Talk:Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign

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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 15, 2021. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that despite most of the polls and 50 major political writers predicting victory for Thomas E. Dewey, Harry S. Truman won* the 1948 presidential election* (candidates pictured)?
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The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 00:48, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Political cartoon by Jim Berryman depicting Truman and opponent Thomas E. Dewey campaigning in whistle stop train tours.

... that during his 1948 presidential campaign, Harry S. Truman conducted various whistle-stop tours (pictured) across the nation, travelling 35,290 miles (56,790 km) and delivering over 250 speeches? Source: Various sources in the article, see Ref 97, 98 and 99 in this version of article.
- ALT1:... that despite most of the polls and 50 major political writers of the nation predicting victory for Dewey, Harry S. Truman won the 1948 presidential election? Source: Various sources in the article, see Ref 104 and 105 in this version of article.

Reviewed: Sam Brownback 2008 presidential campaign
Comment: Date request - 14/15 July (Final day of 1948 DNC, Truman officially won the nomination) See here. Another image (File:Truman-Dewey-polls-1948.jpg) can be considered if Alt 1 in chosen.

Created by Kavyansh.Singh (talk). Self-nominated at 08:37, 4 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Date, length and hooks all OK (my preference is for ALT1), QPQ done, no close paraphrasing. Picture licence fine. Good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:28, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Source comments[edit]

Some comments on the sourcing:

Reference 126 doesn't point to a source in Works Cited. Does it have the correct year?
"Bray, William J" does not have a reference that points to it.

@Kavyansh.Singh: maybe you can fix this. Z1720 (talk) 13:11, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720: Done - Corrected the year and added Bray References. Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:37, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Reviewer: Maile66 (talk · contribs) 00:21, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Kavyansh.Singh: I'm going to be doing this review for you, and, if needed, make comments here. I just made a handful of punctuation corrections based on MOS:HOWEVER. Anything else, I'll leave comments here for you. — Maile (talk) 00:21, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Maile66 – Thanks a lot! I really spent some time in creating this article, and also want to nominate it for Featured article. Would appreciate any comments ... – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:35, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Background section

"nominated him as the vice-presidential nominee" seems redundant. How about something like, "chose him as the vice-presidential nominee", or "nominated him the vice-presidential running mate for Franklin Roosevent's fourth run for the presidency" or something similar.

Done. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 09:20, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Truman implemented the Marshall Plan" Could you have something like "the Marshall Plan, allocating foreign aid for Western Europe."

Done. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:56, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Those are the only two suggestions I have for that section. — Maile (talk) 00:40, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Preparing for a run

"he considered choosing General Dwight D. Eisenhower as his running mate, but Eisenhower declined." Did Truman discuss it with Eisenhower, or did Eisenhower just make a public statement without being asked?

Well, I have corrected/expanded a few details from this section. Truman initially didn't wanted to run, and expected Eisenhower to lead the Democratic party as their nominee. He even had though of running as Eisenhower's VP! But Eisenhower declined to be a "politician" in a public statement. I have added few lines from Draft Eisenhower movement, an article I recently expanded. Imagine a president agreeing to be VP! Gerald Ford too somewhat agreed to be Reagan's VP in 1980, but that negotiation failed. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:15, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I learned something new today. I did not know Ford agreed to be Reagan's running mate. But I can see that, as Ford was a loyal team player.

"faced opposition within the Democratic Party by the Progressive movement led by" Perhaps say, "from the Progressive movement"

Done. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:56, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Early developments

"Organizes failed to publicize" Maybe you meant either "organizations" or "organizers"

Yeah, its organizers. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:56, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Democratic convention: No issues in this section

Campaign

Very well done, well detailed. No issues to correct.

Thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:56, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Election day: Everything looks good here.

Aftermath and legacy: Good wrap-up here, this is fine.

I've gone through the basics, and will check the rest of the Wikipedia:GACR tomorrow. — Maile (talk) 01:45, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

1) Well written

Pass

2) Verifiable with no original research

Pass

This is extensively sourced, with no issues on either OR or copy vio dectors.

3) Broad in its coverage

Pass

4) Neutral

Pass

5) Stable

Pass

6) Illustrated

a. Copyright status and/or fair use if non-free ?
Pass

b. Captioned and relevant to topic ?
Pass

7) Overall

Pass

Congratulations. Job well done. — Maile (talk) 16:57, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Maile66 – Thanks a lot! In your opinion, does this has any chances at FAC? I'll try to open a Peer review soon. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:05, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Kavyansh.Singh: I believe this would be an excellent FAC. Go for it! — Maile (talk) 17:08, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Also, @Kavyansh.Singh:, if you are planning Peer Review just to pick out any loose ends, Peer Review is pretty backed up. My recommendation, is to go straight to FAC. If there's anything you or I missed, FAC will catch it. — Maile (talk) 17:36, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Maile66 – I can't go straight at FAC, as I already have one article (Daisy) at FAC, and to nominate another, the source review needs to be passed. I have opened the peer review page, and will request few reviewers, who might be interested in commenting. If nothing happens in a week or so, I'll directly go to FAC. How is that? – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:44, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Kavyansh.Singh: Ah ... I see it now, the Daisy campaign ad. OK. — Maile (talk) 18:37, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.