Talk:Charles A. Cheever/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Willbb234 (talk · contribs) 17:26, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

I'm afraid I am going to fail this article. Please allow me to explain.

• The article is almost wholly based on newspaper clippings that are very dated (over 100 years old). Whilst WP:AGEMATTERS applies less to historical articles, it still is relevant and is even magnified considering the scale that they are used in this article. Therefore, their reliability is questionable.
• Saying that he was "known for..." based on these old newspapers clippings doesn't mean these claims can be made in the modern era. There's a difference between recognition in that era and notability today.
• Saying that "Cheever became a successful businessman and entrepreneur" based on a small column in the NYT and a newspaper clipping of 'The Johnsbury Caledonian' a local newspaper from a small town in Vermont, is certainly a stretch and making these claims without reliable, definitive sources isn't really acceptable.
• A lot of these newspapers appear too local/too small to demonstrate good reliability. For example, St. Joseph Weekly Gazette and Bell Telephone News.
• There's only 300 words on his life, and about 300+ on his firm. To reduce this difference would take quite a bit of work and therefore can't be considered "broad in its coverage".
• There's an instance where the content doesn't meet the source. You say he weighed only 70 pounds (32 kg) as an adult, but the source mentions nothing of his weight. I think I remember seeing this information in another source, but incorrectly citing the information isn't good enough and I can't be sure this isn't happening elsewhere considering I don't have much access to the sources.

I hope this makes sense. Kind regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 17:26, 1 March 2021 (UTC)