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Contents
- 1 Nominations
- 1.1 Shine (Gwen Stefani song)
- 1.2 CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
- 1.3 Theodore Komnenos Doukas
- 1.4 Climatic regions of Argentina
- 1.5 Michael Francis Egan
- 1.6 Springbok
- 1.7 Djedkare Isesi
- 1.8 Reg Pollard (general)
- 1.9 George Tucker (politician)
- 1.10 Lesser Antillean macaw
- 1.11 William Harper (Rhodesian politician)
- 1.12 Requiem (Reger)
- 1.13 Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II
- 1.14 True Detective (season 1)
- 1.15 The Phantom Tollbooth
- 1.16 God of War (series)
- 1.17 New Wave of British Heavy Metal
- 1.18 Ellie (The Last of Us)
- 1.19 Briarcliff Manor Public Library
- 1.20 Freida Pinto
- 1.21 Can't Hold Us Down
- 2 Older nominations
- 2.1 Baleen whale
- 2.2 Hasan al-Kharrat
- 2.3 Ficus rubiginosa
- 2.4 Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927
- 2.5 Teleost
- 2.6 Circus Juventas
- 2.7 Gendarmerie of Haiti
- 2.8 Shahid Kapoor
- 2.9 U.S. Route 16 in Michigan
- 2.10 Isidor Isaac Rabi
- 2.11 Knight Lore
- 2.12 The Good Terrorist
- 2.13 Nights into Dreams...
- 2.14 Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin
- 2.15 Maxinquaye
- 2.16 Huguenot-Walloon half dollar
- 2.17 Gudovac massacre
- 2.18 2007 Coca-Cola 600
- 2.19 Courtney Love
- 2.20 Literary Hall
- 2.21 7th Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
- 2.22 Boise National Forest
- 3 Featured article reviews
- 4 Featured article removal candidates
Nominations
Shine (Gwen Stefani song)
This article is about... a song recorded by American singer Gwen Stefani and featuring vocals by Pharrell Williams for the 2014 film Paddington. It has recently gone through the GA review and passed and I believe it has all the qualities for a FA. Thank you in advance for your comments and suggestions. Aoba47 (talk) 03:14, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
This article is about a Mexican Professional wrestling championship, promoted by the oldest still active wrestling promotion in the world (founded in 1933). It has recently been through a really good GA review and passed, it's also benefitted from a number of Feature List Candidate review for other CMLL championships where I have applied improvement suggestions across all championship articles. I believe this has all the characteristics of a Featured Article, hopefully you will agree. MPJ-US 00:58, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Theodore Komnenos Doukas
- Nominator(s): Constantine ✍ 17:03, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
This article is about one of the most fascinating figures of Byzantine history. An ambitious, capable, and quite ruthless man, who sidelined his nephew, captured Thessalonica from the Latins and almost succeeded in recovering Constantinople and restoring the Byzantine Empire, only to be defeated, captured and blinded by the Tsar of Bulgaria. He was then released when the tsar became infatuated with his daughter, deposed his brother to regain Thessalonica, and ruled it via his sons for several years before it was captured by the Empire of Nicaea. In a final act of defiance against Nicaea he urged his nephew the ruler of Epirus (whom he had deposed at the beginning of his reign) to launch a joint attack against Nicaea, where he was finally defeated and captured, ending his career. The article is as comprehensive as it can get, relying on the main biographical work on him (Varzos) and complementing it with several other scholarly histories and articles on specific aspects of the period. It passed GA and MILHIST ACR without problems, and I feel it is ready for FA. Constantine ✍ 17:03, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Climatic regions of Argentina
- Nominator(s): Ssbbplayer (talk) 04:22, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
This article is about the climate of the various regions in Argentina. Argentina possesses a wide variety of climatic regions ranging from subtropical in the north to subantarctic in the far south. In general, northern parts of the country are characterized by hot, humid summers with mild winters and feature highly seasonal precipitation. The centre has a temperate climate with hot summers and cool, drier winters. Patagonia in the south is most arid or semi–arid except in the extreme west where it receives abundant precipitation to support dense forests, and glaciers. The article has been promoted to GA back in February and I have done copyediting, fact checking, and addition of more info to improve the content. I have also checked the sources to see if they have been copied and I do not see any copying. I believe this article should be promoted to FA class. All are welcome to critique the article and make recommendations on improving it. As well, anyone is more welcome to edit it to improve it. Thanks! Ssbbplayer (talk) 04:22, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Important note: I will be busy during in the next 2 weeks but after April 25, I should be free. However, I will try to respond in a timely manner if I can. Ssbbplayer (talk) 04:28, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Michael Francis Egan
This article is about Michael Francis Egan, the first Catholic bishop of Philadelphia. It is shorter than my usual fare, but he was only bishop for a few years, and the historical record is fairly sparse. Even so, I hope you'll find this an enjoyable and interesting article. Thanks, Coemgenus (talk) 17:18, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- I am currently a Wikicup contender, but I wrote most of this article last year, so I will not be submitting it for points there. --Coemgenus (talk) 17:20, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Springbok
- Nominator(s): Sainsf <^>Feel at home 14:27, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
This article is about a graceful antelope. The article describes in detail several features unique to this antelope. I feel this would make an interesting read. Thanks! Sainsf <^>Feel at home 14:27, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments: G'day, I don't usually stray outside of military history, but thought I'd take a look. I have a couple of suggestions (only really minor nitpicks): AustralianRupert (talk) 22:11, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- there is a dab link to [[Dorsal] which should probably be re-aimed towards Anatomical terms of location#Dorsal and ventral
- punctuation: "2 m (6 ft 7 in) into the air - a practice known..." the hyphen here should probably be a spaced endash, or unspaced emdash;
- punctuation: "estimate of nearly 2,000,000 - 2,500,000 animals", the hyphen here should be a spaced endash;
- there is a dab link to Peter Grubb that should be re-aimed (sorry, I'm not sure which is the most appropriate link, though)
- in the title: "The Safari Companion : A Guide to Watching" there shouldn't be a space between "Companion" and the colon
- "The Karoo : Ecological Patterns and Processes", same as above
- the duplicate link checker tool identifies a few examples of overlinked terms: Kalahari desert, Namibia, Karoo (in the Distribution and habitat section)
- that's it from me, thanks for your hard work on this article. Good luck with the review. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 22:11, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Thanks for your kind words and comments, AustralianRupert. I believe I have fixed all these issues. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 03:26, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Djedkare Isesi
This article is about Djedkare Isesi, the eighth and penultimate pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, reigning for over 40 years in the late 25th to early 24th century BCE. Djedkare is arguably the most prominant member of his dynasty, a great reformer he undertook–with dire consequences–the first reforms of the Egyptian administration and commissioned numerous trade and mining expeditions abroad. Egyptologists perceive his reign as heralding a new era in the Old Kingdom period and indeed many firsts are dated to his rule: earliest depiction of warfare, earliest reforms of the state, earliest record of an oracular divination, earliest letters on papyri, earliest use of the word Nub for Nubia (we still use it today!), earliest piece of philosophic wisdom literature... This article is the fruit of months of bibliographic research, boasting over 40 footnotes and more than 300 inline references drawn from 100 different sources. It is part of a series of FA (Shepseskare, Menkauhor Kaiu, Unas) and GA (Sahure, Pyramid of Userkaf) articles on the 5th Dynasty. Iry-Hor (talk) 09:11, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments from Chiswick Chap
What a well-finished article! At a first glance there is little to comment on. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:58, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Please wikilink serekh, Byblos.
