Talk:Talbot Resolves

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Review: November 15, 2025. (Reviewed version).

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Historic marker

This Wikipedia article explains a historic marker on the lawn of the Talbot County Court House in Easton, Maryland. In 2024, the county celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Talbot Resolves. The Colonel Tench Tilghman Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, which is the local Talbot County chapter, was involved in the celebration. TwoScars (talk) 21:11, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Talbot Resolves/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: TwoScars (talk · contribs) 21:19, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: RandFreeman (talk · contribs) 22:35, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for looking at this. TwoScars (talk) 16:26, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prose quality

Clear, concise and understandable to an appropriately broad audience

Passed. There are no lines or paragraphs that I found vague, difficult to understand or overwrought. Nor are there spelling or grammatical errors.

Complies with the Manual of Style

Passed.

Verifiability

List of references correctly formatted

Passed. The references that are directly cited inline are in a separate section from those that are not, and the citation style is clear.

Reliable sources cited inline

Passed. Every statement has an inline citation and corresponds with the reference cited, and every source is reliable.

No original research

Passed.

No copyvios

Passed.

Thoroughness

Addresses main aspects

Passed. The information is more than adequate regarding the background and aftermath of the Resolves. But the section about the Resolves themselves is rather short and could use more details about the event during which the Resolves was read.

See closing remarks. TwoScars (talk) 22:15, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No tangents

Passed.

NPOV

Passed.

Stable

Passed.

Illustrated

Media copyright is properly disclosed

Passed.

Relevant media with suitable captions

Passed.

Miscellaneous recommendations

Suggestion 1: The first and second paragraphs of the The Resolves#Creation of the Talbot Resolves subsection should be swapped, so that the one immediately covering the creation of the Resolves comes first.

Suggestion 2: The subsection Creation of the Talbot Resolves should then be put at the beginning of the section The Resolves, and the resulting subsection about the reading of the Resolves be named appropriately. The text of the Resolves itself can stay at the bottom of the section.

Outcome and closing remarks

~~I will put this article on hold because it is not a long way from GA status. This gives you a week to make the following changes:~~

1. Expand the section about the reading of the Talbot Resolves.

Still working on this. Will probably be a paragraph that goes in between the two paragraphs already there. TwoScars (talk) 16:35, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Added a middle paragraph that discusses the reading of the resolves as much as possible—remember that there are no records that provide details of the meeting. One could speculate that participants in the meeting may have wanted it that way since they could have become targets of the British and British sympathizers. Also added a sentence at the end of the now third paragraph that says when the historical marker was added to the courthouse lawn. TwoScars (talk) 22:22, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2. Swap the first and second paragraphs of The Resolves#Creation of the Talbot Resolves subsection.

Swapped the two paragraphs. TwoScars (talk) 16:26, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

3. Put the subsection The Resolves#Creation of the Talbot Resolves at the top of the The Resolves section.

Moved subsection to top. TwoScars (talk) 16:35, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

4. Add a subheader to the resulting subsection (What is currently the two paragraphs at the top of the section) called something like "Reading of the Talbot Resolves".

Added subheader. TwoScars (talk) 16:35, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Passed. The article is well-written and comprehensively covers every aspect of note of the Talbot Resolves. RandFreeman (talk) 22:35, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@RandFreeman: I believe I am all caught up. TwoScars (talk) 22:22, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed.

RandFreeman 22:24, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]