Talk:Daniel Sickles's leg

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Review: February 24, 2022. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from Daniel Sickles's leg appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Daniel Sickles's leg (pictured) is a popular museum display?

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The result was: promoted by Rlink2 (talk) 22:09, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Sickles's leg bones on display

... that Daniel Sickles's leg (pictured) is a popular museum display? Source: Clarke 2014 in article
- ALT1: ... that Daniel Sickles once allegedly berated a museum for not preserving his foot along with his leg (pictured)? Source: Hessler 2009 p. 315

Created by Hog Farm (talk). Self-nominated at 04:47, 15 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Hog Farm, review follows: article moved to mainspace 15 February; article exceeds minimum length and is well written; citations are inline throughout and made to reliable sources; I didn't pick up any overly close paraphrasing from the one online source; hooks are interesting and mentioned in the article; I can verify ALT0 and happy to AGF on ALT1; image is excellent and freely licensed; just awaiting a QPQ - Dumelow (talk) 09:11, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- @Dumelow: - Here we go - Template:Did you know nominations/White-fronted falconet. Did the QPQ last night, but forgot to list it on the DYK nom. Hog Farm _Talk 14:12, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Hog Farm, great article by the way! - Dumelow (talk) 16:40, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I was reading Lord Uxbridge's leg the other day, and thought I'd write about an American equivalent. Hog Farm _Talk 16:55, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 09:18, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've reviewed articles on military personnel and units, battles, ships, aircraft, memorials and statues, books, even racing cars. Why not review one on a leg? Comments to follow in due course. Zawed (talk) 09:18, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Originally commanding the Excelsior Brigade...: there are three instances of "command" or its derivatives in this sentence, consider changing it up. The last one could be "he would also lead the III Corps at the Battle of Gettysburg."
- Done
With his line crumbling, Sickles rode up to the III Corps at The Peach Orchard...: this suggests that the entire III Corps was at this position, not sure if that is meant? Also "The" should be lower case.
- Clarified that it was only part of the III Corps, and have lowercased the "the" in Peach Orchard
The injury had broken both lower leg bones.: suggest "The impact of the shot had broken both of the bones of his lower right leg." Part of the reason for this suggestion is make clear to the reader that the lower leg has two bones. I first read this as referring to both left and right legs.
- Done
...more severe than thought...: suggest "more severe than first thought"
- Done
Sickles sometimes visited the limb...: suggest "He sometimes..." (Sickles is name dropped in the previous sentence). Also suggest changing up one of the "sometimes" that appears in this sentence.
- Done
including once Mark Twain: suggest "including, on one occasion, Mark Twain..."
- Done
Battle of Gettysburg is a dupe link, both in the lead and in the body of the article.
- Corrected
Image tags are OK

That's about it for me. Zawed (talk) 08:38, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Zawed: - Thanks for the review! These should all be addressed now. Hog Farm _Talk 15:41, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, passing as GA now. Zawed (talk) 08:58, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For lack of an obvious section, I listed it under the GA articles for Military decorations and memorials. Zawed (talk) 09:06, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]