Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Winfield Scott Hancock


 * 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 02:18, 9 September 2007.

Winfield Scott Hancock
This is a self-nomination, I guess, although the article was already rated GA when I started working on it. I added material on his pre-war and post-war life, including his 1880 candidacy for President of the United States. Article is well-written and well-cited. Coemgenus 16:01, 2 September 2007 (UTC) Thanks! Karanacs 03:15, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Support- well written, encyclopedic, and informative-- Southern Texas  04:59, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Well written, informative, all together good. I've reviewed this article and am confident it is deserving of FA status. JCO312 04:18, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Support very thorough, well-written, well-referenced and coherently organised, great job --Brent Ward 18:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment On the whole I concur that this is a well-written article. There are a few minor MOS issues that I would like to see addressed, however.  Karanacs 03:15, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
 * per WP:MOS, you don't have to use brackets around the first letter of a quote if you change its case. (Just an FYI, it doesn't say you can't, I don't think).  ✅
 * Need a citation for him being named after General Winfield Scott. It's also possible his parents could have just liked the two names. ✅
 * Don't refer to him as "Winfield." I know that you were just discussing other people with his surname, but, he should only be referred to by surname after the first mention.  (See WP:MOSBIO).  ✅
 * Headings should not begin with "The". ✅
 * You need a retrieval date for citations 6, 10. ✅


 * Thanks for the comments. I've completed all the adjustments you recommended, except one -- the date on footnote 6 is the retrieval date.  Coemgenus 13:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
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