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Columbia, South Carolina, Sesquicentennial half dollar edit
This article is about... another of the commemorative half dollars issued in 1936. This one wasn't scandalous and they went out of their way to be fair, other than unnecessarily having the coins struck at multiple mints, increasing the cost to the individual collector seeking a complete set. Enjoy.Wehwalt (talk) 13:38, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
Image review edit
images are appropriately licensed. Nikkimaria (talk) 20:52, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, Nikkimaria, but I've added three more. Could you clear those?--Wehwalt (talk) 12:25, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
- New images need alt text
- File:Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg: the rendition here is different from the one provided at the source site - what supports that the one here is a US federal government work? Nikkimaria (talk) 14:19, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
Source review edit
Sources are of the first rank. Ceoil (talk) 22:24, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
Comments by CPA-5 edit
Am currently obsessed with old and rare coins.
- Link Treasury Department?
- was a committee to be established by Columbia's mayor Who is he?
- Davidson, a Jewish immigrant from Russia If he was from Russia then pipe it to the Russian Empire if he's from Soviet Russia then we better link that.
- 9,007 were struck at Philadelphia, 8,009 at Denver and 8,007 Per MOS:NUMNOTES we should avoid numbers at the start of a sentence.
In the infobox
- "Value: 50 cents (0.50 US dollars)" Shouldn't it be "(.50 US dollars)" I don't know I thought that Americans don't use the nought before the full stop in numbers a lot?
- Shouldn't US/imperial units be primary units here per MOS:CONVERSIONS?
- The weight of the half dollar, in 1936, was defined by section 15 of the Coinage Act of 1873 as "twelve grams (grammes) and one-half of a gram (gramme)". Although the other dimensions are not prescribed by law, it seemed best to be consistent.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:55, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
- "Composition: 90.0% silver 10.0% copper" I don't know if it's necessary but shouldn't the noughts be rounded since they're unnecessary?
- Where is the US/imperial conversion of the mass?
Okay, that's everything from me. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 12:12, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. Due to real life, it may be two or three more days until I can deal with these.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:10, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
Comments Support from Hog Farm
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I collect silver dimes and nickels, so I might actually have some background knowledge as to this subject. Hog Farm Bacon 06:28, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
- It strikes me as odd for some reason that you use both "fifty-cent piece" and "half dollar" in the lead.
- "frustrating coin dealers who hoped to accurate more to resell to their customers." - Disclaimer: I speak a very bastardized rural form of South Midland English, so maybe I'm just illiterate. But I have never in my life seen an instance in which "accurate" would have the correct meaning here. Is this a typo, or did I increase my vocabulary today?
- In the lead, you say that the New State House was completed in 1907, the body says 1903
- Uncited stuff in the infobox: not seeing where mass, diameter, the reeding, the composition, or the quantity of silver is cited.
That's my comments. This one is in pretty good shape. Hog Farm Bacon 20:23, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
Comments from Mike Christie edit
- Not a source review, but I see you have an ISBN for Taxay, which is given as 1967; do you need an orig-year parameter here?
was settled by British colonials
: I would have expected "colonists" here; is there some distinction of meaning?
- They were of British origin, not necessarily born in Britain but descended from. "Colonials" I thought more common for pre-1776. Open to suggestions.
How could the stars have symbolized the CSA? There were not 13 states in the CSA, as far as I can see from glancing at that article.- Mike Christie - There were thirteen stars on the CSA flag. The 11 main states, plus the disputed Confederate government of Missouri and Confederate government of Kentucky. Hog Farm Bacon 03:52, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks; that explains it. Might be worth a footnote since I might not be the only reader unaware of that. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 03:56, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
- Mike Christie - There were thirteen stars on the CSA flag. The 11 main states, plus the disputed Confederate government of Missouri and Confederate government of Kentucky. Hog Farm Bacon 03:52, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
A concise and well-written article; I was unable to find a single thing to copyedit. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 03:46, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Support, though I think the wording in the footnote needs a tweak. Shouldn't it be something like "The flag of the Confederacy had 13 stars..."? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 18:54, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
CommentsSupport from Aza24
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Being such a short article, I suspect I'll do a source review after this content one. Aza24 (talk) 04:04, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
- There are some dup links
- I saw sabal palmetto. That was because the first link was in an unexpected place and I thought it best to relink it for the design section.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:11, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
- You have A. Wolfe Davidson in the lead but spell out his first name everywhere else
- In my mind it makes more sense to stick with "Lady Justice" consistently, rather than sometimes "Justice" – but I'll leave that completely up to you; either way, the lead doesn't capitalize "Justice" but you do so in the Preparation section
- Cleaned up.
- You could link Coin grading to "condition" in the lead and later in Distribution and collecting; would link United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures as well...
- I must say, I'm not sure what is meant by "coin redemption" in the lead
- another minor thing, you link to United States commemorative coins and Half dollar (United States coin) in the lead, but not the Background section
- Surely "despite the fact that the...."? or perhaps something like "despite the Treasury Department's opposition and President Franklin D. Roosevelt asking in 1935 that Congress..." would be better
- you mix up ." vs ". but perhaps you're following a convention of some sort?
- Not sure what you're saying here.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:10, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry, I mean sometimes your quotes have the quotation mark before and sometimes after the period. I'm not sure if you're following a convention or it's just inconsistent. Aza24 (talk) 07:41, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- Not sure what you're saying here.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:10, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
- Alright that seems to be it, there's little to say here, though I tried to give you something. Good work!
- Was doing a source review but am now seeing Ceoil checked through them above. Well I can also confirm that there are no issues in formatting or reliability. Aza24 (talk) 04:11, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
TRM edit
- What is the difference between the publisher/source of ref 18 and ref 23 to justify the different format?
- United States Government Printing Office seems to be United States Government Publishing Office, is there a reason to not use the official name?
- The edge is noted in the infobox but not in the prose, and Reeding is not accessible to a non-expert.
- Our article says ridged, or milled. Reeded is the usual technical term, and it's explicitly used in Yeoman for every commemorative half dollar.
- It's a term non-experts would need to click on to understand. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:11, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- Our article says ridged, or milled. Reeded is the usual technical term, and it's explicitly used in Yeoman for every commemorative half dollar.
- Does thickness need two citations?
- "approved by the CFA, and they also met the approval" feels repetitive.
- "For the first 24 hours of sales, the coins were available only to residents of the city and could only be purchased by mail order." I am mildly confused how this worked for mail order, did people all pre-order and those that arrived in the first 24 hours of the date of the sale opening got one?
The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:28, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hi TRM, are you feeling able to support or oppose yet? Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:33, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:43, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
- @The Rambling Man: Nudge. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:16, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
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