# Talk:William Claiborne

This gentleman deserves a fuller biography. The one at [http://famousamericans.net/williamclaiborneorclayborne/ Virtuology] provides more than is useful to us, and we ought to have some reference to his descendents. It is on my to do list, but fairly far down the list, so feel free. Lou I 13:13, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

This article does not give justice to William Claiborne and his role in the development of the Chesapeake region.  He established his trading post on Kent Island under the dominion of Virginia.  In fact, he claimed the whole Eastern Shore for Virginia.  The Second Lord Baltimore was given a patent for lands in Nova Scotia but left there due to the harsh weather.  In an act of theivery he took over Kent Island.  The Catholicism of Lord Baltimore and King Charles I kept Claiborne from winning his petition to regain control of Kent Island.   The story is very interesting and has many twists and turns.  But revisionist history incorrectly claims the Calverts not William Claiborne as the first settler of Maryland.  ( David Claiborne April 27, 2007)

I have reviewed this article according to the requirements of the GA criteria and have put the article on hold until he following issues have been addressed:

"Claiborne became a wealthy early Virginia planter..." I think that early should be removed or reworded, it sounds kind of awkward with the rest of the sentence.
"William Claiborne was born in Kent, England in 1660 to Thomas Clayborn, a small-time merchant, alderman, and lord mayor from King's Lynn..." Not sure, but does lord mayor need to be capitalized? Going to the wikilink has the word capitalized throughout the page, but they are using the direct title ("Lord Mayer of London"). If it does need to be capitalized, fix it, if not, ignore it.
Add wikilinks for baptize and apprentice.
"His business acumen quickly made him one of the most successful Virginia colonists, and within four years of his arrival he had grants for 1100 acres (445 hectares)..." Later in the article you have a comma for 5,000; to stay uniform add one for 1,100.
"He also managed to survive the March, 1622 attacks by native Powhatans..." Remove the comma between March and 1622.
"About 1627 he began to trade for furs..." Change about to around.
"Two years later, an attorney for Cloberry and Company, who were concered that the revenues..." Concerned is spelled wrong.
"Stone's declaration was ignored and Claiborne and Bennett again overthrew him, creating as well a new assembly in which Catholics were not allowed to serve." Remove as well.
"But he was, after all, a puritan..." Remove after all, may be seen as POV. Perhaps "He had few friends left in government upon the restoration of the British monarchy in 1660 as a result of being a practicing puritan and an ally of the Parliament during the English Civil War." or something to that effect.
If possible include another external link or two, if you can find any more notable ones to include.
Altogether, the article didn't have too many issues, and the above should be easy to fix. Address the above issues within seven days and I'll pass the article. If you have any questions or when you are done, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Nehrams2020 18:47, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I have passed this article according to the requirements of the GA criteria. Good job on fixing the above issues so quickly. Thanks for letting me know about the lord mayor issue, now I know. Make sure the article maintains its high quality, ensuring all new information is properly sourced. If you have the time, please consider reviewing an article or two to help with the large backlog. Keep up the good work and I hope you continue to improve the quality of articles on Wikipedia! --Nehrams2020 22:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I listed the article under businesspeople on WP:GA. If you think he would better fall under politicians or another category, feel free to move his name. --Nehrams2020 22:13, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I've selectively linked years throughout the article.  Although years need to be linked when they appear in full dates (day, month and year), so that date-display preferences will work properly, the MOS neither requires nor forbids the linking of year-alone dates, and general agreement is lacking as to whether such links better or worsen an article.  Especially for historical articles such as this, I'm of the former opinion (though I also think the matter is not all that important, either way).  So I've linked the first occurrence of most of the years, other than those that occur elsewhere within the article as part of a full date, plus years in the infobox and in image captions (taken apart from those in the main text).  This amounts to most of the year-only dates in the article.  I leave it to the usual editors of this article whether to keep all, or any of these links (though I recommend their keeping, of course).  Cheers. -- Lonewolf BC 07:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I hope these suggestions can help us improve this article into a featured article.
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Consider adding more links to the article; per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links) and Wikipedia:Build the web, create links to relevant articles.[?]
Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (numbers), there should be a non-breaking space - &nbsp; between a number and the unit of measurement. For example, instead of 60 pounds, use 60 pounds, which when you are editing the page, should look like: 60&nbsp;pounds.[?]
Per Wikipedia:Context and Wikipedia:Build the web, years with full dates should be linked; for example, link January 15, 2006.[?]
Please ensure that the article has gone through a thorough copyediting so that it exemplifies some of Wikipedia's best work. See also User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a.[?]
You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, -Jeff (talk) 01:46, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, Ruslik 14:45, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Claiborne was born in county/shire Kent, England, in 1600... William Claiborne, who was baptized on 10 August 1587...

Discrepancy there. Valetude (talk) 09:59, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Although this has long been listed as a Good Article about Maryland history, this man lived most of his life in Virginia, as did his immediate descendants. I was surprised that it relies primarily on the more than century-old Appleton's Cyclopedia article instead of the 2006 bio in the Dictionary of Virginia Biography (online at encyclopediavirginia.org). It does not name his children (supposedly at least a couple became burgesses or otherwise high-ranking political figures), and the references to native Americans seem awkward. I've started a comparison of the article, but planned to work on other articles in my limited time available, especially as this library is now closing.Jweaver28 (talk) 00:45, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

I found a library with the Dornan book cited and added to that section, though my time restrictions prevent me from describing his extensive landholdings detailed in that volume, much less that he and his family were targets during Bacon's Rebellion.Jweaver28 (talk) 00:11, 1 December 2022 (UTC)