Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Martha Layne Collins/archive1


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The article was not promoted by Ucucha 11:38, 1 January 2012.

Martha Layne Collins

 * Nominator(s): Acdixon (talk · contribs) 16:05, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

This article covers the life of Kentucky's first (and to date, only) female governor. It passed a GA review on April 8, 2010, but has not undergone a peer review. Collins was the seventh female governor in U.S. history and the third who was not the wife or widow of a past governor. She got some consideration as the Democratic VP candidate from Walter Mondale before Mondale chose Geraldine Ferraro. I'm hoping to get an FA pass in time for this article to be considered for TFA on International Women's Day (March 8), or at least sometime during Women's History Month in the U.S. (March). Acdixon (talk · contribs) 16:05, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Source review - spotchecks not done. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:04, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * FN 4: why no author?
 * Fixed.
 * Use a consistent format for shortened citations to authorless newspaper articles - for example, compare FNs 4 and 9
 * Well, FN 4 was messed up to begin with. All authorless newspaper articles should be of the form "title". Newspaper name. If you find any that aren't, please let me know.
 * For multi-author works, be consistent in how many authors are included in shortened citations
 * Assume you mean A New History of Kentucky; added Klotter
 * Check formatting on Wolfe and Kocher citations compared to other newspaper articles
 * Fixed
 * FN 52: check capitalization
 * Fixed.
 * FN 55: check Hall of Fame title
 * Fixed.
 * No citations to Chellgren, "Midway College Elects Trustees"
 * Fixed.
 * Check alphabetization of bibliography
 * Fixed.
 * "Toyota Incentives Legal, Court Rules; Justices Split 4—3 Over Package" - should use endash, not emdash
 * I hate dashes.
 * University Press of Kentucky or The University Press of Kentucky?
 * Fixed.
 * Check newspaper name on Kocher
 * Fixed.
 * Be consistent in how you notate authors/editors of larger works (ie. "In..."). Nikkimaria (talk) 16:04, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed by adding second author for A New History of Kentucky
 * Thanks for your comments. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 16:13, 12 December 2011 (UTC)


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