Talk:Bernard A. Maguire/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 07:33, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Comments Nothing much else to complain about, so I'll put it on hold while we go through these. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 09:38, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Any reason the succession boxes are in reverse chronological order?
 * That's how I've been doing it for every article. I took the lede from several POTUS articles, which had the succession boxes in reverse order. Truthfully, I'm not sure which order is correct.  Ergo Sum  18:42, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, and it's weird that I've only just noticed. I would imagine, like lists, chronological order is preferred.  So perhaps you could go back over the other articles and do the same.  I can't see any good reason for it to be in reverse order, can you?  The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 19:08, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * No, I can't. My first instinct was the same as yours, but I just followed what appeared to be convention. I'll go back to correct the ordering on the other articles.  Ergo Sum  22:09, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "When John McElroy, a Catholic priest..." a few too many clauses in this sentence for my liking, purely personal preference of course. I'd suggest cleaving the sentence in twain.
 * Separated.  Ergo Sum  18:43, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "Later in life, Maguire..." feels odd to see this in the "Early life" section. Any chance of putting it chronological order or finding a better location for it?
 * I've rephrased it slightly. The only other place I could think of putting it would be at the very end, but I don't know if it belongs there because by old age, that description would no longer be accurate.  Ergo Sum  18:44, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "McElroy was president. Among his professors" -> "Among Maguire's professors"...
 * Clarified.  Ergo Sum  18:45, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "Jesuit novitiate in Frederick.[2] He was supervised during his novitiate by" maybe (going against my earlier comment(!)) consider merging, i.e. "Jesuit novitiate in Frederick,[2] during which he was supervised by..." to avoid that small sentence.
 * Done.  Ergo Sum  18:46, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "seventy from the university[4]. " ref after punctuation.
 * Done.  Ergo Sum  18:46, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "which was supervised by Felix Cicaterri, which lasted from,[4] " something's definitely awry here...!
 * That was old phrasing that I forgot to excise.  Ergo Sum  18:47, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "an signifiant increase " two problems...
 * Fixed.  Ergo Sum  18:47, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "he first Christmas tree was introduced" is this significant, is this related to Maguire's decision-making?
 * I think it's an interesting little factoid.  Ergo Sum  18:48, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * It's interesting, but I'm unclear what it has to do with Maguire? The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 19:09, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I'll remove it. Might see if I can work it into the History of Georgetown University article.  Ergo Sum  22:10, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "and there were few students who remained when " I would tighten this to "and few students remained when ". Could even then consider merging the previous sentences, to whit: "He took office in the aftermath of the American Civil War, during which enrollment at the university had suffered greatly, and few students remained when Maguire returned to the presidency."?  Just a thought.
 * I've tightened up the phrasing.  Ergo Sum  18:49, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Is "enrollment" with two L's USEng? My spellchecker is suggesting it should just be a single l.
 * A quick Google as well as run through Webster's suggests that it may be North American English, but is also substantially more common than with one "L".  Ergo Sum  18:50, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "He resign these" ed.
 * Fixed.  Ergo Sum  18:50, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "1789-1889" in the sources, should be an en-dash.
 * Fixed.  Ergo Sum  18:51, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, as always, for your review.  Ergo Sum  18:51, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Great, I'm more than happy that it exceeds GA requirements, so I'm promoting. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:29, 5 February 2020 (UTC)