Talk:William W. Chapman

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Date	Process	Result
March 13, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 20, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that Oregonian newspaper co-founder William Chapman served in the first session of the Oregon Territorial Legislature and was Iowa Territory's first delegate to the U.S. Congress?

Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 11, 2018, and August 11, 2024.

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Suggestions for improvement: Not many for such an excellent article. Some of the early paragraphs could be a little longer to better represent paragraph length norms.(This is a very subjective observation based on my interpretation of the layout guidelines. In no way is the article close to failing that guideline). More importantly, I wonder if Champan supported slavery. He was a democrat and didn't like Lincoln so I'm a bit curious. And, do we know anything about his parents? It would be great if their occupations were added.User:calbear22 (talk) 17:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on the promotion, AM! One other point of curiosity, what was up with the whole disbarment/OSC thing? A little more detail, while not necessary, would be interesting! -Pete (talk) 17:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Partly political (read the judge's bio and you'll get a better understanding of Pratt) and partly a personal insult relating to Pratt. I think it had to do with Pratt's business/legal ethics, but I'd have to look. Aboutmovies (talk) 18:33, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]