Talk:George W. Atherton

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Former good article nomineeGeorge W. Atherton was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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March 29, 2006Good article nomineeNot listed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 25, 2005.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that George W. Atherton served as president of the Pennsylvania State University for 24 years and is buried on the university's main campus?

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I'm failing this article, although it is informative & well-written, for the following reasons:

  1. Lack of substantial references. At the time I read this article, there were only 2, both to websites. Certainly there must have been one or two books written about this man!
  2. Related to the above is the presence of several opinions unattached to any person or source. Evidently, he did a lot for PSU; however, for this to be a GA, these opinions need to be attached to a source.
  3. Most of this article is about the changes that happened at the University, & not about Atherton himself. It is conceivable that this material could be moved from this article into one about PSU, which would leave only the intro paragraph & a single paragraph about the man -- practically a stub! I'd say this is the article's major failing. -- llywrch 23:44, 29 March 2006 (UTC)Reply
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