Talk:Federalist No. 7/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Fritzmann2002 (talk · contribs) 23:57, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Good evening, I will be performing this review shortly. It will largely be based on the review for and content of No. 6, and after a preliminary skim I don't foresee any major issues arising. Fritzmann (message me) 23:57, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Review

• "Though war is no longer recognized as a significant possibility" the present tense in this sentence makes it somewhat confusing
  • Clarified.
• The article states when the paper was published, do we know when Hamilton actually wrote it?
  • I've never seen a mention of it for any of the papers. They wrote them anonymously, so it makes sense that this wouldn't be available.
• Would a map illustrating the states and the undeveloped west be warranted?
  • I looked for one, but I didn't see anything helpful on Commons.
• "...exacerbate tensions between the states, in Hamilton's opinion, should there be no federal government." is rather clunky
  • Reworded
• "Articles of Confederation was" were?
  • Fixed
• "The resolutions of these disputes in court brought animosity between the states" I think this could use just a quick word of elaboration
  • Reworded
• "when there is no moderating centralized force derives from ideas of the Thomas Hobbes." ce
  • Reworded
• The pivot from describing the influence of Hobbes to Montesquieu could be made more smooth, perhaps tying to a more central idea for the paragraph.
  • Threw a "likewise" in there.
• Did this particular Federalist paper garner any responses? Or influence any later texts/essays?
  • None that came up in the sources I read or through Ebsco and Google Scholar searches. I also check for mentions in Supreme Court cases, and none there either. The Anti-Federalist Papers argued against the main points of the Federalist Papers in general, but I've been unable to find any sources that make a one-to-one comparison with individual Federalist Papers. I would love to expand on the aftermath sections of these articles, but I'm out of ideas on where to look.

• References spotchecked:
  • 1, claim about persuasion supported
  • 2, publication dates accurate
  • 3d, no access but AGF
  • 4f, does discuss Engagements Clause
  • 6b, mentions how Hobbes inspired Hamilton, reasonable adaptation into article
• No issues from Earwig with a maximum score of 13%, almost all of which is the essay title

Summary

Just a few questions to address, no need to incorporate all of them I'd just like to hear reasoning if you opt not to. Once those few things are taken care of I have no qualms promoting this, it is of similar quality to the other Federalist Paper GAs. Fritzmann (message me) 00:30, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Fritzmann2002, I've replied to all points above. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 21:35, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Thebiguglyalien, looks good to me. Thanks for your responses, I'll go ahead and promote. Fritzmann (message me) 02:40, 31 August 2023 (UTC)