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This gentleman deserves a fuller biography. The one at [http://famousamericans.net/williamclaiborneorclayborne/ Virtuology] provides more than is useful to us, and we ought to have some reference to his descendents. It is on my to do list, but fairly far down the list, so feel free. Lou I 13:13, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
This article does not give justice to William Claiborne and his role in the development of the Chesapeake region. He established his trading post on Kent Island under the dominion of Virginia. In fact, he claimed the whole Eastern Shore for Virginia. The Second Lord Baltimore was given a patent for lands in Nova Scotia but left there due to the harsh weather. In an act of theivery he took over Kent Island. The Catholicism of Lord Baltimore and King Charles I kept Claiborne from winning his petition to regain control of Kent Island. The story is very interesting and has many twists and turns. But revisionist history incorrectly claims the Calverts not William Claiborne as the first settler of Maryland. ( David Claiborne April 27, 2007)
I have reviewed this article according to the requirements of the GA criteria and have put the article on hold until he following issues have been addressed:
Altogether, the article didn't have too many issues, and the above should be easy to fix. Address the above issues within seven days and I'll pass the article. If you have any questions or when you are done, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. -- Nehrams2020 18:47, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
I have passed this article according to the requirements of the GA criteria. Good job on fixing the above issues so quickly. Thanks for letting me know about the lord mayor issue, now I know. Make sure the article maintains its high quality, ensuring all new information is properly sourced. If you have the time, please consider reviewing an article or two to help with the large backlog. Keep up the good work and I hope you continue to improve the quality of articles on Wikipedia! -- Nehrams2020 22:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
I've selectively linked years throughout the article. Although years need to be linked when they appear in full dates (day, month and year), so that date-display preferences will work properly, the MOS neither requires nor forbids the linking of year-alone dates, and general agreement is lacking as to whether such links better or worsen an article. Especially for historical articles such as this, I'm of the former opinion (though I also think the matter is not all that important, either way). So I've linked the first occurrence of most of the years, other than those that occur elsewhere within the article as part of a full date, plus years in the infobox and in image captions (taken apart from those in the main text). This amounts to most of the year-only dates in the article. I leave it to the usual editors of this article whether to keep all, or any of these links (though I recommend their keeping, of course). Cheers. -- Lonewolf BC 07:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
I hope these suggestions can help us improve this article into a featured article.
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between a number and the unit of measurement. For example, instead of 60 pounds, use 60 pounds, which when you are editing the page, should look like: 60 pounds.
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This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, Ruslik 14:45, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Claiborne was born in county/shire Kent, England, in 1600... William Claiborne, who was baptized on 10 August 1587...
Although this has long been listed as a Good Article about Maryland history, this man lived most of his life in Virginia, as did his immediate descendants. I was surprised that it relies primarily on the more than century-old Appleton's Cyclopedia article instead of the 2006 bio in the Dictionary of Virginia Biography (online at encyclopediavirginia.org). It does not name his children (supposedly at least a couple became burgesses or otherwise high-ranking political figures), and the references to native Americans seem awkward. I've started a comparison of the article, but planned to work on other articles in my limited time available, especially as this library is now closing. Jweaver28 ( talk) 00:45, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
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This gentleman deserves a fuller biography. The one at [http://famousamericans.net/williamclaiborneorclayborne/ Virtuology] provides more than is useful to us, and we ought to have some reference to his descendents. It is on my to do list, but fairly far down the list, so feel free. Lou I 13:13, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
This article does not give justice to William Claiborne and his role in the development of the Chesapeake region. He established his trading post on Kent Island under the dominion of Virginia. In fact, he claimed the whole Eastern Shore for Virginia. The Second Lord Baltimore was given a patent for lands in Nova Scotia but left there due to the harsh weather. In an act of theivery he took over Kent Island. The Catholicism of Lord Baltimore and King Charles I kept Claiborne from winning his petition to regain control of Kent Island. The story is very interesting and has many twists and turns. But revisionist history incorrectly claims the Calverts not William Claiborne as the first settler of Maryland. ( David Claiborne April 27, 2007)
I have reviewed this article according to the requirements of the GA criteria and have put the article on hold until he following issues have been addressed:
Altogether, the article didn't have too many issues, and the above should be easy to fix. Address the above issues within seven days and I'll pass the article. If you have any questions or when you are done, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. -- Nehrams2020 18:47, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
I have passed this article according to the requirements of the GA criteria. Good job on fixing the above issues so quickly. Thanks for letting me know about the lord mayor issue, now I know. Make sure the article maintains its high quality, ensuring all new information is properly sourced. If you have the time, please consider reviewing an article or two to help with the large backlog. Keep up the good work and I hope you continue to improve the quality of articles on Wikipedia! -- Nehrams2020 22:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
I've selectively linked years throughout the article. Although years need to be linked when they appear in full dates (day, month and year), so that date-display preferences will work properly, the MOS neither requires nor forbids the linking of year-alone dates, and general agreement is lacking as to whether such links better or worsen an article. Especially for historical articles such as this, I'm of the former opinion (though I also think the matter is not all that important, either way). So I've linked the first occurrence of most of the years, other than those that occur elsewhere within the article as part of a full date, plus years in the infobox and in image captions (taken apart from those in the main text). This amounts to most of the year-only dates in the article. I leave it to the usual editors of this article whether to keep all, or any of these links (though I recommend their keeping, of course). Cheers. -- Lonewolf BC 07:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
I hope these suggestions can help us improve this article into a featured article.
The following suggestions were generated by a semi-automatic javascript program, and might not be applicable for the article in question.
between a number and the unit of measurement. For example, instead of 60 pounds, use 60 pounds, which when you are editing the page, should look like: 60 pounds.
[?]You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, -Jeff (talk) 01:46, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, Ruslik 14:45, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Claiborne was born in county/shire Kent, England, in 1600... William Claiborne, who was baptized on 10 August 1587...
Although this has long been listed as a Good Article about Maryland history, this man lived most of his life in Virginia, as did his immediate descendants. I was surprised that it relies primarily on the more than century-old Appleton's Cyclopedia article instead of the 2006 bio in the Dictionary of Virginia Biography (online at encyclopediavirginia.org). It does not name his children (supposedly at least a couple became burgesses or otherwise high-ranking political figures), and the references to native Americans seem awkward. I've started a comparison of the article, but planned to work on other articles in my limited time available, especially as this library is now closing. Jweaver28 ( talk) 00:45, 30 November 2022 (UTC)