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Michael F. Adams

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Adams in 2013

• ... that Michael F. Adams (pictured) was the first president of Centre College who was not Presbyterian? Source: Weston, Centre College: A Bicentennial History (2019), p.119
  • ALT1: ... that during his time as president of the University of Georgia, Michael F. Adams advocated for a playoff championship system for college football, over five years before such a system was implemented? Source: https://www.redandblack.com/sports/after-adams-championships-controversies-and-change-during-years-as-president/article_dca8723c-9741-11e2-bfcd-0019bb30f31a.html
  • ALT2: ... that five new colleges were established at the University of Georgia during the administration of President Michael F. Adams (pictured)? Source: https://news.uga.edu/uga-president-adams-announces-plans-to-step-down-next-year/
  • ALT3: ... that Michael F. Adams (pictured) was chief of staff to Senate minority leader Howard Baker for three years and later ran for Congress himself? Source: https://sc.centre.edu/ency/a/adams.html; https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf
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Improved to Good Article status by PCN02WPS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 79 past nominations.

PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 15:38, 9 October 2024 (UTC).

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Earwig comes up high, but everything seems to be long names of organizations Valereee (talk) 20:03, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

• Personally I find ALT1 the most interesting, ALT0 as second choice. Not wild about all the affiliated sources for the hooks, can we find somethng from places he didn't work? Valereee (talk) 20:10, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

• I don't love the photo. It's a crop from another, and it's just awkward. I tried to recrop, but it's not high enough res and doesn't have enough room to come up with a better version. Valereee (talk) 20:26, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
  • @Valereee: here's an ESPN link for ALT1. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 21:44, 10 October 2024 (UTC)