Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ted Radcliffe/archive1

Ted Radcliffe

Self-nom of the first full article that I wrote for Wikipedia, which I revisited and placed on peer review. The peer review comments are now addressed. I think that the result is an encyclopedic biography of an unusual sportsman. —Theo (Talk) 13:50, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

• Object. The image Image:Ted Radcliffe.JPG needs an explanation as to why its use in the article constitutes "fair use". An example explanation is at Wikipedia:Image description page#Fair use rationale --Carnildo 22:36, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

  The rationale has been added to the article as a comment.—Theo (Talk) 00:00, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

  Looks good. Support. --Carnildo 04:23, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

  • Please move that comment to the Image's page under a section heading per Image_description_page#Fair_use_rationale. Scott Ritchie 00:46, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

  Er… since the commented text in the article was copied from the image's page (so already exists there), are you asking me to delete the commented text from the article? I would have a problem with that since Fair Use is entirely contextual. —Theo (Talk) 08:45, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

  No, I just meant to put it in a section on the image page. I went ahead and did that for you now. Scott Ritchie 09:19, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

• Support - I really like this article, but more importantly, it meets all criteria. Rossrs 10:50, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

• not quite support excellent level of reference information, good and interesting article, important person; however, the "Pro ball" section seems a bit dry, and heavy on statistics. It could do with rewriting in a more flowing style with some more explanation of events (he retired, because he was old? because he got a better offer?; 850USD a month, is that good or bad? What did a white player average at that time? etc.) Generally I don't feel there is enough background information for those of us that know nothing of baseball and limited amounts about America: what is special about St Paul, Minnesota that he didn't have to stay in a segregated hotel?

  Thank you for the comments. I have tried to address them where I can. I have no explicit source explaining his retirement; I guess it was his age (52 is old to be playing ball) but I have no confirmation of that. I added a comparison to MLB earnings. The only special thing that I know about St Paul is that Negro Leagues teams stayed in integrated hotels; a quick check suggested that it still had segregated housing until 1954 (the year Radcliffe retired) so I guess that there was an integrated hotel where the players could stay. Again, I have no explicit sources for anything beyond what I say in the article. —Theo (Talk) 12:00, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

• Comment I find the constant switching between 'Radcliffe' and 'Duty/Double Duty' rather off-putting, can't we just call the man by his name throughout? At the moment it seems to alternate between each paragraph. Other than that interesting article that I'd support. Lisiate 23:24, 7 August 2005 (UTC)]]

  I have made the changes that you suggest. —Theo (Talk) 10:46, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

  All sorted by Theo so I'm now in support. - Lisiate 21:00, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

• support It would be appropriate to have it as a featured article in his memory, assuming it is edited to bring it up to date.--Richy 18:03, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

  The article is now updated (sigh…) —Theo (Talk) 20:50, 12 August 2005 (UTC)