Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Australia and the American Civil War/1

Australia and the American Civil War

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 * Result: Keep. Closing on behalf of because GARCloser user script wasn't working. Bug fixed. – Novem Linguae  (talk) 16:18, 26 February 2023 (UTC) CCI issues cleaned, minor issues fixed, so article kept.  AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:25, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

This article was not on the original list of 223 Doug Coldwell GAs as part of DCGAR, but the main editor is community banned and DC is a significant contributor and DC claims it as a GA on his user page, so I am submitting it for review per the Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment drive of all DC content. Talk page already notified. Because most of the sources are offline, copyright issues on DC content cannot be accessed, and the extent to apply presumptive deletion cannot be determined. DC's significant contributions were:, and. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  03:55, 17 February 2023 (UTC)


 * With only 16.4% authorship, it's a tough sell to say that cutting out the 'Assassination of Abraham Lincoln' won't fix the page well enough to keep. There is a strong case for WP:PDEL since we're delisting 200+ articles and likely stubbifying many. The prose is also very poor overall, and emblematic of Doug's writing. Thankfully, it appears that even the first major edits Doug made ( and ) were later rolled into the 'Assassination of Abraham Lincoln' section and the damage is exclusively contained in this section. The page flows fine without the assassination section, in fact, the section as a whole feels somewhat forced in. Excising the potential copy-vio is the safest route in my opinion.
 * TLDR: Cut the offending section and keep. 🏵️ Etrius ( Us) 19:34, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I've cut DC's material, and note it was added a few days after the GAN. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 19:42, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks both; marking the CCI as cleaned. I'm fine with whatever others decide here re GA status, as I am not that familiar with the standards. Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  20:02, 17 February 2023 (UTC)


 * a fear rooted in the actions of American privateers during the War of 1812. This could do with some clarification as to what those actions were. Steelkamp (talk) 04:41, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Once the war ended, little cotton from southern Australia was imported to England. This confuses me since the previous sentence talks about Queensland and I don't believe cotton was ever grown in southern Australia. Steelkamp (talk) 04:41, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * However, in the aftermath of the war some Australians were interested in acquiring the Fiji Islands and their cotton fields. What does this have to do with the war? It could do with some explanation. Steelkamp (talk) 04:41, 18 February 2023 (UTC)