- Even simple terms like mummy and pyramid might be worth linking.
- Please also wikilink vizier, necropolis, oracle/oracular, sarcophagus, cylinder seal. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:04, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- "disposes of a causeway" could simply be "has a causeway", I think. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:04, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- We can link Michel Baud among the Egyptologists. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:07, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Done I have added links to all of these except cylinder seal which is already linked to. Iry-Hor (talk) 14:21, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks. Actually I meant the image caption, I can link it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:24, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Chiswick Chap Thank you! Iry-Hor (talk) 15:50, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks. Actually I meant the image caption, I can link it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:24, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- File:Petrie_Statue_of_Djedkare_from_Abydos.png needs a US PD tag. Same with File:Petrie_Relief_of_Inti_from_Dishasha.png. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:23, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Nikkimaria Done, in both cases the author died over 70 years ago and the pics were published over 100 years ago in the US. I added the tags. Iry-Hor (talk) 15:50, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Reg Pollard (general)
Bringing Australian General John Wilton to FAC last year was the culmination of a three-year journey improving that particular article but this one was almost spur-of-the-moment -- I became interested in Reg Pollard simply because he was Wilton's predecessor as chief of the Australian Army and it went from there. I even found out that Pollard had a connection to Wilton's predecessor as head of the Australian military, Frederick Scherger, as they were classmates at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and obviously had a similar sense of humour (see first para of Early life)... Anyway, hope you enjoy his story; the article has passed GAN and MilHist ACR -- thanks in advance to all who comment here. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:32, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
George Tucker (politician)
This article is about one of America's early educators and writers, whose life included some intriguing paradox, in addition to publication of the first fiction of colonial Virginia life. Tucker's premier comprehensive biography of Thomas Jefferson, his History of the United States, and lastly, one of the country's earliest science fictions, also qualifies the article for consideration as a featured article. While Tucker's life could command but a singular in-depth biographer, Robert C. McLean, McLean's book is strengthened by its having resulted from his dissertation—prepared for, reviewed, and approved by a Washington University faculty committee. Publication was made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation. The work, 230 pages in length, is well sourced by a bibliography which spans 18 pages. Hoppyh (talk) 15:12, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Support on prose. I reviewed this for GAN. Really impressed by the beauty of the prose and the comprehensiveness. This should be one of the finest articles in its field. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 08:38, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- Fire caption needs editing for grammar/MOS (I would actually suggest doing a more complete check of MOS issues throughout the article)
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- Image taken from Richmond Theatre fire. I'll need an image expert to help with this issue. Hoppyh (talk) 15:42, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- File:Prof._George_Tucker.jpg: when/where was this first published? Who is the author and what is the source?
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- This is a pic of a pic in my home (Tucker was a relative). Hoppyh (talk) 15:42, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- For this and similar: if the upload to Wikipedia was the first publication of the image, then the given copyright tag is incorrect. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:15, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- This is a pic of a pic in my home (Tucker was a relative). Hoppyh (talk) 15:42, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Done. Hoppyh (talk) 20:01, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- File:StGeorgeTucker.jpg: source link is dead
- File:Maria_Carter_Tucker.jpg: when/where was this first published, who is the author, and what is the source?
- File:1811_Richmond_Theatre_fire.jpg: what is the original source?
- File:Pavilion_IX_UVa_Holsinger_1911.jpg needs a US PD tag. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:20, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Lesser Antillean macaw
This article is about a species of macaw that may or may not have existed. At the time of writing, the species is not recognised by the IUCN, though it was until at least 2013. Since then, more evidence to support the bird's existence has been discovered, and the status of the species may be re-evaluated in the future. In any case, this is one of the best documented "hypothetical species", so I think it is a worthy subject. FunkMonk (talk) 15:45, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Sainsf
The first to review! Sainsf <^>Feel at home 13:24, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Based on these accounts, Austin Hobart Clark named the species in 1905 appears slightly awkward, maybe because "described" would read better than "named". Can we say "Austin Hobart Clark described the species on the basis of these accounts in 1905" ?
- Link endemic and monogamous here as well as later
- is one of thirteen extinct macaw species Can we say "13"?
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- account by the Spanish bibliographer Ferdinand Columbus, who mentioned parrots as big as chickens, which the Caribs called "Guacamayas", in Guadeloupe I think brackets would be better for the part which the Caribs called "Guacamayas". They are already so many commas.
- French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon I think just "Comte de Buffon" should do.
- Link scientific name.
- Can we avoid repeating Ara?
- I wonder if it is necessary to link ornithologist. Anyone acquainted with birds should know what this means. And palaeontologist...?
- but this is impossible to prove. A bit too strong?
- other hypothetical extinct species For example?
