Template:Did you know nominations/George F. Robinson


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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 19:43, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

George F. Robinson

 * ... that George F. Robinson was awarded 1871 Congressional Gold Medal (pictured) for saving the life of Secretary of State William Seward?

5x expanded by The Herald (talk). Self nominated at 15:47, 23 January 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg The hook is cited to "Swanson, p. 59.", but there is no indication of what this source actually is. Also, what makes Findagrave.com and Mifamilyhistory.org reliable sources? The Goodwin and Taylor references also need expanding. No other review criteria examined. Harrias talk 22:58, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review. I have made the changes on the hook's citations. But can you please convince me why Findagrave.com and Mifamilyhistory.org are not reliable sources. - The Herald (here I am) 10:58, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry..Fingagrave ruled out - The Herald (here I am) 11:00, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg The referencing still needs some work: the citation supporting the hook does not include an accessdate, page number or publisher information, while many of the websites don't include titles. The article is plenty long enough, and underwent an appropriate expansion on the date stated. With the required work on the references, this should be okay to go. Harrias talk 17:06, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for the review. Its done per your comment. - The Herald (here I am) 09:13, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * It's looking a lot better, and I've done a bit on it too, but reference 6 still needs detail; at the moment there is no indicated as to what "Taylor" is. Harrias talk 09:49, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't think that the removal of that cite can pose any major problem to the article. Is it? - The Herald (here I am) 12:25, 25 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Yup, got rid of that reference as superfluous. The references are all fine, appropriately supporting the hook. No evidence of copyvio or close para-phrasing found: a couple of terms are quite similar, but that's just because they are the obvious way to describe the facts, to rephrase it would get a bit silly. Good to go. Harrias talk 16:22, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I had to remove a citation about another man also named George F. Robinson who was from Michigan and was born in 1845. It was incorrect. I had to rewrite that sentence and used the citation from the Arlington National Cemetery instead. Another editor should look at the article. Finally I have a modest request; please do not included myself in the DYK nomination of this article. I feel uncomfortable with DYK and do not want to be recognized. Thank you-RFD (talk) 16:01, 30 January 2015 (UTC)