Talk:United States' Telegraph

United States' Telegraph is currently a Magazines and print journalism good article nominee. Nominated by Generalissima (talk) (it/she) at 06:01, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

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A fact from United States' Telegraph appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the chief editor of the United States' Telegraph allegedly gouged a rival reporter's eyes inside a Senate office?

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 20:29, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the chief editor of the United States' Telegraph gouged a rival reporter's eyes inside a Senate office? Source: Smith, Kenneth Laurence (1981). Duff Green and the United States' Telegraph, 1826-1837, p. 70 https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3580&context=etd
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Created by Generalissima (talk).

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Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 06:32, 16 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

This should be interesting. I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:10, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Wonderful work! I enjoyed reading this (I just love old newspapers! ). Looks good to go. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:51, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The fact does sound interesting, but unfortunately, according to Fletcher M. Green in "Duff Green, Militant Journalist of the Old School," Duff Green "denied that he was armed or that he gouged Sparhawk's eyes," and it doesn't help that it was Sparhawk who made the original charge. There's not much of a way to prove that this for sure happened, so a different hook might need to be picked unless I can for sure confirm that this truly happened. PrimalMustelid (talk) 20:19, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Forgot to ping @Generalissima and @BeanieFan11. PrimalMustelid (talk) 20:21, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Why not just "that the chief editor of the United States' Telegraph allegedly gouged a rival reporter's eyes inside a Senate office?" Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:24, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    - I'm a bit reluctant still, but I suppose it works better. PrimalMustelid (talk) 23:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      - The article/citations would need to be adjusted accordingly Generalissima. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:16, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        Done. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:55, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]