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Article milestones Date Process Result August 30, 2007 Good article nominee Listed November 13, 2007 WikiProject peer review Reviewed March 26, 2008 WikiProject A-class review Approved April 1, 2008 WikiProject A-class review Approved Current Status: Good article

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Contents 1 Biography assessment rating comment 2 Will incorporate suggestions 2.1 No picture exists 2.2 Incorporated biography infobox 3 "Tory" vs "Loyalist" 3.1 Incorporated recommendation 4 GA hold 4.1 Incorporated recommendations 5 Peer review 5.1 Automated peer review 5.2 Editor peer review 6 A-class review

[edit] Biography assessment rating comment

Even though the article received a B, the article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 02:17, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Will incorporate suggestions

Thank you very much for the assessment. Will incorporate suggestions for improvement. Appreciate the feedback. Sincerely, ColWilliam 22:18, 27 June 2007 (UTC), a "newbie" to Wikipedia, and a first article.

[edit] No picture exists

Appreciate the suggestion of including a portrait of William Stacy. Unfortunately, there is no available published painting (portrait) or drawing of William Stacy. Also, Dr. Lemonds, the author of the “Col. William Stacy” book, was unable to locate a drawing, portrait, or likeness when he wrote the book in 1993. In addition to searching for a published portrait, Dr. Lemonds interacted with descendants of William Stacy, but no portrait or likeness could be found. Regards, ColWilliam 23:47, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Re-set "needs-photo" to "no". Regards, ColWilliam 19:10, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Incorporated biography infobox

Incorporated biography infobox using the default biography template, which seemed more appropriate than the military template. Regards, ColWilliam 01:28, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Re-set "needs-infobox" to "no". Regards, ColWilliam 19:10, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Tory" vs "Loyalist"

This article makes extensive use of "Tory", thus giving it a pro-Revolutionary POV bias. Since "Tory" was a largely pejorative term (see Tory#American_Revolution), I'd recommend replacing it with the more neutral "Loyalist" (which also has a much better article of its own; see Loyalist (American Revolution)).

[edit] Incorporated recommendation

Good suggestion. Thank you. ColWilliam 21:34, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA hold

1. a proper lead, as a summary has few if any footnotes, this has 22
2. needs more on his early life
3. is there a painting or sketch of him so we know what he looked like?
4. all the google links in the bibliography need cleaned up, have it display words not URLs
5. possibly more later
6. five days is allotted to act on these issues

Sumoeagle179 20:29, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Incorporated recommendations

Thank you very much for your review and comments.

1. Removed footnotes in the lead paragraph. ColWilliam 03:34, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
2. Created a section entitled "Early life" and expanded over original article. There is not a great deal of information available about his life prior to the Revolutionary War; most published information regarding Stacy concerns his time in the war and afterwards as a pioneer to Ohio. Will try to add more substance if possible. Thank you. ColWilliam 17:52, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
3. Unfortunately, there is no available published painting or sketch of William Stacy. Dr. Lemonds, the author of the “Col. William Stacy” book, was unable to locate a likeness when he wrote his book; he searched for a published portrait, contacted historical societies, and interacted with descendants of William Stacy. ColWilliam 22:25, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
4. Cleaned up the Google links in the bibliography to display words instead of URLs. ColWilliam 01:59, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

As to the refs in the lead, move them to an appropriate spot in the body, don't totally remove them. I should have been clearer. Sumoeagle179 12:14, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Understood. Refs were retained in the body. ColWilliam 14:11, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Leave not here when done.Sumoeagle179 02:17, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Done. Thank you for your help. ColWilliam 00:51, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Nice work.Sumoeagle179 02:22, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review

Requested a biography peer review for this article. ColWilliam 19:18, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Automated peer review

Received automated peer review suggestions here. Suggestions were generated by a semi-automatic javascript program. Thank you to APR for this review. ColWilliam 23:43, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Editor peer review

Received peer review comments here from editor Awadewit. Thank you to Awadewit for the effort and comments. ColWilliam 23:08, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Also received peer review comments here from editor Kevin Myers. Thank you to Kevin Myers for the effort and comments. ColWilliam 23:20, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A-class review

Requested a biography A-class review here for this article. ColWilliam (talk) 23:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Requested a military history A-class review here for this article. ColWilliam (talk) 21:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC)