Talk:James M. Canty/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 01:18, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

I plan on getting to this tomorrow. Hog Farm _Bacon 01:18, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

• Hog Farm, thank you for choosing this article for GA review. I look forward to working with you throughout this process. Thanks again! -- West Virginian (talk) 01:27, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Early life

• "After continuing to follow his father into one trade after another, Canty joined other young men in attending night school for his self-improvement" - Can we get a year for when this started?

• Hog Farm, thank you again for your thorough and thoughtful review. I went back to the main source for this information about his adolescence and young adulthood, which was Canty’s autobiographical article within Booker T. Washington’s book on Tuskegee, and I was unable to find dates for this information. With that said, please let me know if you’d like me to pare this information down.

Tuskegee

• "In total, Canty was a student at Tuskegee for five years." - March 1886 to May 1890 is a lot closer to four years than it is to five

• I've modified this section so as not to mention the number of years.

WVCI

• "He was the third teacher to join the institute's faculty" - Yet later, you say, "When Canty arrived at the institute in 1893, the school had three instructors and 30 students" which, at least to me, implies that there were already three instructors when Canty joined. Now, maybe, this is just the fact that I work early mornings and am never fully awake on Fridays, so if the error is on my end, just ignore this.

• I rephrased for accuracy. The sources state that Canty was one of the first three instructors, so I've modified the content accordingly.

• The reader is never given the exact date, or even the month, that he became acting principal

• The sources unfortunately do not give a month. We know that Hill resigned to join the Spanish-American War effort, and that Canty was acting from the summer of 1898 until Jones' appointment. Also, the WVSU sources just state 1898.

• "Canty continued to serve on the institute's faculty until his retirement in 1948" - Still in the machinery department, or in another subject?

• I can only find sources that have him resigning as superintendent of mechanical industries in 1914, and then retiring in 1948.

Personal life

• " and was a member of Institute's El Cubo Club" - Unclear what type of organization the El Cubo Club was/(is?)

• The El Cubo Club was a community civic organization in Institute, and I've added a newspaper article as a source for this information.

Legacy

• Ideally, this section should include a bit of non-autobiographical information, as well, if its available.

• I've removed this section.

References

• According to WP:RSP, Find a Grave is generally unreliable.

• I've removed this reference.

That's it for the GA-level, I do believe. For a potential FAC, you'll need to use the Canty autobiography a little less, but for GA, I think it's okay. Hog Farm _Bacon 15:25, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

• Hog Farm, thank you again for your thorough and thoughtful review. I've gone through and finished addressing each of your questions and suggestions. Unfortunately, for some of your suggestions, I could not find additional clarifying information. Please let me know if my responses satisfy your comments and suggestions, and also let me know if you have any further recommendations for improvement of this article. Thanks again! -- West Virginian (talk) 01:56, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

• It's definitely good for the GA criteria, IMO. Good work on this one, I'll be passing it. Hog Farm _Bacon 02:26, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

• Hog Farm, thank you again for your review, guidance, and coordination throughout this process. I really appreciate it, and I look forward to working with you again soon. Thanks you for all your tremendous contributions to Wikipedia! -- West Virginian (talk) 02:41, 24 October 2020 (UTC)