Talk:Robert White (judge)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Seabuckthorn (talk · contribs) 21:25, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Nominator: Caponer (talk)

Hi! My review for this article will be here shortly. -- Seabuckthorn   ♥  21:25, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

1: Well-written
 * a. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:
 * b. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

Check for WP:LEAD:


 * 1) Check for Correct Structure of Lead Section:  ✅
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 * 5) ** Major Point 1: Early life and education "White was the grandson of Virginia pioneer settler and physician Dr. Robert White (1688–1752), thus he was a member of the prominent White political family of Virginia and West Virginia. He was the nephew of United States House Representative Alexander White (1738–1804) and the brother of United States House Representative Francis White (1761–1826)." (summarised well in the lead)
 * 6) ** Major Point 2: Military career "Prior to his political and law careers, White served in the Virginia militia and Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War." (summarised well in the lead)
 * 7) ** Major Point 3: Law and political careers "White represented Frederick County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1789–1792) and served as a judge of the General Court of Virginia (1793–1831)." (summarised well in the lead)
 * 8) ** Major Point 4: Judicial career and later life as above (summarised well in the lead)
 * 9) * Check for Relative emphasis: ✅
 * 10) ** Major Point 1: Early life and education "White was the grandson of Virginia pioneer settler and physician Dr. Robert White (1688–1752), thus he was a member of the prominent White political family of Virginia and West Virginia. He was the nephew of United States House Representative Alexander White (1738–1804) and the brother of United States House Representative Francis White (1761–1826)." (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
 * 11) ** Major Point 2: Military career "Prior to his political and law careers, White served in the Virginia militia and Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War." (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
 * 12) ** Major Point 3: Law and political careers "White represented Frederick County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1789–1792) and served as a judge of the General Court of Virginia (1793–1831)." (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
 * 13) ** Major Point 4: Judicial career and later life as above (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
 * 14) * Check for Opening paragraph (MOS:BEGIN): ✅
 * 15) ** Check for First sentence (WP:LEADSENTENCE): ✅
 * 16) *** Robert White (March 29, 1759 – March 1831) was a distinguished early American military officer, lawyer, judge, and politician in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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 * 19) ** Check for Abbreviations and synonyms (MOS:BOLDSYN): None
 * 20) ** Check for Foreign language (MOS:FORLANG): None
 * 21) ** Check for Pronunciation: None
 * 22) ** Check for Contextual links (MOS:CONTEXTLINK): ✅
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 * 25) Check for Biographies of living persons:  NA
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 * 31) Check for Clutter (WP:LEADCLUTTER):  None

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 * 8) * Check for See also section (MOS:SEEALSO): None
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 * 10) * Check for Further reading (WP:FURTHER): None
 * 11) * Check for External links (WP:LAYOUTEL): None
 * 12) * Check for Links to sister projects: None
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 * 12) * Check for Neologisms (WP:PEA): None
 * 13) Check for Offensive material (WP:F***):  ✅

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 * Prose is preferred over list (WP:PROSE):
 * Convert list into prose in the Personal life and family section. Remove unnecessary details about the lives of his children.


 * Check for Tables (MOS:TABLES):

2: Verifiable with no original research
 * a. Has an appropriate reference section: Yes
 * b. Citation to reliable sources where necessary: excellent (Thorough check on Google. Cross-checked with other GAs)

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Check for WP:RS: ✅

Cross-checked with other GAs: Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser, Confederate Memorial (Romney, West Virginia), Wirgman Building, Wappocomo (Romney, West Virginia), Christian Streit White, Valley View (Romney, West Virginia), Alexander White (Virginia), Francis White (Virginia)


 * 1) Check for the material (WP:RSVETTING):  (not contentious) ✅
 * 2) * Is it contentious?: No
 * 3) * Does the ref indeed support the material?:
 * 4) Check for the author (WP:RSVETTING):  ✅
 * 5) * Who is the author?:
 * 6) * Does the author have a Wikipedia article?:
 * 7) * What are the author's academic credentials and professional experience?:
 * 8) * What else has the author published?:
 * 9) * Is the author, or this work, cited in other reliable sources? In academic works?:
 * 10) Check for the publication (WP:RSVETTING):  ✅
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Check for inline citations WP:MINREF: ✅


 * 1) Check for Direct quotations:  ✅
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 * 3) Check for Contentious material about living persons (WP:BLP):  NA


 * c. No original research: ✅

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3: Broad in its coverage

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Cross-checked with other GAs: Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser, Confederate Memorial (Romney, West Virginia), Wirgman Building, Wappocomo (Romney, West Virginia), Christian Streit White, Valley View (Romney, West Virginia), Alexander White (Virginia), Francis White (Virginia)


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 * 7) Check for All material that a reader would be likely to agree matches the specified scope is covered:
 * 8) Check for The most general scope that summarises essentially all knowledge:
 * 9) Check for Stay on topic and no wandering off-topic (WP:OFFTOPIC):

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4: Neutral

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4. Fair representation without bias: ✅


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 * 11) Check for Attributing and specifying biased statements (WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV):  ✅
 * 12) Check for Fringe theories and pseudoscience (WP:PSCI):  None
 * 13) Check for Religion (WP:RNPOV):  None

5: Stable: No edit wars, etc: Yes

6: Images ✅ (PD)

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6: Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content: ✅


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6: Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions: ✅


 * 1) Check for image relevance (WP:IMAGE RELEVANCE):  ✅
 * 2) Check for Images for the lead (WP:LEADIMAGE):  ✅
 * 3) Check for suitable captions (WP:CAPTION):  ✅
 * 4) * Caption 1: "Portrait of Judge Robert White" succinct and informative

I'm glad to see your work here. The prose quality in particular is meticulous and engrossing. It has been fantastic in all your articles. As per the above checklist, I do have some insights that I think will be useful in improving the article:


 * Fix the list in the Personal life section.

Besides that, I think the article looks excellent. All the best, --  Seabuckthorn   ♥  20:49, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Seabuckthorn, thank you for the thoughtful review of this article. I understand your concerns regarding the added information for the White children, but I felt that their known information should be included. Does the list look better now that it is in prose format? Please let me know if this works much better! Again, thank you for taking the time to review this article and take care! -- Caponer (talk) 04:32, 5 March 2014 (UTC)