Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Turban Head eagle/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by Ucucha 14:14, 1 October 2011.

Turban Head eagle

 * Nominator(s): Wehwalt (talk) 23:06, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured article because... I think it meets the criteria. The Turban Head eagle. It will never be popular as a collectable, if only because of price. However, its story captures the primitive conditions of the US Mint in the early days, George Washington plays a far from insignificant role in the story. Enjoy.Wehwalt (talk) 23:06, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Source review - spotchecks not done, no issues noted. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:22, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Support. I did the GA review, and when I'm reviewing something written by an editor as experienced as Wehwalt I often make rather little distinction between the GA and FA criteria. All of my issues were addressed during the GA review. Malleus Fatuorum 23:12, 22 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the thoughtful review and the support.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:25, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Support: I peer-reviewed this article, and my detailed comments are here. I have read it again, and (as usual) have found a few extra nits to pick:-
 * "...the establishment of the Mint in Philadelphia, which by 1793..." Ambiguity over the subject of "which" would be resolved by a slight rephrase: "the establishment in Philadelphia of the Mint, which by 1793..."
 * "long-time Mint employee Adam Eckfeldt". Er, the Mint was established in 1792 or 1793, and we are now in 1795. "Long-time"?
 * He would remain at the Mint until the 1850s, although the final decade or so unpaid, one of the types who never truly retires. I am open to other ways of phrasing it.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:50, 23 September 2011 (UTC)


 * "Numismatic historian Walter Breen" is described thus, and linked, in successive sections (see "Design" and "Production")
 * "the diplomat, Edmund Roberts" - perhaps amplify that he was the diplomat in charge of this particular mission, not just "the diplomat".

These are of course minor matters. Another well-made coin article to add to the impressive collection. Brianboulton (talk) 20:06, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will work through these.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:50, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I can't see a neat way of rewording the Eckfeldt phrase, so let it be. The other adjustments are fine. Brianboulton (talk) 11:20, 25 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Support – Don't have anything to complain about after reading through the article. Once again, a great coin-related page.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 01:31, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the review and support.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:53, 26 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Support: After a couple read throughs, I made a few space-saving changes but otherwise there are no complaints. Very well-written and informative. -- The Writer 2.0 Talk 12:56, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the review and support. I have it on the best authority that Mint officials in the 1790s were uniformly Jets fans.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:39, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Have the images been reviewed? Ucucha (talk) 15:54, 30 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Not at FAC; I shall advertise for the same, though there's nothing controversial.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:01, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Image review
 * Captions that are complete sentences should end in periods
 * It's unfortunate that a couple of the coin images are so blurry
 * What's the source for File:1795_eagle_obverse_1.jpg? Nikkimaria (talk) 16:13, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * If I go to Colorado Springs again, I will get better images. I have no immediate plans to go there.  Coin photography under bad conditions is difficult.  The rest of it should be done.  I confess I am not always clear on what is considered a complete sentence in terms of captions so it can be like a bit of twenty questions trying to figure out which is causing you concern.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:10, 30 September 2011 (UTC)


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