- Who are Monica Gala and Arnaud Lenoble?
- dated to 5.300 years ago I am sure it is not a decimal point.
- In the last para, "Cuban macaw" is a duplink.
- Wow, no cladogram here?
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- Why is sea-level linked?
- Which bird is which species in the image to the right?
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- Have we introduced Johann Huttich?
I guess that should be all. An interesting read, and I love the images! Sainsf <^>Feel at home 14:55, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Always a quick one, eh? I'll return soon. Someone complained once that there were too many versions of the same images, but since there are so few images of this bird in existence, and the fact that the images have significant differences that are also dealt with in the text, I think it is ok to leave them in. Who knows which colour shown pattern is closest to the truth? FunkMonk (talk) 05:52, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
- Oh, I was dreadfully late for your Heterodontosaurus FAC! This should make up for that... I am in favor of keeping all those images, they look really interesting to me. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 08:02, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments from JM
Happy to take a look.
- "and the possibility that sightings were of mainland macaws" My first thought was that this was a particular species. How about "and the possibility that sightings were of macaws from the mainland"... But then, what mainland? Perhaps this could be clarified.
- Is "monogamous" a zoological term?
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- "Parrots thought to be the Lesser Antillean macaw were first mentioned by the Spanish historian Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés in 1553, referring to a 1496 account by the Spanish bibliographer Ferdinand Columbus, who mentioned parrots as big as chickens, which the Caribs called "Guacamayas", in Guadeloupe." Could this sentence be split?
- "the bird may be the subject of some illustrations" (lead) but "The French botanist Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre ... illustrated the bird and other animals found in Guadeloupe" Are these contradictory? If I understand correctly, there was definitely a population of birds there, the mystery is whether this population should be described as a new species.
- "by the natives" Much too colonial. I see you've used this phrase a number of times. "Native population" or "Carib people" would be preferable (though our article suggest that "Carib" is now an old-fashioned word, too- I think we should make every effort to avoid language that might be seen as offensive!)
- "its similarity to the scarlet macaw" What does "it" refer to?
- Could you be any clearer about the location of Folle Anse and/or Blanchard Cave? Also, who are Monica Gala and Arnaud Lenoble? Academics? Citizen scientists? Locals? Tourists?
- "from archaeological contexts" is a very odd construction. I understand what you mean, but I'm not sure it's particularly good writing.
- "The size of the phalanx bone matched what was described for the Lesser Antillean macaw by contemporary writers, and the authors therefore correlated the two, while admitting this could only be tentative, as there were no remains of the Lesser Antillean macaw to compare with." I appreciate that you're putting across some rather complex ideas here, but perhaps this could be cleaned up a little.
- "which supports the validity of the Lesser Antillean macaw" Again, I assume you mean something like "supports the idea that the Lesser Antillean macaw represents an independent species"; we know there was a Lesser Antillean macaw, the question is whether or not it is an independent species. Or am I misunderstanding?
- "that the violet macaw (Anodorhynchus purpurascens)" This gives the impression that you're talking about a species, rather than an incorrect name.
- " but many of these were based on old descriptions or drawings and only represent hypothetical species" There's a shift in subject, here- the "these" refers to scientific descriptions, while, after the "and", you seem to be talking about the names or the populations (I'm not sure)
- "Historical records of macaws on these islands, therefore, may not have represented distinct, endemic species; it is also possible that they were escaped or feral foreign macaws that had been transported to the islands." Similar to above: you shift from talking about "records" to a "they" which refers to particular birds/populations.
- "1626 painting by Savery, showing similar red macaws with all-red tails" Is this OR? Reference, please! (Same for other captions would be useful.)
- "the parrot species of each Caribbean island was distinct and could be distinguished from each other visually and vocally" How about "the parrots of each Caribbean island were distinct, and could be differentiated both based on their morphology and their vocalisations [or vocalizations]"
- "tertial and scapular feathers" Jargon
- "The fossil phalanx bone from Marie-Galante was deposited in a time when the distance between that island and the rest of the Guadeloupe archipelago was very reduced compared to today, due to lower sea-levels." Why not simply "The fossil phalanx bone from Marie-Galante was deposited in a time when that island and the rest of the Guadeloupe archipelago were closer together than they are today due to lower sea-levels."?
- "Johann Huttich" Who was he?
- "full of this macaw" Which?
- "them - their beaks and claws - with" Are these the right dashes?
- "by M. de la Borde" Who was he?
A very interesting article. I wonder if you could think a bit further about how to describe the population without indicating that it should be considered a species, which seems contentious. I've referred to it in my review as a "population"; how do you feel about that? Josh Milburn (talk) 15:59, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for the edits and review. Yeah, I think what replaces "species" might depend on the context it is used in. Maybe "the bird" or "the macaw" could suffice in some places, in addition to "population"... Will return soon to fix issues. FunkMonk (talk) 05:52, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
William Harper (Rhodesian politician)
- Nominator(s): — Cliftonian (talk) 07:46, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
When looking back on Rhodesian history and the UDI period in particular, it's often assumed that 1965's UDI occurred after circumstances contrived to put the lunatic fringe into government—so it may come as a surprise that Ian Smith was actually the more moderate choice for Prime Minister in 1964. Rhodesia could easily instead have been led by William Harper, a Calcutta-born segregationist who thought Indian independence a folly and wanted to strip black Rhodesians of what little political representation they had. Harper left the Rhodesian Front under something of a cloud in 1968, apparently after being caught having an affair with an MI6 agent, and the rest of his political career essentially amounted to giving indignant quotes to the Rhodesian press every time Smith moved towards any kind of conciliation with the black nationalists. By the time of the Internal Settlement of 1979, Harper was settled in South Africa, where he seems to have lived out the rest of his days in obscurity. He died in 2006.
Harper is most notable for his political career in Rhodesia, but it's also worth mentioning here that as a younger man he was one of "The Few" in the Battle of Britain, and was wounded in action after being shot down in a dogfight in which he was greatly outnumbered. I've done my best to cover his RAF service as well as his life as a politician.
