I believe the article should be reviewed for being an "Importance=Top" article because he seems to meet many of the characteristics outlined for a Top importance Chicago subject. However, I must admit, I associate Mr. Stevenson more with Illinois than with Chicago. Thought it should get some consideration. -- Pknkly ( talk) 06:48, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
- He grew up in Central Illinois, went to college at Princeton, and then went to law school in Chicago. He is not really a Top for our project. He is no more important to us than Hillary.--
TonyTheTiger (
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01:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- Agree, hope others will give their input. As I said, I think of him, and maybe others would too, more as an Illinoian, not as a Chicagoan. Pknkly ( talk) 20:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Comment
- Huge swaths (entire paragraphs) of the article are missing citations
- 1933 to 1948: repetitive use of "In 19XX, ..."
- Illinois governor section is underdeveloped with regard to campaign, opponents, policies, planks, controversies including press coverage from the time
- Presidential campaigns need to be expanded: use contemporary President FAs (Obama, W., etc.) as a template
- "Till Hell Freezes Over" should likely be merged under 1960-1965
- Blockquote account of his last moments is obituary-like and should probably be condensed or removed
- "Additional facts of note" need to be merged into the rest of the article as this is laregely trivia
- List of other entities named after Stevenson should be collapsed into a cited statement such as "x schools have been named after Stevenson" rather than an incomplete list of non-notable entities.
Good work so far. Madcoverboy ( talk) 19:52, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
- Perhaps it is time to archive this review too. I think Madcoverboy's review and comments should be copied to the article's Talk page. Pknkly ( talk) 20:48, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
I believe the article should be reviewed for being an "Importance=Top" article because he seems to meet many of the characteristics outlined for a Top importance Chicago subject. However, I must admit, I associate Mr. Stevenson more with Illinois than with Chicago. Thought it should get some consideration. -- Pknkly ( talk) 06:48, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
- He grew up in Central Illinois, went to college at Princeton, and then went to law school in Chicago. He is not really a Top for our project. He is no more important to us than Hillary.--
TonyTheTiger (
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c/
bio/
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01:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- Agree, hope others will give their input. As I said, I think of him, and maybe others would too, more as an Illinoian, not as a Chicagoan. Pknkly ( talk) 20:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Comment
- Huge swaths (entire paragraphs) of the article are missing citations
- 1933 to 1948: repetitive use of "In 19XX, ..."
- Illinois governor section is underdeveloped with regard to campaign, opponents, policies, planks, controversies including press coverage from the time
- Presidential campaigns need to be expanded: use contemporary President FAs (Obama, W., etc.) as a template
- "Till Hell Freezes Over" should likely be merged under 1960-1965
- Blockquote account of his last moments is obituary-like and should probably be condensed or removed
- "Additional facts of note" need to be merged into the rest of the article as this is laregely trivia
- List of other entities named after Stevenson should be collapsed into a cited statement such as "x schools have been named after Stevenson" rather than an incomplete list of non-notable entities.
Good work so far. Madcoverboy ( talk) 19:52, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
- Perhaps it is time to archive this review too. I think Madcoverboy's review and comments should be copied to the article's Talk page. Pknkly ( talk) 20:48, 7 August 2009 (UTC)