Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 18:19, 2 May 2008.

[edit] Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Douglas was the proverbial little old lady who wore a big hat, pearls, and told folks to go to hell. The simultaneous Grandmother of the Everglades and the Anti-Christ, depending on who was doing the describing, was a fascinating writer and environmental activist. I've had some recent input on it, I like the article and I love the subject. I'll hang around and do what needs to be done to get it featured. Thanks in advance for reading it! Self-nominator, major contributor. --Moni3 (talk) 20:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Support Thanks for writing it. Beautifully written article on a fascinating subject. I've never heard of her before, but what a grand women. Can't fault it; such professional writing. --GrahamColmTalk 21:17, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Support Very interesting article. Fascinating subject, and the style of writing is perfect! Good job! Perhaps the first nomination in a while that has a decent chance. --haha169 (talk) 21:32, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Drive-by comment: I'm sorry to say that "Its impact is compared to that of Silent Spring." is completely lost on me. indopug (talk) 06:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Lost because you thought Silent Spring was poop on toast, or lost because you have no idea what Silent Spring was? I can quantify Carson's book in the lead, but I can't justify its impact. --Moni3 (talk) 14:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
'cause I have no idea what Silent Spring is :) indopug (talk) 17:14, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I added a teeny bit of adjective in the lead, expanded an explanation in The Everglades: River of Grass section, and added a blockquote from ROG just because. --Moni3 (talk) 17:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment - Current ref 67 "City of Miami "Marjory Stoneman Douglas House" is lacking last access date. All other links checked out fine, sources look good. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:27, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Ooh! Fo' sho'! Done. Thanks. --Moni3 (talk) 14:45, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Done! And the name is pronounced Ee-ald-gith. Or at least that's how my professor in college said it. See Ealdgyth Swan-neck. Ealdgyth - Talk 21:35, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Support. Well-written, well-sourced, great organization and meticulous referencing style. A couple minor points:
  • The free-use images should be moved to Wikimedia Commons at some point. Cirt (talk) 02:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Image:Everglades River of Grass.jpg -- No fair use on this image, and even if there were, fair use cannot be give for use in this particular article, just in The Everglades: River of Grass. Cirt (talk) 02:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Awards, death, and legacy -- Could almost even split this up into 2 separate subsections. I'll leave it up to the active contributors to think about that. Cirt (talk) 02:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Overall, nice work on an interesting journalist and writer, an informative read. Cirt (talk) 02:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

I split the sections in Awards. I added a fair-use rationale to the image of the book cover, but as usual, I have no idea what I'm doing with images. Any help with that would be appreciated. Thank you for your suggestions, Cirt. --Moni3 (talk) 13:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Concern I'm not sure what normal guidelines are, but it concerns me that much of the information in the article is sourced to autobiographies. At least one proper (i.e. not juvenile non-fiction) biography appears to have been written about here (see http://books.google.com/books?id=S9ENcJKxXMoC). This seems like it would be preferable to sourcing to (clearly not independent of the subject) autobiographies. Mangostar (talk) 15:23, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Mangostar. I want you to know I take your concerns seriously. I don't like GoogleBooks, so I visited the Alachua County Public Library to view this book for myself. They have it shelved in Juvenile Nonfiction. It's 143 pages, and written on a middle-school level. I checked out the references used, and I don't know if you can view the references in GoogleBooks, but the author relies heavily on Douglas' autobiography. We actually used many of the same sources. I don't feel as if the author of this book in question has seen something I haven't, so I'm going to leave it out of the article. I appreciate your concern, and your push to make sure no stone is left unturned. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to earn your support. --Moni3 (talk) 19:35, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Somebody give Moni the nice nominator of the month award :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:37, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Sounds like a reasonable explanation. Haven't read the article thoroughly so I can't comment more, but this doesn't bother me anymore. Mangostar (talk) 01:45, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Support Note: I gave this a copyedit and a reference formatting review prior to its nomination. Maralia (talk) 20:28, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

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