This article just received a successful GA review, and I think it is at least close to FA standard. I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to any comments you may have. Cheers, — Cliftonian (talk) 07:46, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Support. I reviewed this for GA and found very little that needed changing. With those things resolved, it meets the FA criteria. --Coemgenus (talk) 12:43, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for the kind words, the review at GAN and your support here, Coemgenus. — Cliftonian (talk) 13:01, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Support, per commentary below. Comment: I had the opportunity to read this article when it was still being reviewed at GAN, and one of the things which sort of leaped out at me was how detailed the coverage was of Harper's political career, while very little information was offered given the rest of his life from 1979 on. Certainly, he lived to see the end of apartheid and the extent of Zimbabwe's social and economic collapse and it's a little surprising some one this outspoken never offered his opinion publicly on those two issues. Did he farm in South Africa, or like Hilary Squires did he accept another civil service position? Do we have any sources as to what he was doing between 1979 and 2006?
Also, just a minor nitpick about his first cabinet position: the article describes Harper's title as the Minister of "Water Development and Roads". The Southern Rhodesian Roads and Roads Traffic Act of 1936 named the responsible portfolio as "Minister of Roads and Roads Traffic". This was reiterated in the new Roads and Roads Traffic Amendment of 1948. When Winston Field first took office, it was still just "Roads and Roads Traffic". Field probably introduced the responsibility of Irrigation/Water Development to that ministry during his tenure. I believe Harper's final title as head of that ministry would've been "Minister of Irrigation, Roads, and Roads Traffic" per JRT Wood's book So far and no further. --Katangais (talk) 15:15, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Katangais, thanks for this, I'll have a more detailed look later—just regarding the first point, yes, I really couldn't find anything on what happened to him after 1979. I didn't even get a reliable source for his date of death until quite recently. Either he became much less outspoken in later life or the press just lost interest in him, it would appear. If you find anything definitely add it to the article as I agree this is a place the article falls down somewhat, but I have done the best I could. I'll come back to the title of the first Cabinet position later. Cheers — Cliftonian (talk) 16:27, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hello again, I've had a look through Wood again and it seems the initial title in 1962 was "Irrigation, Roads and Road Traffic" (p. 122) with the portfolios of Transport and Power added in November 1963; the word "irrigation" was at the same time changed to "water development". I've integrated this into the article. Thanks for catching this. Cheers, — Cliftonian (talk) 06:24, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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Having done some more research on Harper, it seems likely that he faded into obscurity after his final political defeat, and historians did indeed lose interest in him. One incident the article does not mention, I believe due to lack of adequate literature coverage - and something I'd very much like to see expounded upon - is the fact that in December 1975 Harper apparently released a report known to the Rhodesian press as the "Harper Memorandum" exposing an apparent Special Branch plot to kidnap prominent black lawyer Edson Sithole and his secretary Miriam Mhlanga, who had disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Despite the fact that one would expect this to be covered in one of the myriad of Rhodesian literature which has mushroomed in the past twenty years, I could find only one source for it. Post-1980 Zimbabwean literature on Edson Sithole is ample, but no reference is made to Harper - likely for political reasons. Clearly nobody else considered him important enough to be worth making considerable mention of this either.
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- Looks good! I've just been through again and couldn't find anything else that needs tweaking. While it's regrettable that no more sources appear to be forthcoming on Harper's retirement years, I think the article provides the best coverage possible with what we have on hand. As far as I'm concerned it would make a solid FAC. --Katangais (talk) 20:19, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you very much Katangais for the helpful review and for your support. Hope you're well. Cheers — Cliftonian (talk) 17:52, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Looks good! I've just been through again and couldn't find anything else that needs tweaking. While it's regrettable that no more sources appear to be forthcoming on Harper's retirement years, I think the article provides the best coverage possible with what we have on hand. As far as I'm concerned it would make a solid FAC. --Katangais (talk) 20:19, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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Support. Only one comment, in the "Emigration to Rhodesia" section:
- "retired from the RAF in April 1949, keeping the rank of wing commander,[12] and same year emigrated": "in the same year"?
Aside from that minor point, I agree with Katangais that there could be a little more on the 28-year period he spent in South Africa, but if the sources are not forthcoming on the matter, then there is little we can do about it. An excellent overview of the man, and meets the FA criteria as far as I can see. Cheers –SchroCat (talk) 18:06, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for this Gavin. I think I have fixed the one issue you flagged up—if I do find anything after 1979 I shall of course put it in. Cheers — Cliftonian (talk) 18:46, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- File:The_7th_Duke_of_Montrose_in_1967.jpg: the permission statement and the given tag don't match - which is correct? Nikkimaria (talk) 15:15, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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- This is one of selection of photos of the Montrose family uploaded about five years ago by a user called "KooksfromNyabira", who has otherwise no made no contributions to the English Wikipedia or Commons (see here and here). I would say, judging from the focus of all edits on members of the Montrose family and the character of these photos, that KooksfromNyabira is probably a relative uploading family photos. I have erred on the side of caution and simply amended the permission statement, which used to say the image is straight-up public domain, to match the given tag. Hope this helps. Cheers and thanks for this. — Cliftonian (talk) 18:46, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Leaning support: I have a number of minor quibbles, and a couple of perhaps slightly more substantial points:
- Lead: For a relative short (under 3,000w) article, the lead looks rather on the long side
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- I've trimmed it a bit, hope this is better — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Early life: Do we need to spell out "William John"?
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- I personally prefer to put the full name at the start of the article body as I view this as a separate thing from the lead — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Second World War:
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- Any reason known as to why he joined the RAF in 1937? Anything known of his post-school activities (he must have left school in or around 1934)?
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- Not that I have found so far. — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- "the next day after the incumbent was shot down" → "the day after the previous incumbent was shot down"
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- OK — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- "From July 1940 Harper was one of "The Few", the Allied pilots of the Battle of Britain, still flying with No. 17 Squadron." Slight ambiguity in this wording, which would disappear if you re-ordered: "From July 1940, still flying with No. 17 Squadron, Harper was one of "The Few", the Allied pilots of the Battle of Britain."
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- OK — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Not sure about "ended up contacting". Just "contacted" would do.
