Talk:1839 Marion riot

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Ovinus in topic GA Review

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ovinus (talk · contribs) 23:26, 16 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Will grab this one. Ovinus (talk) 23:26, 16 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose, spelling, and grammar):   b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):  
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section):   b (citations to reliable sources):   c (OR):   d (copyvio and plagiarism):  
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects):   b (focused):  
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:  
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:  
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):   b (appropriate use with suitable captions):  
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:  

Content

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  • Linked to [[Kanawha County, West Virginia|Kanawha County, Virginia]]
  • It's not really clear from my reading of the sources, beyond that it began August 26 and was ended by the end of that day, unfortunately.
  • Clarified, hopefully
  • Presumably both, but namely Mitchell. Clarified
  • The last we hear from the newspaper coverage I've been able to find is that they were indicted-- clarified to that. It's not clear what came of the trial. If I were to guess, I'd say not much.
  • Preston writes that "[E]ven in Ohio, most of them [newspapers] were more or less abusive of Judges Bowen and Anderson," which is my reading of the primary sources as well. I have read coverage in anti-slavery papers that went the other way, but since it was in the minority and secondary sources didn't really mention it that much, I didn't either. But I can add a few quotes from primary sources if you want? Eddie891 Talk Work 15:07, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
  • No need
  • I'm not sure what you were looking for as action here, but my comment would be that the sources more implicitly link the riot with the rallies-- there wasn't a direct link established, but they pretty clearly emerged from the unrest, so I thought just mentioning it without unduly speculating was as much as I could do. Eddie891 Talk Work 15:07, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

That's it for now. Ovinus (talk) 00:59, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Here are some interesting clippings: an opinion on the trial etc. and another reproduction of "From the Marion Ohio Visitor" in a different newspaper, which might be nice to link to for curious readers. There may be more on newspapers.com but sadly The Marion Visitor isn't on there. Also out of curiosity, how did you get access to the old newspapers cited already? Ovinus (talk) 01:18, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
Through my university's subscription to NewsBank-- I couldn't figure out if there was a way to link clippings from there and didn't think it was worth linking ( WP:SOURCELINKS). Eddie891 Talk Work 15:09, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
...and now I see the articles you helpfully linked. Will check them out as I get the chance (shortly) Eddie891 Talk Work 15:50, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Ovinus, I think I've incorporated both of those sources sufficiently. Eddie891 Talk Work 14:10, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
Great. Passing; nice work. Ovinus (talk) 20:44, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Spotchecks

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I did a few spotchecks ([7], [11], [12], [20]) and they look good. Unfortunately I don't have access to a lot of the sources to do a more complete check. Ovinus (talk) 01:25, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, @Ovinus, I think I've responded to all of your points. Happy to answer any follow ups. I'm afraid that some of your questions just don't have great answers based upon sourcing that exists :( . Eddie891 Talk Work 15:21, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply