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Good articleAndré Laguerre has been listed as one of the Social sciences and society good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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DateProcessResult
September 21, 2010Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 19, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that managing editor Andre Laguerre devised the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue as a way to boost magazine sales during the winter months?

Possible great source: A History of Sports Illustrated Magazine By Michael MacCambridge. Need to see if library has it. --Jayron32 14:15, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Memo to the writer of this article: Nice job! I notice it was begun a week after I added a capsule reference to Laguerre in the Sports Illustrated article, so I would like to think (rightly or wrongly) that that reference served as some sort of inspiration for you. In any case, it's a very good piece. Well done.DoctorJoeE (talk) 12:51, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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

Reviewer: Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:29, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Overall this article is good, though I have a couple concerns:

  • I found a couple places where commas were needed.
  • Make sure numbers under 10 are spelled out (i.e. "first man in history to run a competition mile in under 4 minutes")
  • Quotes need to be directly referenced (paragraph three of Managing editor)

I fixed the first two, though the third needs to be modified. Just do that and I'll pass the article as a GA. Not gonna bother putting it on hold since it's just a little thing to fix. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:29, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, just a quick question on the quote you need referenced. I can't find any direct quotes not currently unambiguously referenced. Could you tell me what text needs the cite? If it is availible online, I can dig it out today. If it needs the book, I'll need to wait till I get home, since I am on vacation today. If you let me know which quote is ambiguous, I'll fix it as soon as possible. --Jayron32 20:32, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The one in question is 'In 1964, he asked Jule Campbell, then a fashion reporter for Sports Illustrated, to "go to some beautiful place and put a pretty girl on the cover" of that year's "Fun in the Sun" issue.' Wizardman Operation Big Bear 15:27, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]