Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Gibbs French

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 02:36, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Samuel Gibbs French

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Confederate major general Samuel Gibbs French

... that when New Jersey born military officer Samuel Gibbs French (pictured) sided with the South in the U.S. Civil War, residents of Woodbury, New Jersey hung him in effigy and stormed his summer home? Source: "When the Civil War began, French sided with the Confederacy. Residents of his home state of New Jersey were so incensed by his decision that they protested in front of his summer home in Woodbury, New Jersey, hung him in effigy, stormed the house and threw items from his house into the street." (Tales of South Jersey: Profiles and Personalities, Jim Waltzer and Tom Wilk)
- ALT1: ... that Confederate major general Samuel Gibbs French (pictured) volunteered to serve in the Spanish-American War at the age of 79 but his offer was refused by President William McKinley? Source: "In 1898, at the age of 79, he volunteered to serve in the Spanish-American War but his offer was refused by President William McKinley." (Tales of South Jersey: Profiles and Personalities, Jim Waltzer and Tom Wilk)

Reviewed: Corvus: A Life with Birds

Improved to Good Article status by Dwkaminski (talk). Self-nominated at 20:31, 27 October 2021 (UTC).

Passed GA on 27 October. Article plenty long enough, neutral in tone and referenced to reliable sources. Although much of the result of earwig's copyvio tool is due to proper nouns and dates, the article does contain some close paraphrasing:

He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1843. His classmates included future Civil War generals...
French was brevetted as a second lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Artillery and assigned to garrison duty.
On October 5, 1864, after the fall of Atlanta, Hood sent French with his division to break the line of communication of Sherman's army by capturing Allatoona Pass. The pass was held by a federal garrison under Brigadier General John M. Corse, who defended it in the Battle of Allatoona. When federal reinforcements arrived, French withdrew his division to New Hope Church and rejoined the Army of Tennessee.
He led a demonstration against Harrison's Landing on July 4, 1862 and one against Suffolk, Virginia on September 22, 1862.

Several other sentences could do with some reworking. See here [[1]]

The hook only just qualifies at 200 characters but is interesting and sourced online. In all other respects the nom is good but the close paraphrasing needs attention. --Ykraps (talk) 09:35, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Ykraps I've re-written the sentences that you highlighted and others to reduce close paraphrasing. Please take a look and let me know if you see the need for any additional changes. Dwkaminski (talk) 13:47, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

- I've made some edits here [[2]] and here [[3]], to bring it down to "35.9% violation unlikely". Almost all the similarities are names or dates so should be okay now. I hope I haven't changed the meaning of anything. Please check. --Ykraps (talk) 13:41, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

ALT0 to T:DYK/P4 without image