Talk:Benjamin D. Wood/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Etriusus (talk · contribs) 20:25, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

I'll be the reviewer for this article. I'll finish round 1 of the review by tonight. Please use the  Done, <>Strikethrough</>, or some other means/template to indicate that a raised issue has been resolved.

Images

• Only one image, appears appropriate for the page.
• The image caption and rights need to be redone. The image rights claim the image is from the 1922 yearbook at texas but the caption claims 1917 from Columbia. On top of that the years are backward, texas was 1917 and columbia was 1922. I actually found the texas yearbook and I could not find the image in question. Please link the source and clean it all up.

•  Working I see what you mean. Apparently the day I did this editing I didn't have enough coffee in the morning. I have sent an email to Columbia University this morning asking for a scan of the 1922 yearbook page showing his graduation picture. There was an automatic reply from them, so I know they received my email. I suspect in the next few days I will get that page scan and then I can clean all this up. Meanwhile, I will continue on the other issues.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:01, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

• There are a number of viable images that could be incorporated into the article from the cited sources, I'd recommend adding a few more.

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:37, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Copyvios

• Earwig isn't flagging anything.

Sourcing

• Spot checks don't reveal anything.
• I don't have a newspaper.com subscription so I'll take it on good faith.

Error 404

• "College Advisory Committee". Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com open access.

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:57, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Prose

Lead

• which was the state-of-the-art way of measuring a teacher's understanding of certain subjects that in the long run influenced their salaries. rather unnecessary information. How is this relevant to Benjamin Wood specifically? It almost comes off as puffery.

•  Done copy edited accordingly. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:51, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

• In general, the intro needs to be tightened up. It focuses almost exclusively on the multiple choice test and nothing else.

•  Done Expanded lead accordingly. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:51, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Early Life

• Link Valley, page is unclear in what that is.

•  Done ce --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:00, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

• Brownsville area schools? It's linked to a Pennsylvania school district, is this correct?

•  Done ce --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:00, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Mid life and career

• a M.A. degree. In what?

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:05, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

• 'He was promoted to full professorship of collegiate education research in 1938' Out of place chronologically.

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:28, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

• 'He became an expert in the educational field and it was his career for some 33 years.' cut sentence, information is already implicit.

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:28, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

• 'Wood's philosophy' this is an excellent place for a quote

•  Done I think I would would rather not give a quote. I have explained his philosophy in detail and have now added a picture to show that in the caption.

• as this method had flaws that did not measure truly. unsure what this means, unclear

•  Done - Copy edited explaining logic and reasoning.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:09, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

• 'a national pioneer in personnel and testing procedure,' puffery

•  Done - took out.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:14, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Teaching and test scoring

• 'The meeting he had with Watson of the scoring problem went on the entire day, an unusually long time.' Needs ce, very awkward wording

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:14, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

• 'intelligence test measurement movement of the 1920' link?

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:42, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

• 'This methodology would go on to played a major role in the 1930s and 40s' unnecessary sentence, seems out of place here (I CEd the sentence a bit)

 Done - Removed sentence.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:56, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

• 'Wood was involved with...' more further up, chronological order plz

 Done - Moved paragraph up for chronological order.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:15, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

• In general, this section needs to be restructured. The ideas jump around a lot and its difficult to follow. Chronological order would be easiest.

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:45, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

• 'Wood claimed that typing was glamorous...' Paragraph needs to be checked for puffery

 Done --Douglas Coldwell (talk) 14:54, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Awards

• Add this to a body paragraph.

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:45, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Military

• Move to Mid life section

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:45, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Works

Move to the bottom, before the refs.

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:45, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Committees and societies

Same as works. Have the order go: Societies, Works, Refs

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:45, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Honorary Degrees

Does this need its own section?

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:45, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Later life

• I don't see anything that specifically states/cites his death. Mention here

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:45, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Legacy

Consider merging with the previous paragraph

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:45, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for review. I'll get started on it to solve the issues.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:20, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

All presented issues have been addressed. Can you take another look while I am waiting for a reply from Columbia University on Woods portrait. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:25, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Done with my first pass, Lead looks much better. The new images are very welcome additions to the page. The later half of the page could use a nice tidying up. I made a number of CEs, feel free to check my work. Etriusus (Talk) 00:48, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

•  Working Here is what I received from Columbia University this morning at 8AM, so I know they are working on my request for a scan of Woods graduation portrait.

Hello, Thank you for your email which I am forwarding to our University Archives staff.

Best wishes, Deborah; Library Information Office, Columbia University Libraries, Office - 201 Butler Library

• Meanwhile I will continue working on the additional issues. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:02, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
• @Etriusus: All issues have been addressed. Turns out Wood's graduation picture is from 1917 yearbook University of Texas.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:58, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

• Image from 1917 University of Texas yearbook
• Show text for 1917 volume (OCR) --> Type in Find "Senior Academs BEN DEKALB WOOD, BA. Brownsville." and you will see that the OCR words are exactly that of the Image from 1917 University of Texas yearbook.

Reviewed page. I made a bunch of CEs, cut some chaff, and cleaned up some grammar (please double-check it all). I didn't find anything that I couldn't fix on my own. Passing article, congrats on yet another GA. Etriusus (Talk) 19:18, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   Prose is fine; article broadly meets standards of MOS.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

   Sources are reliable, and appropriate for this type of article; several were checked against the statements they supported with no issues found.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Article has broad coverage with appropriate level of details.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   Yes

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   Yes

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   All images have licenses making them available for use in this article, they are used appropriately, and have useful captions.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.