Talk:Order of Heptasophs

Order of Heptasophs was nominated as a Social sciences and society good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (January 23, 2014). There are suggestions below for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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GA Review[edit]

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

Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:12, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'll review this. Will jot some queries below: Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:12, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Can't end a sentence with ", etc."

Allegedly the ancient King of Persia would select six Magi ... - I'd make it more definitive that it was a story they told, so something like "They reported/recalled/claimed the ancient King of Persia would select six Magi....."

Why is "introduced" in quote marks?

What happens after 1877? Does the organisation die out/grow/what?

Sourcing seems a bit meagre. A cyclopedia is a tertiary source. Surely something more has been written?

Book sources need ISBNs

That's enough to get started. More later. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:12, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

1. Well written?:

Prose quality:

- first pass found issues still unfixed.

Manual of Style compliance:

2. Factually accurate and verifiable?:

References to sources:

Citations to reliable sources, where required:

No original research:

3. Broad in coverage?:

Major aspects:

- sparse sourcing noted above. Appear to be large gaps in coverage.

Focused:

4. Reflects a neutral point of view?:

Fair representation without bias:

- seems to be neutral

5. Reasonably stable?

No edit wars, etc. (Vandalism does not count against GA):

6. Illustrated by images, when possible and appropriate?:

Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

Overall:

Pass or Fail:

- sorry, issues of comprehensiveness and referencing unaddressed. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:30, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alexander Leonard Saunders[edit]

I'm adding these research results in case someone can find Wikipedia-appropriate documentation to support biographical reporting for this article on the purported founder of the Seven Wise Men (SWM):

Saunders is likely identical with Alexander Leonard Saunders of Lexington, Kentucky, who was a freshman in the medical class at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1826, according to the university's Catalog of Officers and Students, January 1826, pages 10 and 15.
Saunders appears in the 1850 US Census in New Orleans as A L Saunders, age 40 (born about 1810), born in New York State, physician. Wife Maria (26 Kentucky), son Colonna (11 Missouri), daughter Catherine (2 Louisiana). The household showed net worths for the wife and children totaling $38,000; Saunders' worth is obscured.
Saunders appears in the 1860 Census in Paducah,Kentucky as A L Sanders, age 51 (born about 1809), born in New York State, physician. Wife Maria L (37 Kentucky), son Cole (21 Missouri), daughter Kate (12 Louisiana), son Philip (9 Louisiana). Saunders had $15,000 in real property and $3000 in personal property.
Saunders is likely identical with Alexander Leonard Saunders MD who died of pneumonia 8 Dec 1868 and was buried at St Mark's Episcopal Church on 10 Dec 1868.
Saunders was not found in a search of the 1870 US Census.

Pnoble805 (talk) 16:45, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]