Talk:Jack Fingleton/GA1

GA Reassessment
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This article has been reviewed as part of WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. In all a very good article let down a little by prose deficiencies. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, Jackyd101 (talk) 09:19, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):
 * The prose could use quite a bit of work, as it is a little weak in places. I give it 5/10 but this could easily rise with a simple read through and copyedit.


 * It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
 * It is stable.
 * It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
 * a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA):  c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
 * Overall:
 * a Pass/Fail:
 * a Pass/Fail:

Coining of the expression "tell-all"
I've just come across a claim that Jack Fingleton was probably the coiner, in 1947, of the adjective "tell-all", used to describe some highly revealing exposé or biography.

I read this in Frank Devine's long-running "That's Language" column in the Weekend Australian, in the edition of 25-26 March 2000, subtitled "Site for sore eyes". The main thrust of the column was about Devine's discoveries on browsing the Oxford English Dictionary online for the first time.

I looked for some confirmation of this coining, but drew a blank. Does anyone know in what circumstances Fingleton came up with it; or whether an earlier attribution has come to light in the past 13 years? --  Jack of Oz   [Talk]  09:34, 11 April 2013 (UTC)