Template:Did you know nominations/Reginald Uren


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The result was: promoted by PanydThe muffin is not subtle 13:00, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Reginald Uren

 * ... that to further his career, New Zealand architect Reginald Uren worked his passage to England as a greaser on a steamer?

Created by DavidCane (talk). Self nominated at 03:48, 1 November 2014 (UTC).
 * Reviewed: Wyangala--DavidCane (talk) 04:48, 1 November 2014 (UTC)


 * I will review this nomination. ColonialGrid (talk) 16:54, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Article It is well supported by citations, however, five of 12 are not publicly viewable. Given that I have followed Did you know/Reviewing guide and varified what I can with the remaining sources. I must admit they aren't overly substantive, but they do varify other facts, and corrispond correctly with the claims they are supporting, I will therefore WP:AGF, with one query:
 * New – Article is new enough, it was created on 1 November (+10UTC), and nominated later that day. Symbol confirmed.svg
 * Long enough – The article was 2255 characters at time of nomination. Symbol confirmed.svg
 * Within policy – The article is neutral in tone. Symbol confirmed.svg
 * In 'Life and work' para 2, citation #3 just states he trained in London under Holden, does cite #1 name University of London? Symbol question.svg
 * Thanks for asking. Cite #1 (Who Was Who) gives University of London under the education heading. Cite #5 also mentions that he studied at London University "for a short period under Professor A. E. Richardson A. R. A".--DavidCane (talk) 20:05, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * From what I can tell, it is free from any form of close paraphrasing or plagiarism, but this again relies on good faith, given I can only cross-check about half the citations. Still, I can hardly fail it on that. Symbol confirmed.svg

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 * Format – The hook is short enough. Symbol confirmed.svg
 * Content – The hook is supported by a citation, however, the citation is not publicly viewable. I'm willing to approve it, as it is sourced, but defer to the closer as to if this is the right decision or not. Symbol confirmed.svg
 * Both the Who Was Who and The Times Digital Archive websites are freely accessible to most UK library cardholders; so if anyone has one, they might be able to check. The Eitan Karol book used for citation #6 is one I used when I wrote the featured article on Charles Holden and the featured list on his works. There is another source (here) for this (which I haven't used in Reginald Uren because it is more particularly about Charles Holden), but I have used it elsewhere. --DavidCane (talk) 20:05, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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 * I reckon this article meets all requirements, but will defer passing until the query is addressed, sorry. Symbol question.svg ColonialGrid (talk) 17:43, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * With the additional information and clarification, I reckon this article is good to go. Symbol voting keep.svg ColonialGrid (talk) 21:56, 4 November 2014 (UTC)