Talk:Jacob Little

Comment

I rewrote this page about Jacob Little. In this day and age of bear markets, he was a facinating figure who was one of the great bears of Wall Street. - Ootsark

Rewritten, possibly going to put this up for GA. ResMar 16:20, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Jacob Little/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: HueSatLum (talk · contribs) 19:50, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

I will make my first batch of comments and questions below. Don't hesitate to tell me if you disagree. HueSatLum 19:50, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Done with comments below. HueSatLum 21:50, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

• It contains some dab links which should be fixed.

Done. ResMar 22:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

• Little was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts...opening a brokerage in 1834 is a long sentence; perhaps it should be separated.

Done. ResMar 22:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

• The "Market operations" section is rather long; it should probably be broken up into several subsections.

I don't see along which lines and think it unnecessary anyway. ResMar 22:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

• Civil War → American Civil War?

Done. ResMar 22:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

• Just a note: "Morris Canal and Banking Company" redirects to Morris Canal

Noted. ResMar 22:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

• Is "their lasting outrage" referring to the Bostonian traders?

Clarified. ResMar 22:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

• "protege" → "protégé"

Done. ResMar 22:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

• The New York Times should be italicised

Done. ResMar 22:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

• He is missing persondata

Done. ResMar 22:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

• One more thing: "...making his fortune by leveraging both short sales and short sellers" – "short sellers" still links to a disambiguation page, but it appears to be the same as "short sales". Once this is cleared up, it should be good to go. HueSatLum 00:16, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

I took out the second link, since there's no need for it. ResMar 17:43, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Criteria

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   good prose

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   well-covered by reliable sources

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   covers the major aspects of his life

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   fairly represented

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   no vandalism

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   Images are all PD

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   It's too bad there's not much information about his birth, but you've done a good job with this one. (Although the peer review was kind of sad) HueSatLum 21:28, 19 March 2013 (UTC)