Talk:Persis Foster Eames Albee

Latest comment: 1 year ago by MediaWiki message delivery in topic Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment
Former good articlePersis Foster Eames Albee was one of the Social sciences and society 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
DateProcessResult
October 10, 2020Good article nomineeListed
February 26, 2023Good article reassessmentDelisted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 3, 2017.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that PFE Albee (pictured) is considered the first "Avon Lady", and was followed by over half a million others?
Current status: Delisted good article


GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Persis Foster Eames Albee/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 09:02, 4 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Reviewing this for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive MWright96 (talk) 09:02, 4 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose):   b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):  
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section):   b (citations to reliable sources):   c (OR):  
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects):   b (focused):  
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:  
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:  
  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):  
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:  

Lead

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  • References in the lead are not necessary
  Done

Early life and marriage

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  • "born May 30, 1836" - born on
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  • "was born May 30, 1836 in Newry, Maine, " - a comma is needed between "1836" and "in"
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  • "and from 1869 to 1871 a" - was a
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  • "Soon after the marriage, the couple moved to Winchester. They lived in a white two-story colonial house on the riverbank near a railroad station in the center of town." - these two sentences might be better merged with each other
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  • "The house included a store outlet. Their store having the city's only public telephone made it a natural congregation point." - same query as above
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Career

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  • "and the company expanded and took over all the floors" - to take
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  • "Fifty years old in 1886," - try to avoid starting a sentence with a numerical figure
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  • "She was a California Perfume Company businesswoman and had pioneered the company's" - repetition of "company"
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  • "in a box kit.[15][11][16][17]" - refs in numerical order please
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  • "Albee later offered to her customers a variety of California Perfume Company cosmetics." - Albee later offered a variety of California Perfume Company cosmetics to her customers.
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  • "Albee is considered Avon's" - considered by whom?
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Later life and death

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  • "Albee died December 7, 1914" - {[xt|died on December 7}}
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  • "at Templeton, Massachusetts. She was 78 years old." - consider merging this portion of text together
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Citations

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  • Reference 2's publisher and publication date is missing
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  • Also, the same reference's access date should be in the month, day and year date format
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  • References 5 and 21 are duplicates; only one is needed
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  • THe formatting of the page number for Reference 33 is incorrect
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  • The formatting of Reference 38 is incomplete
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  • newspapers.com should begin with a capital letter each time
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Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 13:26, 4 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment

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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