Talk:Union Automobile Company

Union Automobile Company was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
June 12, 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 December 22, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that John W. Lambert (pictured) in 1891 made the first U.S. car for sale as well as Union cars and Lambert cars using his gasoline engines and gearless transmissions for the Union car company and Lambert car company as subsidiaries of the Buckeye Manufacturing Company?

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Union Automobile Company/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs) 17:21, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, figured that since I already reviewed another Lambert article for GA (the June Backlog drive), I'd go ahead and review this one, too.

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

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
The prose is stilted and lacks variety, but it's adequate for GA. I suggest, though, that you ask someone to copyedit it for you.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
I checked the refs I could access and they seem fine. They're formatted correctly and support your claims.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
I AGF that this article is broad enough. It's unfortunate that there doesn't seem to be many sources out there about the Lamberts; they're such an interesting family. Someone should write a book about why they failed and Ford did not! ;)
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
No evidence of edit warring.
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Two images, one in infobox; both tagged correctly. It's fine for how short this article is, but I wonder if you could add more by putting them in a gallery. Just a suggestion; not something you have to do.
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
I'm passing this article to GA, even though the prose isn't great and can be improved. Keep up the good work writing about the Lamberts and the early history of automobiles. Best, Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:02, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment[edit]

This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion[edit]

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

Union Automobile Company building.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 14:07, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Possible copyright problem[edit]

This article has been revised as part of a large-scale clean-up project of multiple article copyright infringement. (See the investigation subpage) Earlier text must not be restored, unless it can be verified to be free of infringement. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions must be deleted. Contributors may use sources as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:34, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See also WP:DCGAR. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:34, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]