Talk:Port of Spain Gazette

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Willbb234 in topic GA Review

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk03:04, 22 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

  • ... that the Port of Spain Gazette was known for its strongly pro-slavery position in the 1830s and it was said that it "spat its venom on anyone who spoke of the virtues of emancipation"? Source: "The Port of Spain Gazette which Hodgson calls "the vilest [journal] that ever disgraced the press of any country" (Truths p. 198), acted on behalf of the planters and generally spat its venom on anyone who spoke of the virtues of emancipation" (Cudjoe, Selwyn R. (2003). Beyond boundaries: the intellectual tradition of Trinidad and Tobago in the nineteenth century. Wellesley, Mass.: Calaloux Publications. ISBN 1-55849-318-2)

Moved to mainspace by Guettarda (talk). Self-nominated at 00:23, 10 March 2021 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Verified Hook with this snippet match. The link to 'emancipation' in the hook feels somewhat easter-eggy to me, but no big concerns either way. Nice work! Eddie891 Talk Work 02:41, 10 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Eddie891. I was a bit worried about that. I'll remove the link. Guettarda (talk) 03:31, 10 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Port of Spain Gazette/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Willbb234 (talk · contribs) 22:17, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply


Hi there. I'll be reviewing this article for GA status. If you have any questions, please let me know. Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 22:17, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

  • The first, most obvious point is that the article is a bit fragmented. I recommend merging the final three paragraphs of the 'History' section and the final two of the 'Editorial stance' section.  Done
  • You should mention it was named after/based in Port of Spain, especially seeing as it's in the infobox.  Done
  • Wikilink to Proslavery, Slavery or another appropriate page.  Done
  • Wikilink to Roman Catholicism.  Done
  • Wikilink to Creole peoples.  Done
  • withdrew support for the newspaper was this financial support? If so, you should clarify this.
  • government contract the publisher comma between "contract" and "publisher".  Done
  • as a successor to the Trinidad Gazette this just repeats what was said in the previous section.
  • after a backlash triggered by the publication of his novel Warner Arundell: The Adventures of a Creole upset the paper's subscribers commas after "backlash" and "Creole". Also, why was there a backlash?
  • whose son, A. P. T. Ambard, served as editor.[2]:55 In 1944 A. P. T. Ambard sold... you never mention that A. P. T. Ambard was in possession of the paper, only that his father was. The assumption is that he inherited the paper, but you should clarify this.
  • was among the papers see WP:WEASEL. You should be more specific here. It also assumes the reader knows what papers you are referring to.
  • The purchasers in 1955 were reported by the Gleaner to be connected to the Democratic Labour Party and wanted to prevent the paper's closure because they reportedly felt that as capital of the West Indies Federation, Port of Spain should have more than one daily newspaper.[14] Despite this attempt to revive its fortunes, the paper went out of business in 1959 amid continued losses. this isn't really on the 'Editorial stance' of the paper. I recommend moving to the 'History' section.
  • newsprint, especially newspaper comma after "newspaper".

Please let m know when you have responded to these comments. Kind regards, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 22:17, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks so much for the review Willbb234. I think I've addressed all everything. Guettarda (talk) 01:29, 16 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Okay, thank you. I'll promote this to GA. Kind regards, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 11:22, 16 April 2021 (UTC)Reply