Talk:Carl A. Schenck

GA Review

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Reviewer: Vortex3427 (talk · contribs) 10:05, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Sans the short lead, the article appears to be in good shape, so most of this are minor nitpicks.

First round, going up to the Biltmore Forest School section. I'll do the rest of the article in another update and then do spotchecks in a third

• The lead needs expansion to better summarize the article.
• Exact dates (including day and month) for birth and death should be sourced in the body..
• 17th-century shouldn't be hyphenated when it isn't being used as an adjective.
• Would However, [his grandfather] be appropriate? I don't what the family was doing in the 1600s would really matter to what his grandfather did. Response That section was/is awkward. I reworded it; see if that makes more sense. Basically, his grandfather had a governmental position, which also appears to have been influential. I think it is important to mention that his family was prominent and wealthy. However, I can't combine that info the way I would like to because of original research restrictions.
• By third formerly trained forester, do you mean "formally trained"?
• Vanderbilt first hired Gifford Pinchot as the estate's forester. Response what is your suggestion for this?
• Link virgin growth to Old-growth forest, and link sluice
• Comma after not Schenck's
• Link sylvicultural to sylviculture
• did prove his worth to his employer This is pretty vague; how?
• Change did borrow to borrowed
• Schenck wrote Vanderbilt that things looked bad missed "to". "looked bad" is an informal phrase, maybe replace this to financial troubles
• Schenck long term Schenck's long-term
• link back pay Response There is not an article on back pay or back payment. Do you have another suggestion for a link?

— VORTEX³⁴²⁷ (Talk!) 02:15, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• In the infobox (botany name), C .A.Schenck has a misplaced space

Starting from Biltmore Forest School

• provide provided
• hands-on, practical Aren't these synonyms?
• the Vanderbilt's lands Remove "the"
• ideology evolved Is there any information on how it changed?
• link longleaf pine
• link redwood grove
• By long leaf pin, did you mean longleaf pine?
• comma after Biltmore Stick
• written out is an expression, use a more precise phrase
• As a modern historian notes, You already mentioned Hill earlier, maybe mention his name here?
• However modern historians comma after "However"
• Maybe "Personal life" should be moved before the "Honours" section? It makes sense chronologically

— VORTEX³⁴²⁷ (Talk!) 02:35, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

@Rublamb: You can ignore those, I guess they were typos

I've done a few spotchecks to verify. I also ran it through Earwig. It came up with over 80% identicality for the Duke University thesis, but that's only because of the quotes, so that seems fine. I think it's okay to pass this article now. — VORTEX³⁴²⁷ (Talk!) 21:41, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I am still going to work on the remaining comments. Your thoughtful review was very helpful. Rublamb (talk) 21:43, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 10:30, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that German forester Carl A. Schenck founded the first forestry school in America at George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate? Source: New York Times: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1955/05/17/79450353.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Ford Jr.

Improved to Good Article status by Rublamb (talk). Self-nominated at 20:33, 10 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Carl A. Schenck; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: Fabulous work, you've grown this sapling from an acorn into a mighty oak, with no wooden prose. Just the QPQ to do.

• @No Swan So Fine: Thanks for your kind words. A QPQ is not required; this was my 4th nomination but I did one anyway