Talk:Augustus Belknap

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:08, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that after buying all the stock in the San Antonio Street Railway System, Augustus Belknap led the first mule-drawn car from Alamo Plaza to San Pedro Springs Park in 1878? Source:
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Created by Aquabluetesla (talk). Self-nominated at 03:20, 26 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Augustus Belknap; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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• Adequate sourcing: - This little quip is not supported by the footnote behind it: Belknap was the elected to be an alderman from the second ward of San Antonio in 1883 and 1885. Belknap was a member of the first board of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway when it was chartered on August 28, 1884. Also, the source for "San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway" has the incorrect URL and leads to the Belknap Rifles source. One last small thing: because the hook's source is an unsearchable PDF, it would be helpful to include the page number for it. Maybe also include the bit that this mule-car line was the first in San Antonio, as that's notable too!

Just so you know (and very sorry if you do!), The New York Times is on Newspapers.com, which is available through The Wikipedia Library, allowing us to provide that source without a paywall. If you don't already have a subscription this will open up a whole new world of sources to you. Per the tutorial at Wikipedia:Newspapers.com, the clips we create are publicly viewable without a subscription.

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• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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• Other problems: - I'm not sure that the bit about the San Antonio Railway System is needed, as it's the second half that's of most interest. Otherwise hook is good.

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article just needs a few minor sourcing fixes, consider a change to the hook, and I think we'll be good to go. One last thing—in the article, you've left out that he was involved in the Battle of Seven Pines, isn't this also worth including? – TCMemoire 12:13, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

• ALT1 ...that Augustus Belknap led the first mule-drawn car from Alamo Plaza to San Pedro Springs Park, which became the first line developed in San Antonio?
• ALT2 ...that Augustus Belknap led the first mule-drawn car from Alamo Plaza to San Pedro Springs Park, which developed into the first streetcar line in San Antonio?
  • I left out the Battle of Seven Pines because I couldn't tell the difference from it and the Battle of Fair Oaks, which redirects to it. Since he was injured in Fair Oaks I assumed that battle had more of a reason to be mentioned. The pdf does not include page numbers so I'm unsure of which number to list. I did not know that about Newspapers.com, thanks for the helpful tip! Aquabluetesla (talk) 11:21, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

ALT2 ready to go. I tweaked it just a bit for clarity. @Aquabluetesla: I just added the PDF's actual page number to that source. Nice work! (P.S. As you seem very interested in early Texas history, you might like to know I just recently did the article for Milam Park.) – TCMemoire 11:38, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

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