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- OK — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Emigration to Rhodesia: "keeping the rank of wing commander" → "with the rank of wing commander"?
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- OK — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Dominion Party
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- "He was elected president of the Dominion Party's Southern Rhodesian arm..." This might confuse readers, since it's an indirect reference to the Federation which has thus far only been mentioned in the map caption. You may need a prior sentence of explanation within the main text.
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- I've added two explanatory sentences to the "emigration" section. Hope this helps — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Clarify that Whitehead was the Southern Rhodesian prime minister
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- OK — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Rhodesian Front
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- Most readers would, I think, find it helpful if the chronology of events was made a little more specific with a few more details. For example there is a casual reference to "Federal dissolution" without a date or explanation. It would surely be relevant to state that the other two components of the Federation did gain independence when the Federation was dissolved, thus leaving Southern Rhodesia, as they saw it, high and dry.
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- I've added a bit more to explain this a bit more thoroughly, I hope it's a bit better now? — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- not sure about the description of Harper as "radical", which term normally applies to ideas or policies which are progressive or at least novel; calling for the introduction of apartheid and the abolition of black representation in parliament seems ultra-reactionary rather than radical.
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- Sorry, misunderstanding on my part; I'd meant it to mean "extreme" in a kind of non-political sense, but on reflection you are of course right and I have rephrased. — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- " the office of Deputy Prime Minister (which had been absent since UDI)..." – surely "vacant" rather than absent?
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- Yes — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Resignation
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- Slightly puzzled by the parenthetic "(presuming it is true)". Is this a suggestion that it might not have been?
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- Well, it probably is, but we don't know. Harper never confirmed it and indeed told the press he'd been kicked out for political reasons. The historian Wood stops short of outright endorsing the account, qualifying it with "if Flower is to be believed". This was my attempt to do something similar. — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- "more extreme as he really was" → "more extreme than he really was"
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- OK — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- "exempted himself" – again a slightly strange choice of word. Maybe OK, but still reads a little oddly.
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- Changed to "withdrew" — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- United Conservative Party: What happened to the UCP? Did it fight any elections after July 1974?
- Emigration to South Africa, and death: While accepting that there are no further details relating to Harper's long retirement, I still feel that the section as worded, with no mention of Harper until the last line, needs attention. I suggest a slight rearrangement and modification to the wording, as follows:
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- "Smith and non-militant nationalists agreed what became the Internal Settlement in March 1978, and in January the following year whites backed the new majority rule constitution by 85% in a national referendum. Multiracial elections were held in April 1979 with the country due to be reconstituted as Zimbabwe Rhodesia afterwards. By this time Harper had already left Rhodesia; the Guardian reported shortly before the elections that Harper was "already settled in South Africa", where he died at the age of 90 on 8 September 2006. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe Rhodesia, with Bishop Abel Muzorewa as Prime Minister, failed to win international acceptance and following the Lancaster House Agreement of December 1979, the UK oversaw a process leading to fresh elections in which the guerrilla leader Robert Mugabe was elected Prime Minister. Britain granted independence to the country as Zimbabwe in April 1980."
Interesting to read about this rebarbative individual. No doubt his years of silence in South Africa were all for the best. Brianboulton (talk) 18:08, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for all this Brian, very helpful as always. I have adopted your suggested wording at the end for the most part, with just a couple minor changes—one is that the source doesn't explicitly say where he died, so I've not been able to put that he died in South Africa (though based on non-reliable sources I have seen it seems he probably did). I hope my responses are all to your satisfaction and I'm glad you seem to have enjoyed the article. Thanks again, — Cliftonian (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Requiem (Reger)
- Nominator(s): Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:13, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
This article is about the Requiem by Max Reger, which I want to see in good shape on 11 May 2016, a century after his early death. Looking closer, the article which began to be about the Hebbel Requiem which he composed in 1915 on a German poem by Friedrich Hebbel, with the soldiers fallen in World War I in mind, is also about his earlier setting of the same poem (1912), and his unfinished attempt to compose a Latin Requiem (1914). The article received a GA review by RHM22 a while ago. Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:13, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Brianboulton
Uncited statements: There are numerous sentences that do not carry citations.
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- There are two sources which I would like to get advice on how to use them as references, one the Max-Reger-Institut website with detailed information on each piece, and the score. One: should I have the refs for Op. 1, 2, 3 and 4 all in THIS article, to cite that 1-3 are all chamber music, and 4 is songs, #1 by Hebbel? One look (or two to find Hebbel) at Max Reger works#Table of compositions (linked) shows that at a glance. - The other: the score tells us about his tempo markings and division of parts, even if no secondary source does. In a different review, we talked about the music section being comparable to a plot section in a book. --GA
- I introduced now the "vocal score" as a reference. ---GA
- In the "Background" section: "He established himself as a pianist and composer, also teaching piano and organ. The first compositions to which he assigned opus numbers were chamber music. He composed in 1891 as his Op. 4 a collection of songs, the first, "Gebet" (Prayer), on a text by Friedrich Hebbel who wrote the poem on which two of Reger's Requiem settings are based."
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- First sentence bio, second see above. --GA
- "Hebbel's poem": "The Latin title of the poem alludes to Requiem aeternam, rest eternal, the beginning of the Mass for the Dead."
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- There may be people who simply don't know that much about the meaning of Requiem, both as a word as a liturgy. Do you think a link to Requiem is enough? --GA
- "Hebbel Requiem - Music":
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- "The four parts SATB of the chorus are often divided. The key is D minor, as is Mozart's Requiem. The tempo in common time is marked Molto sostenuto, kept with only slight modifications by stringendo and ritardando until the most dramatic section, marked Più mosso (moving more) and later Allegro, returning to the first tempo for the conclusion."
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- Most is now cited to the score. Do we need references for the Mozart Requiem being in D minor, the Brahms beginning with a pedal point on F, and Das Rheingold on E-flat, next question? ---GA
- "In a pattern strikingly similar to the beginning of A German Requiem, the bass notes are repeated, here on an extremely low D, lower even than the opening of Wagner's Das Rheingold on E flat."
