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Newtack101, Jon698, while this appears to be a fine article, it is highly unusual that there are not any grammatical, spelling, or prose issues to be found, and generally not a good idea for a review to be posted and passed in the same moment. I read through the intro/lead section and found some issues immediately, including a dubious claim, so I'm reopening this review so that more time can be spent. What I've posted below is only based on a quick skim; there needs to be more done in depth. I've also made a few initial edits to the intro to fix some things proactively.
He served seven terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Greenbrier County from 1859 to 1861 as a Whig.This is an extraordinary sentence: seven terms, yet served from 1859 to 1861 (two years, plus or minus). There's nothing about how long terms were (was it two years? one? four?), and there's nothing about "seven terms" in the body of the article, where it certainly should be included if mentioned here. (The intro/lead is supposed to be a summary of the article, and not have any significant information that isn't in the body.)
After Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 presidential election Southerns discussed the possibility of secession.What is "Southerns"? Do you mean "Southerners"? (Regardless, there should probably be a comma before it.)
I don't have time to do more at the moment, but there is almost certainly more to be found with a closer reading. I have no doubt that the article can attain GA status, it's just that isn't there at the moment, though it will be by the time this has run its full course. BlueMoonset ( talk) 20:36, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
"one of hardship and self-denial;", the punctuation should be outside the quotation mark
The elder Mathewsis confusing as to whether it is Mason, the son mentioned, or the eldest son - I believe it's Mason, which can be stated instead
He had arranged protection from such an event from a "Yankee friend and protector," but the Union officer in charge of the raiding had not been made aware that Mathews had multiple properties to protect.isn't quite clear - from it, I understand that Mathews hired presumably a Union friend to make sure his properties were avoided, that some other Union soldier was in charge of raiding and allowed one on a property of Mathews and (the part that doesn't make sense) didn't know it was Mathews' or he would have avoided it, even though he couldn't have known that they shouldn't be attacking Mathews' properties and probably didn't care. Can this be clarified?
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Newtack101, Jon698, while this appears to be a fine article, it is highly unusual that there are not any grammatical, spelling, or prose issues to be found, and generally not a good idea for a review to be posted and passed in the same moment. I read through the intro/lead section and found some issues immediately, including a dubious claim, so I'm reopening this review so that more time can be spent. What I've posted below is only based on a quick skim; there needs to be more done in depth. I've also made a few initial edits to the intro to fix some things proactively.
He served seven terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Greenbrier County from 1859 to 1861 as a Whig.This is an extraordinary sentence: seven terms, yet served from 1859 to 1861 (two years, plus or minus). There's nothing about how long terms were (was it two years? one? four?), and there's nothing about "seven terms" in the body of the article, where it certainly should be included if mentioned here. (The intro/lead is supposed to be a summary of the article, and not have any significant information that isn't in the body.)
After Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 presidential election Southerns discussed the possibility of secession.What is "Southerns"? Do you mean "Southerners"? (Regardless, there should probably be a comma before it.)
I don't have time to do more at the moment, but there is almost certainly more to be found with a closer reading. I have no doubt that the article can attain GA status, it's just that isn't there at the moment, though it will be by the time this has run its full course. BlueMoonset ( talk) 20:36, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
"one of hardship and self-denial;", the punctuation should be outside the quotation mark
The elder Mathewsis confusing as to whether it is Mason, the son mentioned, or the eldest son - I believe it's Mason, which can be stated instead
He had arranged protection from such an event from a "Yankee friend and protector," but the Union officer in charge of the raiding had not been made aware that Mathews had multiple properties to protect.isn't quite clear - from it, I understand that Mathews hired presumably a Union friend to make sure his properties were avoided, that some other Union soldier was in charge of raiding and allowed one on a property of Mathews and (the part that doesn't make sense) didn't know it was Mathews' or he would have avoided it, even though he couldn't have known that they shouldn't be attacking Mathews' properties and probably didn't care. Can this be clarified?