A fact from 1945–1946 Charleston Cigar Factory strike appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 December 2022 (
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JJonahJackalope: Good article! Hook is interesting, article is sourced, and the QPQ is done.
Onegreatjoke (
talk) 19:45, 3 December 2022 (UTC)reply
I'll do this review. Expect full comments within a few days. -
Indy beetle (
talk) 14:09, 17 January 2023 (UTC)reply
Due to the war, the union agreed to not conduct any strike action for the duration of the conflict, and in turn the company agreed to institute pay raises after the war was over. You can remove "due to the war" here, the rest of the sentence makes the wartime situation apparent.
Removed.
Additionally, following the war's conclusion in 1945, the company received roughly $1.3 million in repayment from the excess profits tax that had been levied during the war. Was this a
tax refund? If so, "repayment" could be swapped for "refunded" and it then Wikilinked. "that had been levied during the war" can also be removed, since the previous sentence already introduces the tax.
Done.
Is it known why American Tobacco withheld some wages from December 1944 to October 1945? Short-term financing issues?
Unsure, unfortunately none of the sources I could find discussed the rationale.
Many historians note that the strike was significant in bringing together black and white individuals towards a common goal, a rarity in the Southern United States at the time. I see this is meant as sort of an introduction to the paragraph it begins, but in avoidance of
WP:SYNTH, do we have a source which affirms that such action was "a rarity in the Southern United States at the time"? Or a source for "many historians"? If not for the latter case, I recommend changing "many" to "some", as that is evident enough with the current sourcing and text.
Added sources, changed "many" to "some".
As a result, in 1966, the Cigar Factory fired 900 workers "lay off" may be more precise than "fired".
Changed.
Might be worth mentioning that the strike is depicted in a historical fiction novel, The Cigar Factory (
book review by Charleston Magazine, I recommend citing this). -
Indy beetle (
talk) 00:25, 18 January 2023 (UTC)reply
Added information on the book, cited source.
Assessment checklist
GA review (see
here for what the criteria are, and
here for what they are not)
Indy beetle, just wanted to ping you to let you know that I have made some edits to the article to address the points you made in your review. Thank you for beginning this review, and if you have any further questions, comments, or concerns, please let me know. -
JJonahJackalope (
talk) 16:10, 19 January 2023 (UTC)reply
Ok, seems good now. Passing. -
Indy beetle (
talk) 21:12, 19 January 2023 (UTC)reply
A fact from 1945–1946 Charleston Cigar Factory strike appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 December 2022 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Civil Rights Movement on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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Overall: @
JJonahJackalope: Good article! Hook is interesting, article is sourced, and the QPQ is done.
Onegreatjoke (
talk) 19:45, 3 December 2022 (UTC)reply
I'll do this review. Expect full comments within a few days. -
Indy beetle (
talk) 14:09, 17 January 2023 (UTC)reply
Due to the war, the union agreed to not conduct any strike action for the duration of the conflict, and in turn the company agreed to institute pay raises after the war was over. You can remove "due to the war" here, the rest of the sentence makes the wartime situation apparent.
Removed.
Additionally, following the war's conclusion in 1945, the company received roughly $1.3 million in repayment from the excess profits tax that had been levied during the war. Was this a
tax refund? If so, "repayment" could be swapped for "refunded" and it then Wikilinked. "that had been levied during the war" can also be removed, since the previous sentence already introduces the tax.
Done.
Is it known why American Tobacco withheld some wages from December 1944 to October 1945? Short-term financing issues?
Unsure, unfortunately none of the sources I could find discussed the rationale.
Many historians note that the strike was significant in bringing together black and white individuals towards a common goal, a rarity in the Southern United States at the time. I see this is meant as sort of an introduction to the paragraph it begins, but in avoidance of
WP:SYNTH, do we have a source which affirms that such action was "a rarity in the Southern United States at the time"? Or a source for "many historians"? If not for the latter case, I recommend changing "many" to "some", as that is evident enough with the current sourcing and text.
Added sources, changed "many" to "some".
As a result, in 1966, the Cigar Factory fired 900 workers "lay off" may be more precise than "fired".
Changed.
Might be worth mentioning that the strike is depicted in a historical fiction novel, The Cigar Factory (
book review by Charleston Magazine, I recommend citing this). -
Indy beetle (
talk) 00:25, 18 January 2023 (UTC)reply
Added information on the book, cited source.
Assessment checklist
GA review (see
here for what the criteria are, and
here for what they are not)
Indy beetle, just wanted to ping you to let you know that I have made some edits to the article to address the points you made in your review. Thank you for beginning this review, and if you have any further questions, comments, or concerns, please let me know. -
JJonahJackalope (
talk) 16:10, 19 January 2023 (UTC)reply
Ok, seems good now. Passing. -
Indy beetle (
talk) 21:12, 19 January 2023 (UTC)reply