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Cedric Wright has been listed as one of the Music 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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Date	Process	Result
June 11, 2014	Good article nominee	Listed

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Cedric Wright accompanied his best friend Ansel Adams when three of Adams' most famous photographs were taken?

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Preliminary thoughts on GA potential[edit]

This looks pretty close to ready for a GA nomination. Suggestions below.

Sourcing and writing looks good.
Lead should be expanded to better summarize article
One-sentence paragraphs should be combined per WP:LAYOUT
Since he's deceased, a fair-use rationale could probably be written for an image of him, and this image added to the article. (Assuming no free ones can be found).

Thanks for your work on this! -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:11, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It took me almost a year, but bullet points 2, 3 and 4 are

Done. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:20, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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

Reviewer: BrandonWu (talk · contribs) 13:37, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I'm BrandonWu and I will review this fantastic article. I will try to work with this article during a 7 day time frame! Cheers!

Review[edit]

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:
See below for a prose review!

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Great lead, layout, etc. Lead could be a bit longer though.
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. Has an appropriate reference section:

B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:
See below for a source review as well!

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:
Major aspects covered!

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
Pictures are good, when the future FAN occurs, you should add more images, but for GA the images are good.

B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Overall:

~~#:Pass or Fail:~~

Pass Great job on this article! Hope to see at FAN soon! WooHoo! • Talk to BrandonWu! 12:07, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See below for the prose and source review! WooHoo! • Talk to BrandonWu! 13:41, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Prose Review[edit]

Lead

"He was a long -time participants in the annual wilderness High Trips sponsored by the Sierra Club."

Shouldn't it be ".....a long-time participant....?

I corrected that typographical error.Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:46, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Family and Violinist Sections

No errors.

Friendship and collaboration with Ansel Adams

No errors!

Home

No errors...:P

All other sections

Fantastic job on prose! No errors!

You did a great job on the prose. Usually, I find over 10-20 spelling/grammar mistakes. Great job Cullen! Source review will be done shortly. WooHoo! • Talk to BrandonWu! 13:48, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Source Review[edit]

After spotchecking refs 1,3,5,7,etc., I've concluded that refs are perfect! All refs are reliable and they cover all the information that you cited. WooHoo! • Talk to BrandonWu! 13:49, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

NARA photos[edit]

The national archives has a few photographs of Wright, apparently during his time as a photographer for the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. : https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=%22Cedric%20Wright%22. Opencooper (talk) 23:21, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've transferred those NARA photos to Commons:Category:Cedric Wright and added one to the article.--Animalparty! (talk) 05:22, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]