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Current status: Former featured article, current good article

Some work needed to retain GA status[edit]

I'm going through old GA articles to see if they still meet the standards. This article seems to be in need of some TLC to meet standards again. @Abecedare tagged the Native Americans section, which seems to be based on to a large extent on 19th century sourcing.

The article overall is quite long (14,000 words), and there may be opportunities to use WP:summary style better.

I hope this can be addressed. If nobody steps forward, I'll start a WP:good article reassessment in a few weeks. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:48, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Femke This project has been on my back burner, I've got a lot going on but I'll see what I can do. No guarantees though :) I'm probably better suited to fixing the native American section (I have some sources on point) than shortening it up. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n! 18:12, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Brilliant! I can imagine that Arbcom will take priority, so I'll hold off with nomming for longer. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 19:36, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I just removed some images as they cluttered the page, which still looks messy. I think the legacy section will need some serious trimming. Wow (talk) 03:02, 2 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Add a link to "Contempt of Court" article[edit]

The phrase "Contempt of Court" appears in this page, and there should be a link under that phrase to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_court for easy discovery. 76.135.26.84 (talk) 05:22, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good point, I've gone ahead and done that. -- Iritscen (talk) 13:45, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Law license/bar admission date[edit]

The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission's online database reports a "Date Admitted" of September 9, 1836. - knoodelhed (talk) 12:34, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay, I'll update the article with the specific month and day.–CaroleHenson (talk) 15:26, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]