Talk:Patrick Nash

Patrick Nash was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. 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
November 16, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 4, 2007.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that Patrick Nash helped change the city charter, which called for a special election in the case of death of the Chicago Mayor, so that the Chicago City Council could appoint Edward Joseph Kelly?

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GA Fail[edit]

The editor(s) involved in this article have clearly put in some serious work to make this article better, but it needs more work before it meets Good Article standards. It gives a decent overview of Nash's life, but it has some problems:

Organization. The article feels scattered, as though it's been put together piecemeal and without a strong organizational vision. The items in "Personal life" should be integrated into the article somehow.
Depth. "Early life" barely scratches the surface. Isn't there any more information available than the house he lived in? More depth could be added about the sewer-building company, and/or his personal life at the time.
Prose quality. The writing is awkward in many spots and – once more depth has been added – need a review from a copyeditor. (I recommend the fine folks at the WP:LoCE.) Some examples of difficult sentences:

However, it is his final residential address for the King-Nash House at 3234 West Washington Boulevard where he lived from 1925 until 1943 that became a Chicago Landmark. Very wordy and dense.
Nash did continue to run for Democratic party offices and served as a ward committeeman for the 14th Ward and later for the 28th Ward. Too many "and" clauses.
Nash and Kelly also began to integrate Blacks into Chicagos' political process. An obvious typo; there are many like it.

This article has a lot of potential, and I wish you luck with it. An overview summary is included below.

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail: – Scartol · Talk 18:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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