Talk:Robert Bell (publisher)
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Gwillhickers in topic New article
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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:29, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that in 1776 Robert Bell was commissioned by Thomas Paine to print Common Sense, considered the most inciteful work of the American Revolution? — Sources: Kaye, 2006, p. 64; Conway & Cobbett, 1892, Vol I, p. 60; Aldridge, 1984, pp. 45, 108
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sojourner (rover)
- Comment: Statement and sources supporting hook can be found in the 'American Revolution era' section, 2nd paragraph.
Created by Gwillhickers (talk). Self-nominated at 17:29, 16 October 2021 (UTC).
- Certainly a very interesting hook! I will be reviewing this DYK shortly. Do note that this is my first DKY review, so I may need someone more experienced to double check my work. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 01:01, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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I do not see any issues. As this is my first ever review, I am requesting that a second reviewer double check my work. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 01:13, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi there! first, to @Trainsandotherthings: congrats on your first review, nice work! nearly everything checks out, although I see a few issues. @Gwillhickers:, it looks like this paragraph: In 1776, Bell, James Humphreys and Robert Aitken together reprinted and published The Military Guide for Young Officers, a military, historical, and explanatory dictionary which included extracts from essays on the raising, arming, clothing and discipline of the British infantry and cavalry.
- is drawing a flag on Earwig. Also, sentences with a direct quote should be cited at the end of the sentence. Everything else checks out, so we're almost there—good job to you both! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 01:37, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: -- I rephrased the passage in question. Hope this works for all concerned. Thanks for looking out! -- Gwillhickers (talk) 03:12, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Gwillhickers: I added some cn tags after some direct quotes; could you copy citations over to the end of the relevant sentences? Thanks so much, sorry about that theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 03:17, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: — Actually the "glowingly" statement and the two sentences following were cited by two sources. I usually don't cite ever other sentence, but at the risk of citation overkill, I cited the sentence in question anyway. Also, the "glowingly" idea is supported in the first sentence of the American Revolution era section, but this time the word "ardently" is used instead. The quotes for "American Independence" were simply removed, as this is a very general and famous term and, on retrospect, perhaps it's best not to quote such things. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 17:07, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
ah, gotcha. Signing off on this, we're good to go! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 00:52, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
New article
editAddtional sources and content welcomed. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 18:34, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi GW, Thanks for this article. Interesting fellow! Lede says year of birth 1732 but category is 1725? Also Leonard is missing from bibliography. JennyOz (talk) 13:11, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
- @JennyOz: -- I added Leonard, 1950, to the bibliography and fixed the year date in the category. As for the term "inciteful", yes, this is in the hook and now on the front page and needs to stay. In any case this adjective is much more neutral and encyclopedic than the term "Incendiary", so I don't quite understand why this would be discussed in Errors. Many thanks for looking out. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 19:30, 4 November 2021 (UTC)