Talk:Thomas Hall (inventor)

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Date	Process	Result
August 25, 2022	Good article nominee	Listed
February 26, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 22, 2022.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Thomas Hall made an electric train (pictured) that received power from the rails on which it travelled instead of onboard batteries, a new technology at the time?

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GA Review[edit]

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

Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 22:32, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:32, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Images are appropriately tagged; sources are reliable.

"sounders, keys, and registers": can we get links or explanations for these?

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:06, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Hall with George W. Palmer bought out Davis's business in 1848 and formed Palmer & Hall": in the article on Daniel Davis we say he sold his firm in 1852 -- why the different dates?

Done - Corrected date to 1848 in the article on Daniel Davis. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:33, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence beginning "Below are images" is uncited.

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:50, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please check for repetition in the "Electric locomotives" section; I noticed "The charged wheels of the locomotive, one side positive and the other side negative, were insulated from each other...The electric power to run the engine was picked up off the tracks through the steel wheels, with one track having the positive charge and the other track having the negative charge."

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:00, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"This showed how little some technology had changed in 50 years": what is this referring to?

Done - Copy edited accordingly. The technology is the practice of having a distant stationary electric power source to run train.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:41, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:49, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for review. I'll get started on it.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 07:51, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Mike Christie: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:41, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Changes look good; passing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:00, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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