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This article has much merit, a good eye for detail and a great use of sources. Though I believe there are some prose problems. A few examples.
Regarding Cuba, though Magoon made some fairly conservative but necessary changes, he was hated by the Cuban elite, Cuban writers were consistently disparaging, one calling him a "buzzard devouring the treasury of Cuba". So I think this needs to be added. I may be able to help with a few details, particuarly the Cuba section which is good, but could do with a bit more colour.
I recommend to re-read the article outloud and try to improve the flow and syntax. Otherwise a great base, and with some steady tweaking should reach good article status without too much strain. -- Zleitzen 00:51, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
It's kind of hard to explain but most/all of the brackets have got to go. Also shorten sentences, some are too long. These issues are minor so it will be put on hold. Good-luck M3tal H3ad 04:25, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Two things: What is a "prep" program? What "prominent law firm"? -- Milkbreath 16:18, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
If I may make a suggestion, Charles E. Chapman's A History of the Cuban Republic (1927) has a worthwhile treatment of Magoon's administration. He cites the hostile Cuban sources candidly, but also gives what I believe is a well-supported defense of Magoon, particularly against the charge that he recklessly exhausted the Cuban treasury. Specifically, in this instance, Chapman argues that every bit of the cash on hand in the treasury was already "encumbered," in accounting terms, i.e. it was either owed to someone and should have been paid, or it had in fact already been appropriated by the Cuban Congress under Estrada Palma for some very necessary purposes, such as road building, bridge building, relief from hurricane damage, etc. Without this side of the picture being presented more fully, the article as it stands is, IMO, actually biased against Magoon.
Terry J. Carter ( talk) 17:41, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
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Reached FA class January 2007.-- Zleitzen (talk) 21:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC) |
Last edited at 21:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 11:17, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
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This article was promoted in 2007 and has never been reviewed since. I have doubts if the article represents "a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature" on the subject, since practically every source used in the article is a contemporary news piece. There's no lack of scholarly literature out there that relates to Magoon and none of it is currently on the article:
These are just examples; I'm not that knowledgeable about US interventions, US diplomacy, Cuba or Panama, but these seem significant omissions in an FA. At the moment, the article fails criteria 1. c) of FAs. RetiredDuke ( talk) 17:22, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
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This article has much merit, a good eye for detail and a great use of sources. Though I believe there are some prose problems. A few examples.
Regarding Cuba, though Magoon made some fairly conservative but necessary changes, he was hated by the Cuban elite, Cuban writers were consistently disparaging, one calling him a "buzzard devouring the treasury of Cuba". So I think this needs to be added. I may be able to help with a few details, particuarly the Cuba section which is good, but could do with a bit more colour.
I recommend to re-read the article outloud and try to improve the flow and syntax. Otherwise a great base, and with some steady tweaking should reach good article status without too much strain. -- Zleitzen 00:51, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
It's kind of hard to explain but most/all of the brackets have got to go. Also shorten sentences, some are too long. These issues are minor so it will be put on hold. Good-luck M3tal H3ad 04:25, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Two things: What is a "prep" program? What "prominent law firm"? -- Milkbreath 16:18, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
If I may make a suggestion, Charles E. Chapman's A History of the Cuban Republic (1927) has a worthwhile treatment of Magoon's administration. He cites the hostile Cuban sources candidly, but also gives what I believe is a well-supported defense of Magoon, particularly against the charge that he recklessly exhausted the Cuban treasury. Specifically, in this instance, Chapman argues that every bit of the cash on hand in the treasury was already "encumbered," in accounting terms, i.e. it was either owed to someone and should have been paid, or it had in fact already been appropriated by the Cuban Congress under Estrada Palma for some very necessary purposes, such as road building, bridge building, relief from hurricane damage, etc. Without this side of the picture being presented more fully, the article as it stands is, IMO, actually biased against Magoon.
Terry J. Carter ( talk) 17:41, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Charles Edward Magoon/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
Reached FA class January 2007.-- Zleitzen (talk) 21:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC) |
Last edited at 21:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 11:17, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
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This article was promoted in 2007 and has never been reviewed since. I have doubts if the article represents "a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature" on the subject, since practically every source used in the article is a contemporary news piece. There's no lack of scholarly literature out there that relates to Magoon and none of it is currently on the article:
These are just examples; I'm not that knowledgeable about US interventions, US diplomacy, Cuba or Panama, but these seem significant omissions in an FA. At the moment, the article fails criteria 1. c) of FAs. RetiredDuke ( talk) 17:22, 5 December 2020 (UTC)