Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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The article was promoted 18:19, 2 May 2008.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Douglas was the proverbial little old lady who wore a big hat, pearls, and told folks to go to hell. The simultaneous Grandmother of the Everglades and the Anti-Christ, depending on who was doing the describing, was a fascinating writer and environmental activist. I've had some recent input on it, I like the article and I love the subject. I'll hang around and do what needs to be done to get it featured. Thanks in advance for reading it! Self-nominator, major contributor. --Moni3 (talk) 20:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Thanks for writing it. Beautifully written article on a fascinating subject. I've never heard of her before, but what a grand women. Can't fault it; such professional writing. --GrahamColm ^Talk 21:17, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Very interesting article. Fascinating subject, and the style of writing is perfect! Good job! Perhaps the first nomination in a while that has a decent chance. --haha169 (talk) 21:32, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Drive-by comment: I'm sorry to say that "Its impact is compared to that of Silent Spring." is completely lost on me. indopug (talk) 06:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lost because you thought Silent Spring was poop on toast, or lost because you have no idea what Silent Spring was? I can quantify Carson's book in the lead, but I can't justify its impact. --Moni3 (talk) 14:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

'cause I have no idea what Silent Spring is :) indopug (talk) 17:14, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I added a teeny bit of adjective in the lead, expanded an explanation in The Everglades: River of Grass section, and added a blockquote from ROG just because. --Moni3 (talk) 17:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Current ref 67 "City of Miami "Marjory Stoneman Douglas House" is lacking last access date. All other links checked out fine, sources look good. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:27, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh! Fo' sho'! Done. Thanks. --Moni3 (talk) 14:45, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done! And the name is pronounced Ee-ald-gith. Or at least that's how my professor in college said it. See Ealdgyth Swan-neck. Ealdgyth - Talk 21:35, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Well-written, well-sourced, great organization and meticulous referencing style. A couple minor points:

The free-use images should be moved to Wikimedia Commons at some point. Cirt (talk) 02:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Everglades River of Grass.jpg -- No fair use on this image, and even if there were, fair use cannot be give for use in this particular article, just in The Everglades: River of Grass. Cirt (talk) 02:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Awards, death, and legacy -- Could almost even split this up into 2 separate subsections. I'll leave it up to the active contributors to think about that. Cirt (talk) 02:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Overall, nice work on an interesting journalist and writer, an informative read. Cirt (talk) 02:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I split the sections in Awards. I added a fair-use rationale to the image of the book cover, but as usual, I have no idea what I'm doing with images. Any help with that would be appreciated. Thank you for your suggestions, Cirt. --Moni3 (talk) 13:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~Concern~~ I'm not sure what normal guidelines are, but it concerns me that much of the information in the article is sourced to autobiographies. At least one proper (i.e. not juvenile non-fiction) biography appears to have been written about here (see http://books.google.com/books?id=S9ENcJKxXMoC). This seems like it would be preferable to sourcing to (clearly not independent of the subject) autobiographies. Mangostar (talk) 15:23, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Mangostar. I want you to know I take your concerns seriously. I don't like GoogleBooks, so I visited the Alachua County Public Library to view this book for myself. They have it shelved in Juvenile Nonfiction. It's 143 pages, and written on a middle-school level. I checked out the references used, and I don't know if you can view the references in GoogleBooks, but the author relies heavily on Douglas' autobiography. We actually used many of the same sources. I don't feel as if the author of this book in question has seen something I haven't, so I'm going to leave it out of the article. I appreciate your concern, and your push to make sure no stone is left unturned. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to earn your support. --Moni3 (talk) 19:35, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody give Moni the nice nominator of the month award :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:37, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a reasonable explanation. Haven't read the article thoroughly so I can't comment more, but this doesn't bother me anymore. Mangostar (talk) 01:45, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Note: I gave this a copyedit and a reference formatting review prior to its nomination. Maralia (talk) 20:28, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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