Talk:John Ward Westcott/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 20:55, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Shall be reviewing for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 20:55, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): 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):

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 fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Infobox

• The text in the best known and notable work can begin with a capital letter

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:07, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Lead

• Wiklink Michigan-Canadian border to the relevant article

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:49, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "and enabled United States Mail delivery to ships 'on the fly' by addressing to the ships name and the only floating postal zip code of 48222." - repetition of "ships"

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:49, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Wikilink zip code to the relevant article

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:49, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "This developed out further in the twentieth-first century by specially designed supply boats" - twenty-first

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:49, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Early life and education

• "He had four brothers (George, Edward, Charles, David) and two sisters (Mary Jane, Susie)" - the parentheses are not needed IMO

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:38, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Career

• "He also developed the first lightship on Lake St. Clair in Michigan. This he did by buying an old flat-bottomed boat and put a light on it as a guiding light for ships on the lake." - consider merging these two sentences together

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:48, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Wikilink Detroit River

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:48, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "They were range indicators on Windmill Point as a guiding light" - typo; should be There

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:48, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "Wescott in the 1870s was working in Detroit as agent representative " - as an agent

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "People didn't mind paying this amount," - no contractions per MOS:CONTRACTIONS

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "the service provided shipping trade information and national-international news." - national and international news.

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "The procedure then was that a man in a rowboat was towed out by the Florence B." - The following procedure saw a man

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "it was then rowed to the next oncoming freighter to do the same procedure." - and it was subsequently

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "and by 1972 was accounting for over 700,000 pieces of mail being handled per year." - more than

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "Wescott's service meant that ships didn't have to stop and go ashore" - no contractions please

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "to pick up their mail" - collect

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "the SS J.W. Wescott No.1." - the word in bold needs spacing after the period

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "It was renewed on a United States Postal Service contract in 1974. The work was done by non-postal employees of the Wescott Company around the clock seven days a week." -

think these two sentences can be merged together

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "The larger vessels and freighters traveling the Detroit River do not stop in general," - traveling down the

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "As of 2017, the company gets about a third of its income from the post office," - The company currently receives

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Personal life

• "Wescott was an alderman in the fourth Ward in Detroit from 1884 to 1885. He was associated with the Episcopalian church." - consider merging these two sentences together

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:18, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "He was a member in several clubs" - of

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:18, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• "In has activities as a ship captain" - his

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:18, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

References

• All mentions of newspapers.com should begin with a capital letter
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:28, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 7 "Neither Fog, Nor Waves" is missing Associated Press as the agency
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:28, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 9 "Mailboat keeps chugging" is missing the author and the page number is wrong
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:39, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 10 "By Water" has the page number 9 not 25
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:39, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 12 "Mail-In-The-Pail Service Begins Its 75th Year" is missing Associated Press as the agency and the page number is 28
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:39, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 14 "Clean Shirt for the Sailor" has the incorrect page numbers and is missing the author
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:39, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 15 "Marine mail operations serves crewmen" and Reference 17 "Code 48222 Zipshape On River Ship" are missing Associated Press as the agency and the page number is wrong
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:00, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 18 "BUSINESS DAY: A Mail Boat Stays Afloat" should not featured all capital letters per MOS:ALLCAPS
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:00, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 19 "Ships To Get Mail Delivery In Midstream" is missing the Associated Press as the agency
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:00, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 22 "Moving Post Office" is missing the Associated Press as the agency and the page number is 5V
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:00, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 23 "Floating Zip Code Remains Active" is missing the Associated Press as the agency and the page number is A2
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:00, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• The page number of Reference 24 "Mr. Zip takes to the water on Lake Erie" is missing the page number and the Associated Press should be included as the author
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:00, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 29 "A Mail Boat Stays Afloat" is missing the publication date and The New York Times should be the work not the publisher
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:00, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 30 "Mail Boat Has Own Zip Code" is missing Associated Press as the author and the page number should be in the page= field not the title= field
•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:00, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

External links

• Think the last two external links are uneeded per WP:LINKSTOAVOID

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:03, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 10:07, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

•  Working Thanks for review. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:24, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
• @MWright96: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:03, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Doug Coldwell: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 10:42, 29 October 2020 (UTC)