Talk:Charles O'Rear

Charles O'Rear is currently an Art and architecture good article nominee. Nominated by Vacant0 (talk • contribs) at 13:25, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

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Short description: American photographer (born 1941)

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that when Charles O'Rear took a photograph of a green, lush hillside near Napa Valley, he did not expect it to be "the most viewed image of the world"?

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GA Review

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Nominator: Vacant0 (talk · contribs) 13:25, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 04:30, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know? If you fancy doing so, I always have plenty of GA nominees to review. Just look for the all-uppercase titles in the Television section. Reviews always appreciated.

Copy changes

Lead

Change "where he covered" to "covering" to not have "in 1971" splitting the publication and "where" modifier.
O'Rear developed an interest in wine photography, relocated to St. Helena, California, and formed the Los Angeles-based stock photo agency Westlight in 1980. This list has a comma entry in it. Try O'Rear developed an interest in wine photography; relocated to St. Helena, California; and formed the Los Angeles–based stock photo agency Westlight in 1980.
MOS:'S: should be "Bill Gates's"
- All done.

Early life

for Bates County Democrat missing a "the"
He graduated from the school in 1959, and attended... Remove comma WP:CINS
- All done.

Career

he covered stories about society and politics, and was commissioned, He covered the first Super Bowl game for the newspaper, but left the newspaper in 1968 Remove comma (WP:CINS) (and on the second one, "the newspaper" back to back should be fixed)
"a lasting snapshot of Midwest America." MOS:LOGICAL: sentence fragment, so quote before period. (This comes up a few more times in this article.)
Regarding his nature photographs, O'Rear shown the destruction should be "showed"
The magazine then tasked him with an assignment in Acapulco, Mexico instead. Remember your MOS:GEOCOMMAs. (This comes up in the Personal life section too.)
Consider wikilinking AAAS to American Association for the Advancement of Science
He was also assigned with photographing at the Mexican Riviera, and in Canada and Siberia. Remove unneeded comma
He is the only photographer to ever appear on the magazine's cover, having appeared twice, on the cover of "The Chip: Electronic Mini Marvel That is Changing Your Life" in 1982, regarding microchip production in the Silicon Valley, and "The Bird Men," appearing as an aircraft pilot, in 1983. Change the comma after "twice" to a colon.
Corbis digitized its images after its acquisition. Corbis had previously hired O'Rear to photograph wine auctions in Burgundy in 1995. Maybe combine?
Seattle, Washington, I don't think listing state for this world city is necessary.
Your TV stations editor suggests changing ABC7 to KGO-TV for clarity.
Hyphenate "most-viewed"
- All done.

Personal life

He had another child with Wright in 1961 which died shortly after birth. "who", not "which"
- Done.

Sourcing and spot checks

Images

One image is CC-licensed, the other PD-USGov. Alt text is supplied.