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I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:

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Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:27, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment

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Smith took over or "purchased" the island and displaced the poor families living on it as they didn't fulfill his requirements. He then had illegitimate children with the servants. I wouldn't consider him a philanthropist in any way, shape or form. Far from it.

The above objection is biased, in that

1) it fails to take into account the true nature of Smith's actions on Scilly - a general reform of the leases, which had fallen into chaos thanks to the muddle and indeed corruption of the previous administration.

and

2) it is based on a subjective view of information popularly accepted as true but factually without foundation. Please provide references. You will find that they point to a view opposite to the one you seem in your halting way to wish to express

[1] Samsonioni (talk) 16:00, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 18:12, 24 May 2014 (UTC). Substituted at 08:37, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ Emperor Smith, the man who built Scilly, Sam Llewellyn, 2005; Augustus Smith of Scilly, Elizabeth Inglis-Jones;

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Augustus Smith (politician)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 11:15, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]


I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:15, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Images are appropriately tagged; sources are reliable.

  • I think the lead could be a little longer; it's only one sentence at the moment.
  • 'As the title suggests, it traces the family name from its early beginnings and purports ″the county of Nottingham may justly be considered as the fatherland of Smiths, who have always abounded within its borders″': "asserts" might be a more natural word than "purports".

That's all I can find to complain about. The article is well written. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:38, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful, thanks for being willing to review the article! I've addressed the problems you raised, please let me know if there's anything else to sort out for the review. Have a great day! HenryTemplo (talk) 12:06, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Fixes look good; passing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:20, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk05:17, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Augustus Smith
Augustus Smith

Improved to Good Article status by HenryTemplo (talk). Self-nominated at 06:36, 4 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: The hook is quite interesting. Sahaib (talk) 12:30, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]