Talk:Wilson desk/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Eddie891 (talk · contribs) 16:51, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Can review Eddie891 Talk Work 16:51, 25 May 2021 (UTC)


 * a property decal from the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, could you clarify what this means? What does the decal look like, where is it, perhaps?
 * This comes directly from this source. Max Friedersdorf tells Jack Marsh in a memorandum this number in an attempt to find the desk when the Senate was unsure of its location. I have researched trying to find an image of what these decals look like but haven't been able to find out more. If this feels like extraneous info I'm happy to cut it.--Found5dollar (talk) 17:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Nixon was out of the United States, had it refinished. could you contextualize, perhaps when or why Nixon was out of the country?
 * The source of this antidote just says that "Once, when he was on a trip abroad..." This additional ref only says it happened "during one of his absesnces" Unfortunately I cant seem to find exactly where he was.
 * Presumably, you mean 'anecdote' :p I couldn't find anything more, either. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:29, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Consider using inflation templates to convert prices?
 * Done--Found5dollar (talk) 17:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * "The desk was likely ordered" what does likely mean here?
 * "Likely" is just there to show the small bit of uncertainty as to where the desk came from. The Senate source says "The double-pedestal desk is believed to have been ordered from W.B. Moses and Sons in 1898 specifically for use in the Vice President’s Room." It sis "believed" because they still have receipts and ledgers listing most of the items bought for the room but, sadly, the actual receipt for the desk no longer exists. With out %100 certainty we should probably still keep a "likely" or "believed to" there.--Found5dollar (talk) 17:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Do we know why Nixon would have believed Wilson used it?
 * Honestly, no idea. I've searched for that "why" but that info doesn't seem to exist out there. The closest I can assume was that everyone knew that Wilson used a different desk in the Oval Office, the Theodore Roosevelt desk. That desk was being used in Nixon's other office in the Executing Office Building. Someone probably said that Wilson used "this" desk and it got misconstrued to the desk he had in the Oval Office instead fo the EOO. This it complete and utter conjecture though. I cant find a single source that says the "why".--Found5dollar (talk) 17:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Any idea why Barkley got a name on the desk?
 * Again another unfortunate thing I cant find info on. I assume it is just that he was the last person to use it before Nixon in the Vice President's room, but it is referred to as the McKinley-Barkley desk a few times in references.--Found5dollar (talk) 17:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * A brief gloss of what the Watergate tapes are in the article body might be useful
 * Added a super quick mention on what they were.--Found5dollar (talk) 17:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * "This misconception was first discovered to be untrue" do we have a date?
 * This information comes from an account by William Safire in his book, Before the Fall he doesn't mention when this happened and I've watched interviews with him about the book but he doesn't ever seem to state when exactly this happened.--Found5dollar (talk) 17:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * "of his character traits and virtues" who is 'he' here?
 * Fixed--Found5dollar (talk) 17:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * "less-than-public entrances into the room" what does this mean? 'hidden'?
 * clarified--Found5dollar (talk) 17:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Imgs look good
 * sources are reliable and reasonably well formatted (for GA)
 * Ref #10 throws up a error 404 for me
 * It looked like they moved the page. found it again and changed the source. --Found5dollar (talk) 17:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Earwigs suggests no copyvio
 * Spotchecked a few sources, lgtm.
 * Very interesting article, very nicely done. A few minor things, nothing too big and not one thing in particular that would fail the article Eddie891 Talk Work 01:13, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Eddie891 Thank you do much for this review! I believe I have responded to all of the issues you rose. Please let me know if there is anything else that needs work.--Found5dollar (talk) 17:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Nice, nice, this clearly meets the GA criteria. Happy to pass. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:29, 2 June 2021 (UTC)