- "In section B, the chorus is divided in 4 to 6 parts, set in more independent motion. The soloist sings similar to the first time, but repeats the second line once more while the chorus sings about the hovering as before."
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- Score, now cited ---GA
- "In section C, the chorus literally stiffens on a dissonant 5-part chord fortissimo on the word erstarren. In great contrast, a storm is depicted in dense motion of four parts imitating a theme in triplets."
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- Score, now cited ---GA
- "Reger completes the chorale setting in his way for the chorus, while the solo voice repeats "Seele, vergiß nicht die Toten"."
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- Score, now cited ---GA
The above stand out because they are at the ends of paragraphs – or in a few cases represent the entire paragraph. There may be other, less obvious uncited sentences. In some cases the problem might be resolved by the resiting of an existing citation, otherwise new citations are required.
A couple of unrelated points:
- In the infobox the statement "Soldiers who fell in the War" is a little vague. At least say "First World War", and link.
- The statement "Reger died in Leipzig after a full day of teaching on 11 May 2016" reads as though it was the teaching that killed him. You may want to rephrase/expand a little.
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- It's a translation of Reger's writing, which is pictured and therefore not repeated in German. He knew of no numbers for wars". It's specific, with a link, in the first paragraph of the lead. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:22, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- I tried to reword the death. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:59, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
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- I thought about the footnote once more, but think Reger's Requiem is so different from what readers expect that a footnote is not enough for clarification: a German poem with a Latin title, about rest for the dead, alluding to the Catholic mass, but not even Christian. What can we do? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:43, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Brianboulton (talk) 10:44, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Thank you for looking, and raising good points. Looking forward to a solution to the general Op.
and scorequestions. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:17, 5 April 2016 (UTC)- Updated --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:07, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- I'm sorry Gerda, but I don't understand many of your responses; perhaps I am dim, but I don't have time for a long discussion. I'll just say two things: first, statements such as "The Latin title of the poem alludes to Requiem aeternam, rest eternal, the beginning of the Mass for the Dead" would be better included as a footnote, where as explanatory comments they need not be cited. Secondly, some of your citations to the score look dubious. For matters of fact, e.g. key, tempo, instrumentation or similar detail, then the score may be cited, but not for interpretative statements such as "In section C, the chorus literally stiffens on a dissonant 5-part chord fortissimo on the word erstarren. In great contrast, a storm is depicted in dense motion of four parts imitating a theme in triplets." For you to use such a statement, a published source needs to have said it, or something like it. Likewise the Rheingold comparison. I hope that helps. Brianboulton (talk) 19:02, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Updated --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:07, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for looking, and raising good points. Looking forward to a solution to the general Op.
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- Missing parenthesis in the lead caption?
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- No, just trying to make readable what Reger wrote: "2.)" - grateful for making that clearer --GA
- The caption of the History image is displaying with the filename shown - see VPT discussion
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- I don't see that. --GA
- I'd have no problem with showing the complete card, - would match the poet who is also sitting. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:25, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- File:Reger_Max_Postcard-1910.jpg: when/where was this first published? If the author is unknown, how do we know they died over 70 years ago? Nikkimaria (talk) 15:10, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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- I don't know, but remember that in the GA review by RHM22, the image I had suggested was replaced by this one, so I thought it was "safe". RHM22 also did the cropping. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:20, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- The original image was possibly not PD, and as an expressionistic painting, I don't think it was necessarily the most illustrative choice for this particularly article (although it was nice aesthetically). As for the current postcard image, the source website says that it was published in 1910 in Germany, it should be public domain because it was published more than seventy years ago. The current tag on the image seems wrong, unless somebody knows who actually took the photograph. I think the correct template is this: Template:PD-Germany-§134-KUG. I don't know much about German copyright, so I'm not sure. The image isn't actually cropped, but I used the CSS cropping template so only a portion shows due to the unnecessary large size.-RHM22 (talk) 22:33, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Likely I'm missing something by using Google Translate, but I'm not seeing that the source website says either that the image is a postcard (it seems to say only "photograph") or that it was published in 1910 (it says "original date 1910"). In fact, it seems to say that the publication date was 2014. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:39, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- I have my difficulties with image rights in all languages ;) - this would tell me that the website included it in 2014. Here's German, with a link to "Gemeinfrei" which I would translate as "free to share". - How would this be, alternatively? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- For that you would need to know when/where it was first published, you'd need to verify author was never given, and (depending on first publication) you'd need a US PD tag. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:10, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- I have my difficulties with image rights in all languages ;) - this would tell me that the website included it in 2014. Here's German, with a link to "Gemeinfrei" which I would translate as "free to share". - How would this be, alternatively? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Likely I'm missing something by using Google Translate, but I'm not seeing that the source website says either that the image is a postcard (it seems to say only "photograph") or that it was published in 1910 (it says "original date 1910"). In fact, it seems to say that the publication date was 2014. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:39, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- The original image was possibly not PD, and as an expressionistic painting, I don't think it was necessarily the most illustrative choice for this particularly article (although it was nice aesthetically). As for the current postcard image, the source website says that it was published in 1910 in Germany, it should be public domain because it was published more than seventy years ago. The current tag on the image seems wrong, unless somebody knows who actually took the photograph. I think the correct template is this: Template:PD-Germany-§134-KUG. I don't know much about German copyright, so I'm not sure. The image isn't actually cropped, but I used the CSS cropping template so only a portion shows due to the unnecessary large size.-RHM22 (talk) 22:33, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- I don't know, but remember that in the GA review by RHM22, the image I had suggested was replaced by this one, so I thought it was "safe". RHM22 also did the cropping. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:20, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
This article covers the little-known series of bombardments on Japanese cities conducted by US, British and New Zealand warships during the last weeks of World War II. These attacks sought to provoke the Japanese into committing their reserve aircraft force to battle. While the Japanese didn't take the bait, the bombardments inflicted significant damage on industrial facilities and cities. Two American submarines also conducted much smaller-scale bombardments, with one of them even landing a small group of sailors who booby-trapped a railway line.
