Talk:Thelma Farr Baxter

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Did you know... that Mississippi legislator Thelma Farr Baxter introduced a bill to keep livestock off the roads after her husband was fatally injured in a highway collision with a cow?

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 17:41, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Mississippi legislator Thelma Farr Baxter introduced a bill to keep livestock off the roads, after her husband was fatally injured in a highway collision with a cow? Sources: [1] and [2]
- ALT1:... that Thelma Farr Baxter married her legislative deskmate in the Mississippi House of Representatives? Source: [3] (top of third column)

Reviewed: Unity Phelan

Created by DanCherek (talk). Self-nominated at 02:27, 30 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi DanCherek, what a nicely written article, review follows: article created 30 March; article exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; Couple of queries on citations:

"Farr was re-elected the following year after defeating three primary opponents" is in the lead but not in the main body of the text and is uncited
that she left office on "January 3, 1956" is in the infobox but not the main text and is uncited, you could also presumably add her start date as "November 1950"?

I didn't find any issues with overly close paraphrasing from a spotcheck on some of the sources; hooks are both in the article, referenced and check out to the newspaper articles cited; a QPQ has been carried out. Will be good to run once the two minor citation issues are resolved - Dumelow (talk) 05:42, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Dumelow! I have added additional information about the primary to the body and clarified this in the lead (four, not three, opponents — an oversight), and have added the January 3, 1956, detail as well with a reference. I haven't specified November 1950 as the start date as I've seen instances in other Mississippi special elections around that time where they weren't sworn in until December or January, but I wasn't able to find a specific source for Farr besides [4], which just says 1950. Any further suggestions welcome. Thanks, DanCherek (talk) 07:57, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 08:10, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]