Talk:Lynching of Norris Dendy

Lynching of Norris Dendy is currently a World history good article nominee. Nominated by PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) at 01:38, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

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Short description: 1933 lynching in South Carolina, U.S.

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A fact from Lynching of Norris Dendy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 April 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that five men were accused of lynching Norris Dendy but none were ever indicted?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:23, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that five men were named in an indictment for the lynching of Norris Dendy but none were ever convicted? Source: [1]
- ALT1: ... that although indictments were handed down to five men for the lynching of Norris Dendy, a grand jury ruled that the attack was carried out by an unknown party and nobody was ever convicted? Source: same as above
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ray Walsh, Template:Did you know nominations/Dorkas Tokoro-Hanasbey

Moved to mainspace by PCN02WPS (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 75 past nominations.

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PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 01:50, 20 March 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Article length, eligibility, and general quality checks out. Don't see any issues with copyright, and the image is your own work so obviously checks out. Sourcing also checks out. I like the first hook better, it's more direct. All looks good here. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:00, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Lynching of Norris Dendy/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: PCN02WPS (talk · contribs) 01:38, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: 750h+ (talk · contribs) 06:37, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @PCN02WPS: i'll take this review 750 h+ 06:37, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lead[edit]

If his grave says he lived from May 4, shouldn't that be included in the article
I think "While driving a truck transporting picknickers to" should be "While driving a truck transporting picnickers to". i have never heard this word before so I had to look it up.
little protection owing to the fact that the offense was not considered to be very serious ==> little protection since the offense was not considered to be very serious (conciseness)
was not considered to be very serious ==> was not considered very serious
killing him by a fracture near ==> killing him with a fracture near
"were charged with the killing but a July 1934" needs a comma before "but" since this is american english
"Suspected motives have ranged from a beating that was originally not supposed to be fatal" ==> "Suspected motives have included from a beating that was originally not supposed to be fatal" might sound better

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