Talk:John Early (educator)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 10:13, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Comments

• "to the seminary in his home country" was there just one in the whole of Ireland?
  • I really have no idea. It's possible, but I don't know. I just went with that phrasing because I thought conveying that he sought to be admitted to the seminary but could not, rather than the name of the school itself, was more important. Ergo Sum 19:27, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• "where the university's first student newspaper" relevance to Early?
  • My logic has been that the earlier the president, the more relevant things that occurred during their presidency. By this point, the school was still rather small, so anything of note that occurred during that time would have had some involvement - at the very least, approval - of the president. Ergo Sum 19:38, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• "on July 1, 1814 in" comma after year.
  • Done. Ergo Sum 19:38, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• "novitiate" link?
  • Done. Ergo Sum 19:38, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• Theretofore is ... unusual! I think it's considered archaic (don't take that personally!) but perhaps "Up to that point"?
  • I'm used to legalese, which is rife with pronominal adverbs. Sad as it makes me, I'll trust your advice on their general comprehensibility. Ergo Sum 19:42, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• "He then spent a " Early then spent... (previous he was someone else)
  • Done. Ergo Sum 19:43, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• " 1870,[32] to replace Bernard A. Maguire.[" move that [32] to before [33]. The readers would prefer better readability over awkward ref placement.
  • Done. Ergo Sum 19:44, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• "The Georgetown College Journal began publishing" again, not sure of the direct relevance, it's seemingly not notable enough for an article, and I'm unclear as to Early's involvement.
  • I think my comment above should address this, but I'm happy to elaborate. Ergo Sum 19:45, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• Cat: "People educated at The Royal School, Armagh" this isn't mentioned (as far as I can see) in the prose...
  • This is the "Armagh Academy." All the sources referred to as that, but after some research, I'm quite confident that that is the same as the Royal School, just by a colloquial name. Ergo Sum 19:46, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

That's it. Neat and tidy stuff as usual, just a few trivial comments. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 14:52, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: Thank you! Ergo Sum 19:46, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Ok, cool, I made a couple of tweaks to the latter parts of the article where I missed some "awkward" ref placement and a bit of overlinking (in my opinion), feel free to do as you see fit with those edits, but I'm promoting this now. Cheers, keep up the good work. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 21:12, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

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