Talk:Thaddeus Fairbanks/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Whiteguru (talk · contribs) 21:45, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

 

Starts GA Review Page. Hopefully we will start the review shortly. Thank you       --Whiteguru (talk) 21:45, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

 

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Observations

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, grammar and choice of words noted. Well scribed.

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

• Good work on references, for a page created in 2008, no linkrot was encountered.

1. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

• I have a query about her death in the infobox. Is this standard?

1. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

NPOV is very well preserved.

1. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

• Page created 8 November 2008
• Page has 288 edits by 54 editors
• 90 day pageviews = 1,457 views
• average daily view = 16
• page has had significant clean-up and updating, recently. All references found to be valid
• page history is stable, no edit warring is observed.

1. 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):

• Thaddeus Fairbanks c. 1880.jpg = is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
• Fairbanks scale and log table - Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station = a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States
• Fairbankbanks scales array.jpg = reviewed on 1 April 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.
• St Johnsbury Academy - Colby Hall.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
• Fairbanks, Morse and Company Building.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license
• Very large Fairbanks scale..jpg = Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
• Fairbanks Scale at home.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
• Fairbanks platform scale.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
• Various Fairbanks scales.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
• First American Platform Scale.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
• Fairbanks track scale.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
• FairbanksCottonScaleSmithsCovingtonLA.JPG = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
• St. Johnsbury, Vermont.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
• Fairbanks person weigh scale.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

1. Overall:

• Sir Thaddeus Fairbanks: This was a good man and an example as a benefactor and donor

 

 Passed