Template:Did you know nominations/Isaac Parker

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:05, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Isaac Parker

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Judge Isaac Parker, c. 1896

... that Isaac Parker (pictured) was known as the "Hanging Judge" of the American Old West, due to the number of convicts he sentenced to death?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ross Greer (politician)

Improved to Good Article status by Callanecc (talk). Self-nominated at 00:07, 15 May 2016 (UTC).

Improved to GA status on May 14; text is neutral with inline citations and hook is interesting. Image is in the public domain and shows up well at small size. A few parts seem a little too close to the source wording, especially "Parker assisted veterans of his district in securing pensions and lobbied for the construction of a new federal building in St. Joseph" vs "he assisted veterans of his district in securing pensions, lobbied for construction of a new federal building in St. Joseph". Is this close paraphrasing? Random86 (talk) 03:58, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting that Random86. I've made a few changes to fix it, the other similarities are pretty much unavoidable as there isn't another good way to word it which gives the same meaning as succinctly. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:44, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

This is now good to go. Random86 (talk) 20:31, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

First "Judge" trimmed from hook; comma added. Edwardx (talk) 18:42, 20 May 2016 (UTC)