Talk:William Goddard (publisher)/GA2

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Kaleeb18 in topic GA Review

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Reviewer: Kaleeb18 (talk · contribs) 20:32, 8 June 2022 (UTC)Reply


Hello there, I'll be reviewing this article. ― Kaleeb18TalkCaleb 20:32, 8 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for review. I'll start working on the issues today.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:23, 9 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Kaleeb18: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:29, 9 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
Looks good to me ― Kaleeb18TalkCaleb 23:52, 10 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
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1. Well-written:
  1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.
  • Through his Pennsylvania Gazette and The Constitutional Courant he was – comma after Courant

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  • Later Goddard's newspaper partnership with Benjamin Franklin in – comma after later

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  • two years. His mother was Sarah Updike – there is an extra space before His

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  • starting in 1755, and worked in his – no comma needed

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  • A few months after his arrival he was given – comma after arrival

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  • Then in 1762 a fire destroyed Farley's print shop – comma after then and 1762

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  • fire destroyed Farley's print shop destroying most of his – comma before destroying. Also the word destroy is used twice, change it up

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  • Goddard then opened his first printing – remove then

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  • he then started The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, – remove then

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  • As a newspaper printer and publisher Goddard subscribed – comma after publisher

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  • However, his commitment to this ideal was – change this to the

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  • publishing all the trash which every rancerous, illiberal, – its spelled rancorous

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  • He then found a job with the New York City – then is not needed

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  • After a couple of months he returned to Providence – comma after months

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  • the verge of going out of business until Goddard – comma before until

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  • "Sarah Goddard & Company" and the Stamp Act had been repealed – comma before and

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  • Goddard then sent Samuel Inslee – say "Later, Goddard sent Samuel Inslee"

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  • Then his friend John Carter, who – remove then

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  • with the Goddards' family business – apostrophe goes before the s

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  • Carter then assisted in printing the weekly newspaper until he – remove then and comma before until

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  • He then became the successor of Goddard's – remove then

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  • newspaper and started publishing it alone beginning with – comma before beginning

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  • Goddard then opened a print shop in June 1766 in – remove then

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  • soon dissolved over disagreements about debts and Goddard – comma before and

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  • seventy-two-page pamphlet, The Partnership, in – no commas needed

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  • In retaliation Galloway and Wharton – comma after retaliation

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  • Baltimore's first newspapers, the Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser – no comma needed

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  • These newspapers were printed with the type obtained – change these to the

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  • under her name, Mary Katherine Goddard – no comma needed

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  • postmaster of Philadelphia from 1759 to 1775 when he – I think comma before when

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  • post of surveyor in the system and his sister was – comma before and

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  • Baltimore thereby making his own paper for the – remove thereby and add a comma after Baltimore

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  • As revolutionary sentiments grew and the revolution with Britain drew closer Goddard's mother – comma after closer

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  • operations at the Gazette for him when he – comma before when

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  • Because of Franklin's rebellious political stances he was dismissed – comma after stances

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  • Among the most outspoken was Goddard who – comma before who

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  • They also were interfering with the delivery of newspapers which was – comma before which

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  • to the Patriot cause and the British hindered – comma before and

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  • Because of this Goddard decided to design – comma after this

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  • He then brought into existence 28 – remove then

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  • The Constitutional Post that would provide mail service – put a comma after Post and replace that with which

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  • Known as Goddard's Post Offices it – comma after Offices

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  • He ran the new mail service as a private concern, and so efficiently that the Continental Congress, on May 29, 1775, taking the first step, appointed a committee headed by Franklin and worked out its organization as an independent postal establishment and ultimately named it The Constitutional Post – long stringy sentence with too many ands

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  • plan was ultimately implemented assuring communication – comma before assuring

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  • Ultimately Goddard and his revolutionary post – comma after Ultimately

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  • olonies by Christmas Day 1775 when – comma before when

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  • when the Continental Congress authorized a post office run by the government it passed – comma after government

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  • Franklin selected his son-in-law, Richard Bache – no comma needed

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  • Deeply disappointed at being passed over again Goddard resigned – comma after again

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  • Constitutional Post Office, and reminded the delegates – no comma needed

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  • service which resulted in widespread protests among the colonists where Goddard – comma before where

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  • involving his newspaper, the Pennsylvania Chronicle – no comma needed

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  • put forth by Benjamin Franklin, and others, and so his – no comma before both ands. Also remove the second and

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  • America, and so his – replace comma with a period and remove and so. Also is his talking about Franklin or Goddard

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  • After the war Goddard became involved – comma after war

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  • scrutiny of the Crown post who was opposed to Goddard – comma after post

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  • So adamant was the Crown towards Goddard and the Chronicle that – comma before that

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  • In 1773 the Pennsylvania Chronicle was – comma after 1773

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  • was finally forced to go out of business – period after business

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  • when the Crown Post refused to deliver the newspaper in the mail. Goddard – capitalize when and replace the period with a comma

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  • Goddard defied the crown and circumvented these – capitalize crown

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  • system and challenged the Crown post, and the – remove and. Put a comma after system. and change challenged to challenging

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  • by creating the "Constitutional Post" which among – comma before which

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  • I feel like the last paragraph in the section American Revolution has already been stated before

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  • In the July 6, 1779 issue of the Maryland Journal Goddard – comma after 1779

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  • the evening of July 8 at his home and demanded – comma after 8. remove and, and start a new sentence staring with they demanded

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  • Eleazer Oswald to his side and insisted that – remove and, and start a new sentence starting with he insisted that

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  • Overwhelmed and helpless Goddard agreed – comma after helpless

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  • In the July 16 issue of the Maryland Journal they subsequently – comma after Journal

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  • proposed title page on June 14 and later sent Washington – comma after 14

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  • Lee's death and that he was taking care – remove that. place a comma before and

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  • Washington, in a reply letter of June 11, 1785 to Goddard – comma after 1785

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  • After Lee died he left Goddard – comma after died

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  • Advertiser as the main editor while his sister's name – comma before while

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  • head of the newspaper and his sister remained – comma before and

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  • In 1803 he left Johnston for Providence – comma after 1803

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  • so that his children might have – remove the word that

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  • His son, William Giles Goddard, graduated from – no commas

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  • Goddard in his retirement helped with – comma after retirement

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  • Goddard's son, William Giles Goddard, wrote his – no commas

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  1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
  • per MOS:BIB sections named bibliography that are being used for the works cited are discouraged

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2. Verifiable with no original research:
  2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
  2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
  2c. it contains no original research.
  • Spotchecks for ref 2, 22, 38, 49, 65, are good, but ref 91 seems to link to nothing

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  2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.

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3. Broad in its coverage:
  3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
  3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
  • the first paragraph in the section The Constitutional Post can be made smaller and combined with the second paragraph, as it says almost nothing about Goddard

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  4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
  • August 24, 1765, an extraordinary issue of the Gazetteextraordinary is not neutral

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  • Goddard even published a seventy-two-page pamphlet – remove even

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  • the principles of free speech that it was supposedly founded onsupposedly is not neutral

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  5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
  6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
  • All are in the public domain
  6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
  • the lead image should have a caption saying Goddard circa 1780 and 1785

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  7. Overall assessment.