Talk:Happy Chandler

message: Congressman Ben Chandler, of Kentucky, is Happy Chandler's grandson, not his son. An earlier edit of this page listed Chandler's son as Ben, and on Ben's name, the page provided a link to the page of Congressman Ben Chandler. While Happy Chandler did have a son named Ben, his son Ben is not the same Ben who now serves in Congress. Happy's son was Ben, Jr. Ben III is the Congressman. I fixed the edit. Kyleandrew1 (talk) 20:06, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch. My fault. Acdixon (talk • contribs • &site=  count) 20:27, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Error in Description of Chandler's Family

message: Presumably "simultaneously practicing law Versailles" should be "simultaneously practicing law in Versailles?"  HausTalk 15:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing word

message: This article is close to GA quality.  The two  templates added by Acdixon on May 8 are reasonable and must be replaced by citations before submission of the article for a GA review.  If and when the article is re-submitted, please feel free to mention the fact on m talk page and I'll, er, happily review it again.  Cheers.  HausTalk 15:31, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA Review 

message: I have reviewed this article according to the GA criteria and have put the article on hold until the following issues are fixed.
#In the infobox for his political party, I think it should just be Democrat, not Democratic (although we do want all of our politicians to be democratic!).
#"At sixteen, his only brother, two years younger than he, was died after falling from a cherry tree from which he was picking." Reword to "At sixteen, his fourteen-year-old brother died after falling from a tree while picking cherries." or something to that effect. Also move this sentence to after the next one since you are talking about his age here at 16 and in the next sentence he is 8.
#"Chandler graduated high school in 1917, and, against his father's wishes, enrolled Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky". "enrolled at"
#"All the while, he worked odd jobs to support himself." Reword to "Throughout his educational career, he worked..." All the while shouldn't be used.
#"Chandler graduated from Transylvania in 1921, taking with him both a bachelor's degree and his life-long nickname." Mention the nickname again; assume some readers may skip over the intro. You can probably just readd the same sentence in the intro to the second paragraph in the "Early life" section.
#"For the next five years, Chandler was an assistant football coach at Centre College in Danville, simultaneously practicing law in Versailles." Single sentence shouldn't stand alone. Either expand on this or incorporate it into another paragraph. Maybe also consider combining it with the sentence before it.
#"He became infatuated and eventually persuaded his new love to break her engagement to another man." Reword to "He eventually persuaded his new love to break her current engagement with another man." Infatuated isn't really necessary.
#"Chandler successfully opposed both proposals." I don't understand how he can successfully oppose something. Do you mean that with his opposition, the two proposals did not pass/or failed? I think that should be reworded a little better.
#"This bucking of the political machine made him a hero in the eyes of the people." If possible, specify which "people". The entire U.S./Kentucky citizens/the legislature?
#"Chandler did spend when necessary." This may be seen as slight POV or maybe just obvious as many politicans do spend when they have to; perhaps something simple like "Chandler increased spending on several projects and proposals throughout his term." or something to that effect.
#"He further provided for free textbooks for students" Use also instead of further.
#"Chandler's heroics continued during the Ohio River flood of 1937, when he personally supervised the evacuation of a partly-flooded penitentiary in Frankfort." If possible, add an inline citation for this.
#"Though Chandler lost to the very popular Barkley, President Franklin D. Roosevelt felt compelled to make a trip to the state to support Barkley's candidacy, just in case." Just in case should probably be removed.
#"Chandler suspended Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo "the Lip" Durocher for the entire 1947 season, citing "conduct detrimental to baseball." Again, don't let single sentences stand alone. Elaborate on the sentence a little more.
#"During his service, he presided over the establishment of a pension fund for players, but his most significant contribution was overseeing the initial steps toward integration of the major leagues..." In the intro, integration is wikilinked to racial integration and this one links to baseball color line. You should probably settle on one, whichever you think is more appropriate/relevant. Also, in the next paragraph "Baseball Commissioner" is used, when the article calls the office "Commissioner of Baseball". Change that as well.
#"He later apologized." Elaborate a little more: "He later apologized for his comments, etc."
#Is there any information of what he died of? If possible, include it in the article.
#"Chandler is the grandfather of U.S. Representative Ben Chandler." Single sentence; expand.
The article was an interesting read, and besides the above suggestions, looks really good. Please address the above issues within seven days and I will pass the article. If you have any questions about my review or if when you are done let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Nehrams2020 20:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA on hold

message: I have reviewed this article according to the GA criteria and have passed the article at this time. Good job on fixing all of the above issues. Continue to improve the article, making sure that all new information is properly sourced. If you have the time, please consider reviewing an article or two at GAC to help with the current drive to remove the backlog. Keep improving the quality of articles on Wikipedia! --Nehrams2020 17:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA passed

message: Does it make sense to categorize Chandler as a Dixiecrat?  According to the article, he did not officially endorse Thurmond, which would seem like it would be a necessary prerequisite to being a Dixiecrat. john k (talk) 19:56, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Lowell H. Harrison, an eminent Kentucky historian, classified him that way. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 20:41, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you provide more context on what Harrison says? john k (talk) 14:37, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: On page 387 of A New History of Kentucky, he writes "In 1948 [Chandler] had headed the racially conservative Dixiecrat movement in the state, had entertained its candidate J. Strom Thurmond in his home, and had given little evidence that his racial views varied drastically from those of others of his generation." Acdixon (talk · contribs) 15:30, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. john k (talk) 19:40, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dixiecrat 

message: The current lead image makes Chandler look like a mafia thug.  Surely there's a better image than this. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 13:52, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I feel so relieve, so I'm not the only one that feel this way...--Jarodalien (talk) 09:06, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm the one who added the picture, and I also feel that way. Unfortunately, I have not found a better alternative thus far. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 13:34, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs better lead image 

message: Where were they teammates?  Cake (talk) 18:22, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: "Teammate Charley Moran"