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Former good articleGeorge Edward Pendray was one of the Social sciences and society good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
May 12, 2020Good article nomineeListed
February 26, 2023Good article reassessmentDelisted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 4, 2008.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that George Edward Pendray coined the term time capsule and created the word laundromat?
Current status: Delisted good article

Plagiarism

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The sentence "He was responsible for all public relations, general and product advertising, educational relations, technical publications, and technical employment and training." is taken almost verbatim from [1] (only one word is left out), and there are no quote marks or attribution. If you go back farther in the page history, you'll find even more plagiarism from this source. I can't say whether this is a copyright problem, but it's certainly not good research practice. --Akhilleus (talk) 00:22, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For future reference, the article was in this version when I wrote the message above. --Akhilleus (talk) 00:22, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Sainsf (talk · contribs) 08:23, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to take this :) Posting my comments in a week, Sainsf · (How ya doin'?) 08:23, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • No copyvio and dablink issues
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:35, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • One duplink - Columbia University (Later life)
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:35, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sourcing and citations
  • The first para of Later life lacks inline citations
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:39, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ref 5 has a dead URL
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:39, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why is there an asterisk before the Onion ref?
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:39, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Avoid all caps
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:39, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Prose and coverage
  • Can we add the year for the infobox image and also the time capsule one?
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:56, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Link time capsule in the infobox and on first mention in the main text
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:00, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Shouldn't children be included in the infobox?
 Done - All libraries are closed now. That would be in a Who Was Who in America (or the like) and is not online (I researched it). Need actual hard copy book, which I have no access to at the moment. Can add later, when I am able to get books again. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:58, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I meant the three daughters already mentioned in the main text. Sainsf · (How ya doin'?) 16:02, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:08, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • He remained at the Tribune Italicize Tribune
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:01, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • he applied that interest as a science editor I think "he worked as a science editor" implies the same thing in short.
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:08, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think laundromat should be in italics, use quotes
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:08, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Any links for "liquid propulsion rockets"?
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:13, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Introduce Robert H. Goddard in the main text
{{Done}] --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:37, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • whose papers he later edited with Goddard's widow Was she also a notable scientific personality? Then we may include her here
 Done - removed Goddard's widow. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:37, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • [which was renamed the American Rocket Society (ARS)] Why square brackets?
 Done - fixed. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:37, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I feel American Interplanetary Society deserves a mention in the lead, especially due to the award in his honor.
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:43, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Link National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the main text
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:43, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Any background for Annice D. Crema?
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:19, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That should be it. A very interesting read :) Sainsf · (How ya doin'?) 02:37, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Sainsf: - All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:19, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

All the issues above are done with, just one more point that I forgot to list. Are the refs 1 and 2 the sources for all the bullets in Positions, and ref 8 is the source for all the works? And there should be some citations to support all the points in Education. Sainsf · (How ya doin'?) 18:00, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Sainsf: -- Yes, ref 1 and 2 cover the bullets in Positions. Ref 8 covers the works. Ref 1 covers Education. Will that work? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:14, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, looks much better. Promoted :) Sainsf · (How ya doin'?) 03:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment

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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]

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This article has been revised as part of a large-scale clean-up project of multiple article copyright infringement. (See the investigation subpage) Earlier text must not be restored, unless it can be verified to be free of infringement. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions must be deleted. Contributors may use sources as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:44, 10 April 2023 (UTC) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:44, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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