I've been working on this article on and off for five years. As there's no single, comprehensive, account of the attacks, I've needed to piece the article together from a surprisingly large number of sources sourced from multiple libraries and websites. While all the attacks are now covered in detail, the level of detail does vary a little bit. The article was a DYK in 2011, and passed a GA review last February. I successfully nominated it for a Military History Wikiproject A-class review earlier this year, and it passed in early March. I have since further copy-edited and expended the article, and am hopeful that it meets the FA criteria. Thank you in advance for your comments. Nick-D (talk) 07:39, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Comment – Great work. It is satisfying that we now have a comprehensive account of the attacks. I just have one minor comment. The article says that 34 Allied prisoners of war died in the bombardments. Is this figure correct? The article says that 5 were killed in the first attack on Kamaishi and 27 in the second, which adds up to 32. P. S. Burton (talk) 17:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Also, Roskill, Stephen W. (1961), listed in the bibliography does not appear to be among the cited sources. P. S. Burton (talk) 19:50, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Support Comment: It looks good overall, but I do have a few concerns:
- There's redundant wording. Please trim back use of 'also', 'again', 'further', and 'in addition' per eliminating redundancy.
Can the vagueness be resolved? I.e. instances of 'several' and 'small number'. (However, if that is the original wording from the source, I'll understand if not much can be done.)My understanding is that restrictive clauses beginning with 'which' should use a comma or begin with 'that'.- "...against the Allied invasion which was expected...",
- "...groups of aircraft carriers which formed the...",
- "...with the aircraft which were being held in reserve...",
- "...the fleet of ships which carried...",
- "...18/19 July which destroyed or damaged...",
- "...disruption to vital services which caused the factory...",
- "...fire on small groups of ships which were probably fishing..."
- "...and comprised the ships which had bombarded the city..."
- "...force of American submarines which had been operating..."
- "...general-purpose bombs which were used by Allied..."
- "...the industrial facilities which suffered little damage..."
"...urban area and essential services, however": the 'however' should start this sentence.- "...base at Kushimoto, a landing field near Cape Shionomisaki and a radio station": is a comma needed before the 'and', or is the clause explaining the purpose of the base?
- I don't believe that a comma is needed before an 'and' at the end of sentences like this. The base is identified as a seaplane base. Nick-D (talk) 11:01, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- In the interest of getting through this, I added the comma. I think Prae has a point that there's a possible (but not likely) misreading without it. Generally, I don't give comma advice, I get very little love for that. - Dank (push to talk) 21:05, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- I don't believe that a comma is needed before an 'and' at the end of sentences like this. The base is identified as a seaplane base. Nick-D (talk) 11:01, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
It would be clearer to use a hyphen when listing the shell sizes in combination with the quantity. Hence: "803 16-in (410 mm) shells". (Some national numbering standards use a space instead of a comma, so it can prove a little confusing.)"...experimental 5-inch rocket launcher...": these units should be presented in a manner consistent with the rest of the article. I.e. "...experimental 5-in (127 mm) rocket launcher...".Terms should be linked: calibers (-> caliber); home islands (-> Japanese archipelago).- Consider using {{sfn}} for your references so they are linked to the bibliography entry.
Thanks. Praemonitus (talk) 16:20, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments.
- Thanks for the ping, Nick, and thanks for looking at prose, Praemonitus. Concerning "16-in", hyphens are just a generally vexed issue and we often can't find consensus on usage. On the "which" question: there are many writers (including Nick) who use what's commonly called the "restrictive which" a lot. AHD says this use of which with restrictive clauses is very common, even in edited prose, and it's even more common in BritEng than among Americans. Twenty years ago, I personally didn't find the usage notes of the major dictionaries very helpful, when they existed at all; nowadays, they're plentiful and useful, and often used to settle questions like these. - Dank (push to talk) 15:34, 6 April 2016 (UTC) Caveat: since "which" can be restrictive or nonrestrictive, it's important to keep an eye out for garden paths. That is, if the first few words after "which" don't clarify whether it's meant to be restrictive, then "that" will improve readability. - Dank (push to talk) 19:59, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Pinging Praemonitus, I hope that helps. Also ... I just had a look at your comments in FACs and TFARs ... excellent work, carry on. - Dank (push to talk) 19:55, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- And a note on my note: Nick-D is Australian. I'm referring to "BritEng" here only because most of the Australian writers I work with talk about BritEng, and aim for a style that is more or less BritEng. When Australians say "AugEng", I say that too ... I'm not trying to inject a bias in favor of BritEng. - Dank (push to talk) 16:20, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for those comments Dank. I've tried to write the article in American English given its content, but it's a language I'm rather inexpert in at times! ;) Nick-D (talk) 10:46, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Heh, me too. - Dank (push to talk) 13:36, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for those comments Dank. I've tried to write the article in American English given its content, but it's a language I'm rather inexpert in at times! ;) Nick-D (talk) 10:46, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Support on prose per standard disclaimer. As always, feel free to revert. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 22:05, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Images are appropriately licensed. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:02, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
True Detective (season 1)
This article is about the first season of HBO's anthology crime drama True Detective, which was created by Nic Pizzolatto and starred Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Tory Kittles, and Michael Potts. Its story follows McConaughey (as detective Rustin Cohle) and Harrelson (as Martin Hart) and their pursuit of a serial killer over a seventeen year period. Having achieved GA status last August, further improvements have been made since, and I believe this article meets the FA criteria. This article has previously gone through FAC three times; unfortunately all nominations received minimal attention. Fourth time's the charm? DAP388 (talk) 03:17, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
The Phantom Tollbooth
This article is about... a well-beloved children's classic, that adults can happily sneak a look into without being accused of being in their second childhood. The Phantom Tollbooth, through its puns and adventures, has valuable lessons to teach. Would that I had an EZ-Pass for it! The article has had a most thorough peer review. Second nomination offered after discussion with Ian Rose.Wehwalt (talk) 05:34, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- Support I had my say in the PR, since when the article has been strengthened further. Meets the FA criteria as far as I am concerned. – SchroCat (talk) 05:53, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- Support – another peer reviewer looking in. I concur with SchroCat that it meets all the FA criteria. Lovely to have an article for FA that brings a smile to the lips. After mining disasters and formidable articles on Scouse pigeons, teleosts and whales, not to mention cantankerous playwrights, this FAC is a like a splendid sweet soufflé. A delightful article about an enchanting book. Tim riley talk 08:05, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- File:Phantomtollbooth.PNG: FUR should be expanded. Nikkimaria (talk) 18:03, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
