Talk:Elbridge Gerry/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 02:17, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

I'll be glad to mander review this one. As last time I'll start with a close readthrough, noting any initial issues, then go to the checklist. Thanks in advance for your work on this one; you seem to be on quite the roll! -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:17, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Initial readthrough
This looks like another very strong article: sharp prose, excellent sourcing, a concise but comprehensive overview of the subject's life. I only have a few small points to suggest.
 * "Gerry was staying at an inn Menotomy" -- should this be "an inn in"?
 * On second thought, surely it is, so I just changed it myself.


 * "Adams himself being the other" -- not something that needs attention, I just wanted to note that this was hilarious.
 * Methinks Adams had an ego... I thought it was funny too, although I'd like to see what exactly Adams wrote at some point that led more than one historian (not just the one cited...) to this conclusion.  Magic ♪piano 15:26, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * "Gerry's financial difficulties prompted him to ask President James Madison for a federal position" -- is it possible to add a year here?
 * I've added explanation. The Mass governor election was held in the spring (March I think), after which he became involved in the presidential contest.  Magic ♪piano 15:26, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * "is the only signer of the Declaration buried in the nation's capital" --that's an interesting bit of trivia.
 * It's not an issue for the GA review, but I'm not sure I'm a fan of the epitaph-like closing quotation, particularly one so laudatory. -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:17, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * No one I've seen who has written at reasonable length on Gerry has seriously questioned his commitment to the causes of independence and republicanism. The quote is, as you say, perhaps a bit laudatory, but i thought it quite apt.  Magic ♪piano 15:26, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your review!  Magic ♪piano 15:26, 21 January 2013 (UTC)