Talk:Robert Stanton (merchant)

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Did you know... that the former member of parliament Robert Stanton took part in a mock election (depicted) while in prison?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:19, 19 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Benjamin Haydon, “The Mock Election”

... that the former member of parliament Robert Stanton took part in a mock election (pictured) while in prison?
Source: Willard Bissell Pope, ed., The Diary of Benjamin Robert Haydon, vol. III (Harvard University Press, 1960), pp. 209, 215

Reviewed: SS Choctaw

Created by Moonraker (talk). Self-nominated at 02:32, 9 December 2020 (UTC).Reply

Major copyright and close paraphrasing issues with the webpage from historyofparliamentonline.org. Earwig's confidence is the highest I've ever seen at 77.6% for that page and there are dozens of individual statements that are either directly coppied or are far to close to the original. Close parapharsing is still an issue, even if it's not the exact wording the source article uses. Footlessmouse (talk) 23:46, 10 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the review, Footlessmouse. Close paraphrasing is unavoidable with a highly condensed biography full of facts, but I have taken out some material not needed. What Earwig is still finding is three quotations, in quotation marks, and they are all from sources which are out of copyright. Moonraker (talk) 09:16, 11 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! (P.S. I apologize for rushing to judgement here. I see that you have a solid track record and I should have just left a note with my concerns) Footlessmouse (talk) 09:22, 11 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Article is well written, neutral and well supported by inline citations
Long enough.
Hook is short enough, correctly formatted and supported by inline citation.
Copyvio issue on Earwig has been resolved. Only verbatims are within quotation marks.
QPQ done
Image is PD and satisfactory res.

Looks good to go, Papamac (talk) 14:13, 12 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

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