Talk:Milton C. Moreland

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Review: January 11, 2023. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Milton C. Moreland appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Centre College president Milton C. Moreland wrote his honors thesis about the Nag Hammadi library?

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GA Review[edit]

Passed. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:12, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 06:30, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There are not many changes needed to the article. But I am going to hold because I do want to hear something from you that caught my attention. Why is the same news release cited from three different source URLs? The article is surprisingly reliant on news releases in general, both from Rhodes and from Centre, in large part because newspapers simply repackaged the releases. However, most of the biographical details cited are not controversial and qualify as ABOUTSELF. PCN02WPS, ping me when done and when you have an answer in re: the releases. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:30, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copy changes[edit]

In February 2020, he was announced as president of Centre College, he assumed office That second comma needs to be a semicolon, as the part after is a sentence unto itself. User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences
Claremont Graduate University, in Claremont, California I don't think that comma after "University" is needed, especially in a sentence with a fair number of them.

Sourcing and spot checks[edit]

Two comments from me on sourcing in general: pay attention to page numbers in Newspapers.com (section designations are never accounted for on analog microfilm scans, and in digital some papers are 2D where NP.com will always say D2 for instance), and I noticed that the newspapers are quite reliant on the colleges' communications departments and even the local Rotary club, both in Memphis and Danville. Most of the details cited there are ABOUTSELF and not controversial, but it is still worth noting! I also found the same news release used from three different sources.

Four sources were chosen for spot checks:

1: Used four times for biographical details that check out. Note that the URL is now dead, so set url-status to "dead". Y
8: This checks out, but this reference actually duplicates #1. Consolidate. Y
10: I repaired the clipping to be the full article, but this reference actually duplicates #1. Consolidate. Y
12: Checks out for the facts included. This is a news release, but a different one. Y

Other items[edit]

The own-work image is appropriately licensed. Consider adding alt text.

@Sammi Brie: thank you for the review! I have made the two copyedits you suggested and consolidated the references as you noted. Your point about news releases is a fair one, and the article likely wouldn't have been quite as reliant on them if Moreland wasn't the incumbent (he's a touch too new for most of my books and newspaper sources that I use regularly for Centre presidents). Alt text has also been added for the image. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 05:04, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Understandable. The information in the releases isn't terribly controversial. I just wish there was more independent coverage. Will be passing. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:10, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Bruxton (talk) 19:26, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Centre College president Milton C. Moreland chaired the Rhodes College archaeology department and directed the Rhodes Institute for Regional Studies? Source: [1]
- ALT1: ... that Centre College president Milton C. Moreland wrote his honors thesis about the Nag Hammadi library? Source: [2]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Iling-Junior

Improved to Good Article status by PCN02WPS (talk). Self-nominated at 14:28, 11 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - something

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: @PCN02WPS: Good article. Though i do wonder if dissertation is the right word since the source states "honor thesis". Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:13, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Onegreatjoke Dissertation redirects to thesis. SL93 (talk) 00:00, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: added QPQ and changed hook/article content. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 05:21, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:09, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]