Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Thaddeus Russell

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 16:54, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Charles Thaddeus Russell

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... that Charles Thaddeus Russell's architectural designs helped to create the "Black Wall Street of America? Source: Russell designed many buildings in Richmond’s Jackson Ward district, helping to transform the area into a thriving commercial zone, which became known as Black Wall Street of America.
- ALT1: ... that before he was an architect, Charles Thaddeus Russell helped build the historically black Tuskegee Institute as a carpentry supervisor? Source: Russel worked on the largest African American building project in the country, The Tuskegee campus. Russel taught carpentry, and supervised... collaborated with the architects.
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Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 17:18, 7 January 2022 (UTC).

I will review over the next few days. Dwkaminski (talk) 15:38, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed: - picture is listed as fair use image - by DYK reviewing guide "Fair-use images are not permitted for DYK"
Used in article:
Clear at 100px:

QPQ:
Overall: original hook preferable to ALT1. The fair usage image is not allowed by DYK rules. I love the image but it may be best to remove. QPC is in progress and will need to be completed.

Additional comments:
- Early life and education:
  - "He also collaborated and worked closely with the architects on the project." - what project?
  - "became the Superintendent at Virginia Union University." - reference states "became superintendent of the historically black college's grounds" - I would add this clarification and remove capitalization of Superintendent
- Career:
  - "It is now being gentrified to create loft apartments." Reference says conversion - gentrification seems a charged word.
  - "The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982" - I cannot find this in the reference link provided
  - "The building became a "Negro Training center" in 1978." - reference states "The home, which in 1950 was converted into the Negro Training Center for the Blind, the only public school for blind black people in Virginia" - unclear on where 1978 comes from and the clarification of training center for the blind seems an important omission
  - "In February of 1942 he was involved in the design of the Whittaker Memorial Hospital." - reference states that the two architects were associated with Russell but it is not clear to me how he was involved. Dwkaminski (talk) 17:52, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

@Dwkaminski: Thank you for the review and the questions. I will do my best to go through the questions later. for now I wanted to answer a couple quick ones. Regarding the photo, I am not asking a photo to be used in the hook because it is not free. However the fair use image is allowed to remain in the article. Also, I did a full review for the QPQ. I am not required to see it through to a green tick. Bruxton (talk) 02:40, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

@Dwkaminski: Thank you for the check on my references and for finding discrepancies and poor interpretations that I missed. I was able to go through each one and correct them- so I think it is ready now. Bruxton (talk) 04:18, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

@Bruxton:Thanks for the clarification on the image and QPQ as well as the updates to the article. Here is the updated review:

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Original hook for DYK. Great article - Congratulations! Dwkaminski (talk) 14:28, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

ALT1 to T:DYK/P3