Talk:John William Lambert

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
March 29, 2021	Good article nominee	Listed
February 26, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 22, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that John W. Lambert (pictured) in 1891 made the first U.S. car for sale as well as Union cars and Lambert cars using his gasoline engines and gearless transmissions for the Union car company and Lambert car company as subsidiaries of the Buckeye Manufacturing Company?

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:John William Lambert/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: JPxG (talk · contribs) 06:28, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do my best! jp×g

Preliminary notes[edit]

This has some stuff about a James Swoveland affirming to have ridden in Lambert's car in 1891, that might warrant mention.

@JPxG: Thanks for hint (nice catch). I have that article in my article already eleven times as Ref #4.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:50, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
User:JPxG Any other issues I should work on? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:43, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, this one kind of fell off the radar. I will go through it in a bit. jp×g 04:39, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Y: Great, no action required.
: Not necessary but might be worth looking at.
N: Needs to be fixed.

Copyvio[edit]

Y Earwig's detector says everything is fine.

Stability[edit]

Y Article is quite stable. Has not been the subject of any controversy except from an IP address repeatedly adding stuff like "where he learned how to fly" and "harold".

POV[edit]

Minor amounts of general fluff like "That was a good thing, since", not a big deal.

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:24, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Media[edit]

Y All images are public-domain, clearly illustrative, and cool.
What the heck is going on with the front left wheel in this image?

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:24, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Focus / scope / coverage / completeness[edit]

N There were about 300 horseless carriages built up to 1895,[4] but Lambert was the first with a functional working automobile that he created in 1891 Huh?

Done Copy edited accordingly. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:41, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

N Lambert's father was the president, and he was the treasurer and general manager Lambert was the treasurer and general manager, or his father was?

Done Copy edited accordingly. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:52, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Prose / MoS / ref check[edit]

Y Ref 1 looks good.
Y Ref 2 looks good.
Y Ref 3 looks good.
Y Ref 4 looks good.
Y Ref 5 looks good.
Y Ref 6 looks good.
Y ~~Ref 7 isn't accessible for me but I will try to get a hold of it somewhere.~~ It isn't very load-bearing, so I will AGF.
Y Ref 8 looks good.
Y Ref 9 looks good.
Y Ref 10 looks good.
Y Refs 11 - 18 look good.
N Ref 19 is "newspaper clip "Oldest Resident of Ohio City" "Death Claims 1st Passenger of gasoline auto"". No year, no publication, no author, no link... :(

Done Removed, as other inline references in the paragraph cover the first accident.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:00, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Y Ref 20 looks good.
Y Ref 21 looks good.
Ref 22 could do with a link.
Y Ref 23 looks good.

Conclusion[edit]

I have been a little consumed by tasks today, so might have to get around to finishing this tomorrow. jp×g 04:49, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:JPxG All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:28, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Doug Coldwell: Everything looks good. Passing.

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment[edit]

This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Possible copyright problem[edit]

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