# Talk:Edward W. Gantt

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Nominator: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 04:45, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 08:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
I will review, comments to follow in due course. Zawed (talk) 08:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

What an interest character; the change from being a slave owner prewar to being somewhat of an advocate for freed slaves afterwards is quite jarring!
Lead

Reads OK
Biography

As a broader suggestion, a couple of subheadings would be nice; perhaps 'Military career' or 'Civil War' could be one?
Done. Hog Farm  Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
Gantt had ambitions to become a prominent figure,...: do the sources specify prominent in what context? Political, legal or just in society in general?
Political; clarified. Hog Farm  Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
gave him an adequate opportunity for that.: suggest "gave him appropriate opportunities." (the "for that" doesn't flow well to me).
Done. Hog Farm  Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
Gantt never took office in the United States House of Representatives, and was also elected...: it seems that this recites contrasting facts so rather than "and was also elected", a "but was elected" seems more appropriate.
Done. Hog Farm  Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
Gantt was badly wounded during an artillery duel.[10][2] : cites out of order if that is a thing for you
I generally don't care about that, but I've made the change. Hog Farm  Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
Do the sources specify why Polk's recommendation for Gantt's promotion to brigadier general was declined?
Found something in Finley, added. Hog Farm  Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
In this role, he oversaw the relation...: should that be relations (plural)?
Done. Hog Farm  Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
sometimes carried seven weapons: seven or several (seven seems very precise!)
The sources do specify up to seven. Hog Farm  Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
Is there anything to suggest his advocacy for freed slaves was possibly driven by his desire to be seen as prominent/famous (perhaps infamous is more appropriate given Arkansas is a southern state) or was it genuine charitable work?
I've added a few bits from Finley. There was certainly some politicial motivations in what he was doing, but Finley also notes that he did make a genuine positive impact in several ways. Hog Farm  Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
Other stuff

No spot checks done, happy to AGF on the sourcing given nominator's history
Done some checks using the online source, over half a dozen cites reviewed and verified. Zawed (talk) 08:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
Sources themselves look reliable, being mostly university presses
Earwig tool identifies the Finley article on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas as having 24% similarity. Reviewing this, it looks to be based mostly on common terms e.g. 1850 Nashville Convention and titles of shared sources.
Image tag OK
No dupe links
That's it for me. Zawed (talk) 06:58, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Apologies for taking several days to get to this. I hope to be able to address these tomorrow. Hog Farm  Talk 00:54, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
@Zawed: - Thanks for the review! I have replied above to all of these. Since I believe spot-checking is now required for GA reviews, I can provide quotes from the sourced. Hog Farm  Talk 00:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
Passing this one as GA, as I believe that it meets the necessary criteria. Zawed (talk) 08:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)