Talk:John Silva Meehan
John Silva Meehan is currently a World history good article nominee. Nominated by Generalissima (talk) (it/she) at 17:09, 21 April 2024 (UTC) An editor has indicated a willingness to review the article in accordance with the good article criteria. Further reviews are welcome from any editor who has not contributed significantly to this article (or nominated it), and can be added to the review page, but the decision whether or not to list the article as a good article should be left to the first reviewer.
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Did you know nomination[edit]
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:45, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
- ... that John Silva Meehan, a critic of the political patronage system, was hired as Librarian of Congress through "purely an act of political patronage"? Source: Meehan's opposition to patronage: Smith, Kenneth Laurence (1981). Duff Green and the United States' Telegraph, 1826-1837 pp. 82–83. Quote on his appointment: Nappo, Christian A. (2016). The Librarians of Congress, pp. 31–32.
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 41 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 17:49, 21 April 2024 (UTC).
- I will gladly review this! WatkynBassett (talk) 17:57, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- The article was expanded and nominated today (21 April 2024).
- The article has been expanded more than fivefold (more like 20x).
- The article is well sourced. I did one spot check and the reference checked out.
- The article is written in a neutral and non-promotional tone.
- Earwig did not pick up anything.
- QPQ provided.
- The hook has the right length and is interesting. The part of the hook on him being hired and the quote itself is well sourced. However, I struggle a bit with the part on him being "a critic of the spoils system". I think you rely here on Smith 1981 (pp. 82–83). I see that he criticized particulars of the spoils system there. But whether this elevates him to an outright critic of the system I am unsure. Maybe a weaker statement like "[...] who had criticized the political patronage system earlier [...]" would be more reflective of the source? What do you think?
- Thank you for your great work Generalissima! I will approve this nomination if this one quibble is addressed. WatkynBassett (talk) 18:57, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- @WatkynBassett: Fair point! Would something along the lines of "... that after criticizing the political patronage system, John Silva Meehan was hired as Librarian of Congress through "purely an act of political patronage"?" work? Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:05, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Generalissima That sounds very well! I approve this hook as hook ALT1:
- ALT1: "... that after criticizing the political patronage system, John Silva Meehan was hired as Librarian of Congress through "purely an act of political patronage"?" . WatkynBassett (talk) 19:12, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
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Nominator: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 17:09, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: Hydrangeans (talk · contribs) 08:54, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Hiya! I'll take on this review. I hope it's alright if I take a few days to get started; I'd like to do the first round of review this weekend. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 08:54, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Just want to flag that I haven't forgotten about this. Sorry about not getting to it over the weekend as I said I would. I meant to read a couple of the sources and review the Wikipedia article. I hope it's alright to ask for a couple more days for that; thanks. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 20:35, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Hydrangeans: Did you have a chance to read through the sources? Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:45, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for checking in. I think I've progressed from "can do relatively 'mindless' Wiki tasks" (like source compilation) to "able to focus, read, and review". I wasn't able to sleep through last night though so I'm still out of sorts, and I don't expect to get the review out today, but I'm on the mend and look forward to reading some of the article-length sources and rereading the article to do the review. Sorry again about how slow this has been. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 21:26, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
- Oh no worries at all, I'm sorry you've been going through some hard stuff :( Take all the time you need! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 21:40, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for checking in. I think I've progressed from "can do relatively 'mindless' Wiki tasks" (like source compilation) to "able to focus, read, and review". I wasn't able to sleep through last night though so I'm still out of sorts, and I don't expect to get the review out today, but I'm on the mend and look forward to reading some of the article-length sources and rereading the article to do the review. Sorry again about how slow this has been. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 21:26, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Hydrangeans: Did you have a chance to read through the sources? Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:45, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
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