Talk:John Littlejohn (preacher)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MaranoFan (talk · contribs) 21:03, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Review soon! I also have one nominated here if you are interested.--NØ 21:03, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
 * AGF on sourcing, and a spotcheck is not included in the review.
 * Russellville, Kentucky does not strike me as an extremely well-known place so I think you should do a wikilink in the infobox.
 * Occupations should be separated using asterisks, not commas. See Taylor Swift for example.
 * I would suggest commas after location mid-sentence, e.g.
 * "who served as sheriff of Loudoun County, Virginia, during the War of 1812"
 * "He retired to Logan County, in southern Kentucky, before dying in 1836."
 * "Settling after several years in Leesburg, Virginia, serving as a local preacher for several decades, as well as variously as a land agent, tax collector, and county sheriff." - This is not a complete sentence. I would suggest "After several years in Leesburg, Virginia, he served as a local preacher for several decades, as well as variously as a land agent, tax collector, and county sheriff." unless it changes the meaning.
 * I would also suggest commas after dates, e.g.
 * "John Littlejohn was born on December 7, 1756, to a well-to-do family in Penrith, an English town within the county of Cumberland."
 * "Within a year, he ran away from London, walking 284 miles back to his mother's home in Penrith."
 * "In 1769, his family followed him to the colonies" - Which colonies? Do you mean the Thirteen Colonies mentioned in the lead? That should be included again here since the article body is treated differently from the lead.
 * "then to Norfolk, Virginia to apprentice for a harnessmaker" - Similarly to above suggestions, I would suggest a comma after Virginia here.
 * "In Annapolis he began regular Church attendance, but had difficulties with Selby, who boarded other tradesmen and collected fines on the breaching of household rules to supply alcohol for frolics." - Replace with "In Annapolis, he began regular church attendance but had difficulties with Selby, who boarded other tradesmen and collected fines for breaching household rules to supply alcohol for frolics."
 * "Moving in December 1773 to Alexandria, Virginia, where the seventeen year old Littlejohn was appointed foreman and manager, began attending regular Methodist preaching with his bosses' family, despite ridicule from a Catholic coworker." - Replace with "Moving in December 1773 to Alexandria, Virginia, where the seventeen-year-old Littlejohn was appointed foreman and manager, he began attending regular Methodist preaching with his boss's family, despite ridicule from a Catholic coworker."
 * "Sigman's preaching especially affected Littlejohn, writing "His words got to my heart as never any did before, tears gushed from my eyes as voluntary as the water from a fountain." - Replace with "Sigman's preaching especially affected Littlejohn, writing, "His words got to my heart as never any did before; tears gushed from my eyes as voluntary as the water from a fountain."
 * There seem to be comma issues in several places. I would recommend reading WP:CinS as that helped me out a lot with this.
 * "He ultimately continued in his duties, with Rev. William Watters appointing him as a class leader" - While it is fairly obvious this stands for "reverend", you could maybe use the full form to make sure all readers can understand this.
 * "Littlejohn left Virginia in 1777, returning to Maryland." - Suggest simpler sentence structure: "Littlejohn left Virginia in 1777 to return to Maryland."
 * "John and Monica Littlejohn married in December 1778" - I would maybe avoid using Littlejohn as Monica's surname in this particular sentence, assuming she had not taken it until after the marriage happened.
 * "John Littlejohn died at his home in Logan County on May 13th, 1836, possibly of cholera, and was buried in Russellville at the same graveyard as his son and wife." - I think you can remove "th" and keep just "May 13, 1836".
 * That's all! Props to you for writing a biography about someone who died in 1836. I shy away from working on biographies even about currently active people, lol. This is . Best, NØ 20:57, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @MaranoFan Thank you so much for your review! Made changes as per review. :3 Generalissima (talk) 10:29, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for addressing these points. I'll read through the article and try to correct any more comma stuff I can find myself.--NØ 19:05, 23 November 2023 (UTC)