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Nominator:
Found5dollar (
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Here I am, once again reviewing a presidential desk! (the previous one being
Theodore Roosevelt desk) Will comment soon. –
Kavyansh.Singh (
talk) 12:06, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
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in the Oval Office as their Oval Office desk.– repetition of 'Oval Office'. Can we write and link 'Oval Office desk' as 'official desk'?
The J. Stuart Clingman designed desk was built by→ " The desk was designed by J. Stuart Clingman, and was built by"
Michigan-grown maple burl wood veneer.– Both in lead and the body -- Per MOS:SOB, avoid placing links next to each other.
used by a President in the Oval Office– We can un-capitalize 'P' in 'President' here.
The Hoover desk is a large– 'large' is extraneous, the dimensions itself help the reader understand that the desk is a large one.
while the FDR Museum and Library– We'll need to spell and link FDR museum at its first instance in the prose (apart from the lead)
plus a single flat top extender drawer, in each pedestal.[2][1]– replace 'plus' by 'and'. Also, inline references at the end of the sentence are preferred to be in ascending order, i.e. Ref#1 should be before Ref#2
section containing a single center drawer.[2][1]– Ref order. Same as above.
"FDR Museum and Library"v.
"FDR Library and Museum"v. just
"FDR Library"
in a contemporaneous article about the desk– "contemporaneous article"... Better would be to mention who has written/published it.
The desk is made completely of→ "The desk is completely made of"
This fire quickly grew→ "It quickly grew"
the most destructive fire to hit the White House since the Burning of Washington in 1814.– That seems like an opinion written as a factual statement. Who has described it as "most destructive fire"?
The fire was noticed at about 8:00 pm– Add "
{{nbsp}}
" - a non-breaking space between time and 'pm'.Theodore Roosevelt desk, the desk(emphasis mine) – try to avoid repetition.
By 10:30– missing pm
from the time– can remove these words.
During FDR's 12 years as president– FDR seems a bit informal. Perhaps, just write 'Rossevelt'
Roosevelt died suddenly in 1945, leaving the role of President of the United States to his vice president, Harry Truman.– three things:
On Truman's his first day he cleared off the Hoover desk– Perhaps, on Truman's first day as president
former presidents– replace by "Roosevelt's"
Quite a lot to do. Putting on hold. – Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 13:46, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
Theleekycauldron (
talk) 06:51, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by Found5dollar ( talk). Self-nominated at 15:48, 14 November 2021 (UTC).
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: I like this hook a lot! Good to go. ezlev ( user/ tlk/ ctrbs) 22:54, 15 November 2021 (UTC) To T:DYK/P6
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Hoover desk article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
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Hoover desk has been listed as one of the
History good articles under the
good article criteria. If you can improve it further,
please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can
reassess it. Review: November 14, 2021. ( Reviewed version). |
A fact from Hoover desk appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the
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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.
Reviewer:
Kavyansh.Singh (
talk ·
contribs) 12:06, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Nominator:
Found5dollar (
talk ·
contribs) at 23:13, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
Here I am, once again reviewing a presidential desk! (the previous one being
Theodore Roosevelt desk) Will comment soon. –
Kavyansh.Singh (
talk) 12:06, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not) |
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Overall: |
· · · |
in the Oval Office as their Oval Office desk.– repetition of 'Oval Office'. Can we write and link 'Oval Office desk' as 'official desk'?
The J. Stuart Clingman designed desk was built by→ " The desk was designed by J. Stuart Clingman, and was built by"
Michigan-grown maple burl wood veneer.– Both in lead and the body -- Per MOS:SOB, avoid placing links next to each other.
used by a President in the Oval Office– We can un-capitalize 'P' in 'President' here.
The Hoover desk is a large– 'large' is extraneous, the dimensions itself help the reader understand that the desk is a large one.
while the FDR Museum and Library– We'll need to spell and link FDR museum at its first instance in the prose (apart from the lead)
plus a single flat top extender drawer, in each pedestal.[2][1]– replace 'plus' by 'and'. Also, inline references at the end of the sentence are preferred to be in ascending order, i.e. Ref#1 should be before Ref#2
section containing a single center drawer.[2][1]– Ref order. Same as above.
"FDR Museum and Library"v.
"FDR Library and Museum"v. just
"FDR Library"
in a contemporaneous article about the desk– "contemporaneous article"... Better would be to mention who has written/published it.
The desk is made completely of→ "The desk is completely made of"
This fire quickly grew→ "It quickly grew"
the most destructive fire to hit the White House since the Burning of Washington in 1814.– That seems like an opinion written as a factual statement. Who has described it as "most destructive fire"?
The fire was noticed at about 8:00 pm– Add "
{{nbsp}}
" - a non-breaking space between time and 'pm'.Theodore Roosevelt desk, the desk(emphasis mine) – try to avoid repetition.
By 10:30– missing pm
from the time– can remove these words.
During FDR's 12 years as president– FDR seems a bit informal. Perhaps, just write 'Rossevelt'
Roosevelt died suddenly in 1945, leaving the role of President of the United States to his vice president, Harry Truman.– three things:
On Truman's his first day he cleared off the Hoover desk– Perhaps, on Truman's first day as president
former presidents– replace by "Roosevelt's"
Quite a lot to do. Putting on hold. – Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 13:46, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
Theleekycauldron (
talk) 06:51, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by Found5dollar ( talk). Self-nominated at 15:48, 14 November 2021 (UTC).
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: I like this hook a lot! Good to go. ezlev ( user/ tlk/ ctrbs) 22:54, 15 November 2021 (UTC) To T:DYK/P6