Talk:T206 Honus Wagner

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An entry from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on November 15, 2007.
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GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
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I can't believe someone worked so hard on this article; last time I read it, it was very stubby. Great job! Anyhow, a few comments:

  1. "During the presidency of trust-buster Theodore Roosevelt, the ATC was subjected to legal action from the government, in hopes of shutting down the monopoly in the industry." requires a citation. I'm assuming that you'd use the same reference as in the following paragraph, but it doesn't hurt to cite it directly.
    Y Done Nishkid64 (talk) 05:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
  2. All one-two sentence paragraphs must be either expanded or merged with the surrounding paragraphs, as they cannot stand alone.
    Y Done Nishkid64 (talk) 05:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
  3. "They stopped production of the card, however, after Wagner denied authorization." It's pretty much common sense, so I won't hold it against a GA pass, but if a citation is easily available for this, it might help on your quest to FA.
    Added source that says: "One of the prevailing theories was that Wagner, one of the premier players in the history of baseball, insisted that he be paid by the tobacco company for the use of his image causing the production of his card to be halted. Nishkid64 (talk) 05:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
  4. In the third paragraph of "1991 Copeland memorabilia auction," the first part of the Gretzky quote is chopped/used in a way that doesn't work a sentence "[a]t the time all these memorabilia things were increase in value" and needs to be fixed per the way quotations are edited.
    See [1]. Is that any better? I was just using the quote to reaffirm my previous sentence. I was going to remove it now, but I just wanted to see what you thought of it now. If it doesn't work, I'll remove the quote. Nishkid64 (talk) 05:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
  5. "Some memorabilia collectors have dismissed Ray's claims, saying that the card hardly proves any doctoring was ever done on the card." (1991 Copeland memorabilia auction). I'm a bit confused with this sentence. Did you mean to say that the photograph hardly proves?
    Yes, I meant the photograph. Thanks for catching that. Nishkid64 (talk) 05:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
  6. "Meanwhile, Treat Entertainment and Wal-Mart heavily benefited from the publicity they created for the card, selling more than 30 million baseball card packs in a matter of months." (Card back on the market) requires a citation.
    Y Done Nishkid64 (talk) 05:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

To allow for these changes to be made, I am putting the article on hold for a period of up to seven days, after which it may be failed without further notice. Thank you for your work thus far. Cheers, CP 02:01, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Amazing work! It gives me great pleasure to pass this as a Good Article. Good luck on your quest for FA status, congratulations and thank you for your hard work! Cheers, CP 16:57, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! Nishkid64 (talk) 19:04, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

WoW! What a story. This is one of the few Wikipedia articles I felt drawn to read through in its entirety. It makes me want to know more about all aspects. Outstanding job! -- Jreferee t/c 19:04, 15 November 2007 (UTC)