Talk:Bring Us Together/GA1
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Reviewer: Jappalang (talk) 02:37, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- It is reasonably well written.
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- It is broad in its coverage.
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
Major aspects of this incident are covered, but some just seem to inspire more questions than normal.
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- It follows the neutral point of view policy.
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- It is stable.
- No edit wars, etc.:
- No edit wars, etc.:
- It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
- a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- Overall:
- Pass/Fail:
On hold till issues are resolved
- Pass/Fail:
Lede
"The phrase "Bring Us Together" was used by the Democrats when Nixon proposed policies which they opposed, as they sought to remind Nixon of his pledge to bring the nation together."- I find this an awkward phrase; I think it might be better to break it into two sentences.
Rally and sign
What are "Nixonettes"?
"... provided with paper red, white, and blue dresses and signs."- Paper dresses?
- Red white and blue paper dresses, sort of cheerleader style with longer skirt, probably, worn over the kid's normal clothing.--Wehwalt (talk) 03:52, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- Paper dresses?
"... and the police dropped the rope holding the crowd back."- Classic noun plus -ing issue (ambiguity): the police dropped the rope and thus held back the crowd?
"As the crowd surged forward, Cole was bumped and pushed in the crowd, dropping her sign."- I believe the second and third clause can be rephrased (into active phrase) to retain crowd as the main subject.
"Instead of picking up her sign, Cole pushed forward to get close to the train, and as she neared the train, she saw another sign on the ground, face down. She picked it up and displayed it without even reading it."- This is going to beggar the question: so who made this sign?
- "... who suggested the sign, "Bring Us Together Again" was about boys, not politics."
Victory speech and Inauguration
Should inauguration be capitalized in contravention of WP:MOSHEAD?
"Nixon had used the phrase, ..."- Should this not be "Nixon used the phrase," in the chronological scheme of things?
"Reporters and photographers descended on Deshler, about 45 miles from Toledo, and interviewed the girl in the principal's office."- So how did they find out it was Cole? Did a friend reveal it to the press, or was it her own claim?
The President-elect invited Reverend and Mrs. Cole and their family to attend the Inauguration. The family was brought to Washington by the Inaugural Committee. Vicki Cole carried a replica of her sign on one of the floats in the Inaugural parade.- Could be rephrased; furthermore, was it a "replica" (exact recreation) if she threw it away and others may not have remembered it?
"... because she carried the sign. or even because she made the sign, ..."- Is that supposed to be a period in the quote?
"... after he was fired from the Nixon Administration for differing from the White House over civil rights policy."- What was the Presidential line and what stance did Panetta hold against this?
Political fallout
"Safire, in his political dictionary also published in 2008, implies that the sign carried by Cole may never have existed."- With what did he back up this opinion?
Image
File:Bring Us Together.jpg- Any online link, or library index/catalogue number for reference? Does it need to take up the entire screen?
Putting the GA on hold till the above are addressed. Jappalang (talk) 02:37, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- I will work on this mostly tomorrow, I expect. Regarding the image, it was not available online, the Nixon staff went to some trouble to find it for me, and I've sent in an OTRS request to confirm the template based on email confirmation that I've gotten from the library. As that is not a "permission", I have not put a OTRS pending tag. I am afraid that if you shrink it, you lose the legibility of "Bring Us Together Again". I am open to ideas there. I've been unable to devise a good crop. I think it is important to show the girl, show the sign, and show Nixon.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:51, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- I suspect what you might be looking for is commons:Commons:Village pump/Archive/2010Aug#Clipping images on Wiki is possible.2C_but.E2.80.A6_2, where Incnis Mrs clipped an image to achive something like commons:User:Incnis Mrsi/clip. However... is it not strange that Cole's sign is the only one facing away from Nixon? Jappalang (talk) 06:29, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
I think I've got everything, subject to comments made. Let me know what you think.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:02, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- That resolves quite a bit, but I think the "Nixonette" and the paper dresses do need a bit of elaboration (the phrase about boys bit can be left alone). Furthermore, the image does need something to verify it is public domain; perhaps ask an OTRS member (Stifle or David Fuchs) to verify the request? Is
{{OTRS pending}}
truly not appropriate here? Jappalang (talk) 22:16, 5 September 2010 (UTC)- I have now elaborates on them (the dress looks like an over the shoulder jumper dress, she wears it in the photo in the TImes article, but I realize that is not visible). I have asked Elcobbola to expedite the image and add the template, and in the meantime have added the OTRS pending template. Did you see if the two "Nixonettes" and "paper dresses" were OK?--Wehwalt (talk) 23:47, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- That resolves quite a bit, but I think the "Nixonette" and the paper dresses do need a bit of elaboration (the phrase about boys bit can be left alone). Furthermore, the image does need something to verify it is public domain; perhaps ask an OTRS member (Stifle or David Fuchs) to verify the request? Is
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