Talk:Archibald Spencer

Archibald Spencer was one of the Natural sciences 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
Date	Process	Result
July 5, 2021	Good article nominee	Listed
February 25, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on March 11, 2017.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Archibald Spencer introduced Benjamin Franklin to the study of electricity, and was his mentor?

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GA Review[edit]

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

Reviewer: Some Dude From North Carolina (talk · contribs) 13:53, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I'm going to be reviewing this article. Expect comments by the end of the week. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 13:53, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Add a comma after "as a businessman".

Done

What is the purpose of the Edinburgh image?

Done Removed.

"Edinburgh, Scotland, Adam" - split these sentences

Done

"and a male midwife and" - repetitive use of "and"

Done

Boston Evening Post → Boston Evening-Post

Done

Wikilink The Boston Weekly Post-Boy

Done

the Boston Weekly Post-Boy →The Boston Weekly Post-Boy

Done

the Pennsylvania Gazette → The Pennsylvania Gazette

Done

"metallic fragments move" → "metallic fragments to move"

Done

Add a comma after "after that".

Done

Can #Religion be merged with #Death as #Personal_life_and_death?

Done

@Some Dude From North Carolina: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:58, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment[edit]

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]