Talk:John Wiltbank

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Review: October 30, 2024. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review

Passed. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 17:17, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:John Wiltbank/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 02:05, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs) 12:37, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Expand lead some.
- Added a little.
"He fought in the Revolutionary War, served several political positions in Sussex County and served in the 1st Delaware General Assembly." comma after county.
- Done.
Added cats: People of Delaware in the American Revolution, United States military personnel of the American Revolution, Colonial American justices of the peace, American justices of the peace
"He was born on a 344-acre farm that had been given to his great-grandfather and was the son of Cornelius Wiltbank" If you don't put a comma after great-grandfather, the sentence sounds like his great-grandfather was the son of Cornelius Wiltbank
- Added comma.
"the first of which being born in 1751" change to "the first of which was born in 1751"
- Done.
"Provincial Assembly of the Three Lower Counties" I'm assuming that's probably just a meeting of three counties in Delaware?
- It was the legislature of Delaware (then the 'Three Lower Counties' – Delaware also only has three counties) – although part of the Province of Pennsylvania at the time, both Pennsylvania and Delaware had separate legislatures.
In infobox: October 20, 1776 (where's that come from)
- I got it from the dates listed at 1st Delaware General Assembly, which likely got it from Memoirs of the Senate, the only source listed (although I can't guarantee it). Should I go digging for a source, remove it, or keep it?
In infobox: January 27, 1791 (where's that come from)
- From ref 4; added.
In infobox: August 1, 1774 – 1776 (how do we know that ended in 1776?)
- The Provincial Assembly was succeeded by the Delaware General Assembly, which began in 1776.
In infobox: "Member of the Sussex Committee of Safety" (don't see that in body?)
- I added to the body (I don't have ref 5 currently, but can see a mention of it in the source through a Google search of ""sussex committee of safety" "john wiltbank"").
Body doesn't say where he died. It just says he died at his estate called "Dover" but it didn't say where either of his estates were located.
- Added location.
I presume you couldn't locate a picture?
- Wasn't able to.

That's all. This article isn't super duper long but this guy is pretty obscure. You've probably scrounged up everything there is to find (you usually do). Nice research! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 12:37, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9: BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:09, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. Looks good now. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 17:16, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did a spot check of the sources and did not find any more issues. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:57, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Note

@BeanieFan11: Could you add a note to the article about the three lower counties thing? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 17:23, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added a note. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:32, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]