Talk:Edward W. Gantt/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 04:45, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 08:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

I will review, comments to follow in due course. Zawed (talk) 08:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

What an interest character; the change from being a slave owner prewar to being somewhat of an advocate for freed slaves afterwards is quite jarring!

Lead

• Reads OK

Biography

• As a broader suggestion, a couple of subheadings would be nice; perhaps 'Military career' or 'Civil War' could be one?
• Gantt had ambitions to become a prominent figure,...: do the sources specify prominent in what context? Political, legal or just in society in general?
• gave him an adequate opportunity for that.: suggest "gave him appropriate opportunities." (the "for that" doesn't flow well to me).
• Gantt never took office in the United States House of Representatives, and was also elected...: it seems that this recites contrasting facts so rather than "and was also elected", a "but was elected" seems more appropriate.
• Gantt was badly wounded during an artillery duel.[10][2] : cites out of order if that is a thing for you
• Do the sources specify why Polk's recommendation for Gantt's promotion to brigadier general was declined?
• In this role, he oversaw the relation...: should that be relations (plural)?
• sometimes carried seven weapons: seven or several (seven seems very precise!)
• Is there anything to suggest his advocacy for freed slaves was possibly driven by his desire to be seen as prominent/famous (perhaps infamous is more appropriate given Arkansas is a southern state) or was it genuine charitable work?

Other stuff

• No spot checks done, happy to AGF on the sourcing given nominator's history
• Sources themselves look reliable, being mostly university presses
• Earwig tool identifies the Finley article on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas as having 24% similarity. Reviewing this, it looks to be based mostly on common terms e.g. 1850 Nashville Convention and titles of shared sources.
• Image tag OK
• No dupe links

That's it for me. Zawed (talk) 06:58, 13 November 2024 (UTC)