for postmaster which is appropriate?
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  • "business to an assortment of jobs, including books" -> "business to include books"
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  • "In this period Timothy's son Peter was beginning" -> "During this period, Timothy's son Peter began..."
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  • "to do the" perform?
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  • "would get the" get or inherit? Or take over?
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  • "discussion group. The group" repetitive.
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  • "no full time" full-time
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  • "salaried librarian in " linked too late, and repetitive, the word "librarian" is already in this sentence.
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  • "three pounds sterling" £3, link and inflate.
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  • "arranged with Benjamin Franklin" no need for Benj.
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  • "1733. He started" merge short sentences.
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  • "four of which were children born in" four of whom were born in
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  • "This was the third year Timothy had arrived" It was three years since Timothy's arrival...
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  • "shop Timothy continued" comma after shop.
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  • "He died after this announcement two months later" He died two months after this announcement...
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  • "sure. In fact on" -> "sure. In contrast, on...
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  • "had put in a special clause inserted" had included a special clause in
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  • "partnership contract that his eldest son Peter could succeed him" didn't you already mention that?
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  • "of 2nd page" second, 3rd -> third etc.
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Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment

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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]