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Nominator: JJonahJackalope (talk · contribs) 18:34, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Relativity (talk · contribs) 23:38, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Hello, I'll be reviewing this against the good article criteria. I am still traveling but lately have gotten more active on Wikipedia, and will return in the next day or so, so I should finish this within a week. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 23:38, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio check

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Earwig's is coming out clean, although I'll check for close paraphrasing when I do the spotcheck. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 23:08, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prose check

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A couple of preliminary comments; hold for more:

  • Lead—Its initial officers included Samuel Ringgold Ward as president, Douglass and Lewis Woodson as vice presidents, and Henry Bibb as secretary, and during the first meeting, an executive committee was organized that was composed of several notable social reformers and abolitionists.—reads as a bit long-winded. I recommend splitting this into "Its initial officers included Samuel Ringgold Ward as president, Douglass and Lewis Woodson as vice presidents, and Henry Bibb as secretary. During the first meeting, an executive committee was organized that was composed of several notable social reformers and abolitionists."
  • Background—I assume that the Coachman's Benevolent Society was a benevolent society. What were the Humane Mechanics, Baltimore Caulker's Association, and Colored Sailor's Home?
    • The source I used for that sentence lists these organizations in a discussion of "mutual aid societies", and several are explicitly referred to as "benevolent societies" as well. In writing the article, I decided to follow the author and keep these groups listed together as examples of both "mutual organizations and benevolent societies". -JJonahJackalope (talk) 02:48, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Honestly, I'm trying to find comments to add here, but I can't. This is probably the most clear, well-written GA I've ever reviewed (granted, I haven't reviewed that many). I'll take another read-through to see if I can come up with anything else, but so far, I understood it very well. Hold for (possibly) more. Great work! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 03:40, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source check

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Hold for more updates.

  • 1—Can't access this source.
  • 3—
  • 7—All good, except for one part: "and increased European immigration that stifled the development of black industry". This claim is cited to this source, but I'm not seeing anything in the article about immigration. Is this part cited to McElderry's source (which I can't access)? If so, I suggest moving that citation to the end of the sentence with source 22.
  • 8—Can't access this source
  • 9—All good
  • 12—All good
  • 13—All good
  • 15—All good
  • 19—Can't access this source
  • 22—Can't access this source
  • 23—
  • 24—All good
  • 29—All good
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