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Recent copy edits

Parkwells, Thanks very much for the recent copy edits, the article looks really good now.

There is one sentence without a citation: "Gilman and some other supporters were prosecuted for riot, but charges were dismissed."

Is there a source for this?–CaroleHenson (talk) 22:56, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, you're so good - I put that in as a marker - had come across a case file for Gilman, Henry Tanner and others and now have to find it again. Will follow up. Was reading further about Gilman and Tanner, and have not finished. Also, I agree with your not adding back the material about the attack on the warehouse. After looking at the article now, I find it more interesting to think about how Lovejoy developed. How did he go from hobnobbing with the top lawyers (Bates and Gamble brothers) and ACS supporters to being so strongly anti-slavery? There was so much going on in the city, a relatively a small place. At one time I did more research on the freedom suits (and some related individual articles) and the attorneys who participated in defending petitioners. Parkwells (talk) 16:06, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. I am so glad that you are working on this article based upon your areas of interest and focus. Great points and great question. The varying motivations of those supporting the colonization movement are interesting and sad.–CaroleHenson (talk) 18:18, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of defendants at trial

The Alton Telegraph article (cite added today) had a list of defenders of the warehouse, including the owner W.S. Gilman, and also a list of people being prosecuted as attackers. The former included at least one other minister than Lovejoy, and Henry Tanner, noted as an abolitionist. Do you think it is useful to include these two lists? May suggest something about the communities there. (Or may be TMI - it is available if people want to read sources.)Parkwells (talk) 00:46, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think it depends on how long the list is, per WP:ISNOT, and whether there are noteworthy people in the list. As a side comment, if I am wanting to add content that might not be appropriate for the body of the article, I put it into a note.

So glad to be able to bounce questions off of one another... I had one today that I was thinking of running by you.–CaroleHenson (talk) 01:02, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

St. Louis Times

There was an edit that removed the wikilink from the St. Louis Times - with the edit summary of "This link goes to a different newspaper than the one described in the sentence, so I deleted it."

I think that there was confusion between the times when he was affiliated with the Times and the Observer. This link helps clarify it.–CaroleHenson (talk) 01:22, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Content Area Literacy

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 17 January 2023 and 6 May 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Gmtz81902 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Gmtz81902.

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Recent edit to legacy section

@Ark2 and Devonian Wombat: I see that the following information was added and deleted:

The Alton campaign to end free speech (1836–1838) culminated on November 7, 1837 with the mob murder of abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Founder/ Editor of The Alton Observer. Lovejoy’s murder was covered in newspapers nationwide[1] leading to a rise in membership in abolitionist societies. By 1840 more than 15,000 people were members of abolitionist societies in the United States.[2]

with the comment "Removed badly worded information with malformed sources"

Regarding the sources, did you mean to use the 1st and 2nd sources in the Reference section? If no, what do [1] and [2] mean?
I see that you have a link to a non-existent page Alton campaign to end free speech (1836–1838), but there is a page Alton Campaign vs. Free Speech (1836-38) which is being considered for deletion
Now the key item, the actual verbiage. Once the sources are identified/confirmed, I think that the wording could be updated to something like:

The press coverage of Lovejoy being killed by a mob led to a rise in membership in abolitionist societies. By 1840, more than 15,000 people were members of abolitionist societies in the United States.

What do you think?–CaroleHenson (talk) 21:05, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If the AfD decision is to "Keep" Alton Campaign vs. Free Speech (1836-38), it could be added as a {{See also}} at the bottom of one of the sections, perhaps the "Mob attack and death" section.–CaroleHenson (talk) 21:08, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would definitely support a sentence like that being added to the article, my main concern was that the information had been merged from Alton Campaign vs. Free Speech (1836-38) but that the sources hadn't been added to this page's references, meaning the info for a pretty grand claim wasn't verifiable. The source on that page for the relevant info is the The Young People's Encyclopedia of the United States from 1993. Devonian Wombat (talk) 00:06, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, Devonian Wombat, that's the way I feel about it, too. I found something at the Library of Congress here - and I will scout around for membership statistics.–CaroleHenson (talk) 01:05, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done here. Please feel free to edit.–CaroleHenson (talk) 18:04, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]