Talk:John Rowan (Kentucky politician)

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
October 31, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 15, 2011.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that, according to tradition, Stephen Collins Foster was inspired to write the ballad My Old Kentucky Home after a visit to Federal Hill, the mansion of Kentucky Senator John Rowan?

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:John Rowan (Kentucky)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Astrocog (talk · contribs) 14:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

AstroCog will be your reviewer[edit]

I'll start a review of this article today. Please be patient. All general comments and questions to me should be added to this section, and should be signed properly. All comments and questions concerning the review itself should go in in the review below. Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 14:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone through and made minor edits, including spelling and grammar, to the article. I also fixed the alt text on a couple images. AstroCog (talk) 18:54, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA criteria[edit]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
Well written all-around. Some minor spelling and grammar issues, which I fixed myself.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
No problems here. Meticulous referencing throughout. Anything that is potentially controversial is properly cited.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
I walked away from this article feeling like I got a good, broad overview of Rowan's life. Places in the article which involved other subjects or issues were well-integrated with Rowan's life, so there wasn't a feeling of too much digression.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
Good job with neutrality. I liked the attention to such things as the "Kentucky Home" song, in the last section, and how claims about its origin were objectively scrutinized.
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
No problems here.
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):
Again, no problems. A couple images needed alt-text, but I put those in myself.
Overall: This is really quite a nice article, and Acdixon should be commended for developing and curating it. This is an easy pass to GA status. Congratulations!
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