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This article relies too heavily on Johnson, a book privately published by Ludington's own grandchildren, and described as "laudatory" by Hunt, 2015. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 05:40, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
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There is a maintenance template at the top of the article that says that the article contains self-published sources. Because of this, I believe that the article could no longer remain a good article. GeoffreyT2000 ( talk) 05:11, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
Gusfriend ( talk) 01:56, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
I have changed the rating from B to C based on the extensive use of Johnson in the article which is considered unreliable (see GAR discussion on talk page). Gusfriend ( talk) 01:41, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
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Reduced per WP:PDEL and AN consensus. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:52, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
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This article relies too heavily on Johnson, a book privately published by Ludington's own grandchildren, and described as "laudatory" by Hunt, 2015. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 05:40, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
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.
There is a maintenance template at the top of the article that says that the article contains self-published sources. Because of this, I believe that the article could no longer remain a good article. GeoffreyT2000 ( talk) 05:11, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
Gusfriend ( talk) 01:56, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
I have changed the rating from B to C based on the extensive use of Johnson in the article which is considered unreliable (see GAR discussion on talk page). Gusfriend ( talk) 01:41, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
This article has been revised as part of a large-scale clean-up project of multiple article copyright infringement. (See the investigation subpage) Earlier text must not be restored, unless it can be verified to be free of infringement. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions must be deleted. Contributors may use sources as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:52, 4 February 2023 (UTC) SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:52, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
Reduced per WP:PDEL and AN consensus. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:52, 4 February 2023 (UTC)