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- I've expanded. I think it covers all the bases. Thank you for the review.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- Not quite. You should explicitly identify the copyright holder - is it the illustrator, the publisher? Nikkimaria (talk) 20:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- How can we tell? Jules Feiffer did the illustrations, but what contracts he signed is difficult to say.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:29, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Sometimes it will say in the book itself with the other copyright information, or you could fudge the issue by using the wording suggested in {{Non-free_use_rationale_book_cover}}. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:19, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- How can we tell? Jules Feiffer did the illustrations, but what contracts he signed is difficult to say.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:29, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Not quite. You should explicitly identify the copyright holder - is it the illustrator, the publisher? Nikkimaria (talk) 20:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- I've expanded. I think it covers all the bases. Thank you for the review.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- Support. This is beautifully written, and I enjoyed reading it. Each sentence and paragraph flows smoothly into the next; nothing jumps out to disturb the reading. If I had to point to an issue, it's an extremely minor one. There was a slight jar at "The Phantom Tollbooth is acknowledged as a classic of children’s literature" toward the end, because that point was already made with "As the book became acclaimed as a modern classic," so I wouldn't repeat it. But otherwise I found nothing to criticize. SarahSV (talk) 02:07, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Support: Soothingly brilliant, or brilliantly soothing – take your pick. I reviewed this a few weeks ago, found little fault then. I've just read it again and can't see anything that needs changing. Life would be bliss/ If all FACs were as easy as this. Brianboulton (talk) 22:48, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
God of War (series)
This article is about the God of War video game series, one of the biggest video game franchises of the last decade. It has become a flagship title for the PlayStation brand, and the character Kratos is one of PlayStation's most popular characters. The series consists of seven games (with an eighth in development), having appeared on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable, and remastered ports appearing on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation 4. There was also an installment released for mobile phones. The series expanded into a franchise with the release of a comic series, two novels, a web-based graphic novel, toys, prop replicas, and other merchandise. A film is also in development. I began working on this article in February 2009 when it looked like this and have substantially expanded the article. It became a Good Article in July 2012 and is the main article of the God of War franchise Featured Topic. I believe this article is now ready to become a Featured Article. JDC808 ♫ 16:02, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
New Wave of British Heavy Metal
- Nominator(s): Lewismaster (talk) 19:48, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
The New Wave of British Heavy Metal was an important musical movement of the 1980s, which was pivotal for the development of extreme rock music styles in the following decades. I thought that it deserved an in-depth article and I spent a lot of time reading and researching sources related to the time period, to heavy metal subculture and to the music. The article was recently promoted to GA status and has since received a Guild of Copy Editors' revision. I believe it is now ready for Featured Article status and look forward to other editors' comments and reviews. Lewismaster (talk) 19:48, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Support – This is one of the best written popular culture articles I have seen at FAC. Intelligent and perceptive, it covers an aspect of our musical heritage that has been somewhat neglected by the mainstream media. The images appear to be suitable – there is one "fair use" album cover but I haven't checked the rationelle. There are problems with the Harvard linking of some reference to the sources. These are numbers 95, 291, 334 and 336. I look forward to reading further reviews. Thank you for engaging in our FA process. It is clear that many hours of effort have been put in here. Graham Beards (talk) 14:59, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for the review and the kind words. I checked and fixed the references you mentioned. Lewismaster (talk) 17:32, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- Drive-by comment: I'm struggling with the use of the album cover. I see that the cover's appearance may actually be a significant part of the story (given the response in the US) but, first, the value of the cover should be made clear in the rationale, and, second, the caption should make clear the significance of the cover, rather than just the album. At the moment, the use comes across as somewhat decorative. Josh Milburn (talk) 18:22, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I see the problem and changed the rationale and caption to convey the meaning of the cover. During the NWOBHM cover art was directly connected to the contents of the songs, which were about fantasy, science fiction, horror, etc. as described in another part of the article. Unfortunately, the theme of heavy metal iconography and cover art would require a separate article to be explained properly and a caption is not enough. Lewismaster (talk) 07:02, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- I have left a note on the talk page of Wikipedia:WikiProject Metal, asking for comments and contacted the following persons who have been involved in previous discussions:
- WP:GOCE reviewer User:Twofingered Typist
- Talk:New Wave of British Heavy Metal/GA1 reviewer User:FunkMonk
- Wikipedia:Peer review/New Wave of British Heavy Metal/archive1 discussant User:Retrohead
- The page's most active editors: MarkCertif1ed, 3family6, Valenciano, Curly Turkey, Bretonbanquet, Indopug, Nigel C. Fortune, Binksternet. Lewismaster (talk) 09:06, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Am I one of the page's most active editors? I'm pretty sure I've done just some driveby copyediting. I'll see if I can find time to take a look at it tomorrow. Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 10:13, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- My edits were reverting the poor work of others. I have not contributed to this article in any significant way. Binksternet (talk) 01:53, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
- Am I one of the page's most active editors? I'm pretty sure I've done just some driveby copyediting. I'll see if I can find time to take a look at it tomorrow. Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 10:13, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments ffrom Curly Turkey
- I haven't looked at it too closely yet, but:
- The crisis of British heavy rock giants left space for the rise of other rock bands in the mid-1970s,[24] like: Queen,[25] Slade,[26] Sweet,[27] Wishbone Ash,[28] Status Quo,[29] Nazareth,[30] and Uriah Heep,[31] all of which had multiple chart entries in the UK and successful international tours.[20] The British chart results of the period show that there was still a vast audience for heavy metal in the country and upcoming bands Thin Lizzy,[32] UFO[33] and Judas Priest,[34] also had tangible success and media coverage in the late 1970s.[35] Foreign hard rock acts, such as Blue Öyster Cult and Ted Nugent from the US,[36][37] Rush from Canada,[38] Scorpions from Germany[39] and especially AC/DC from Australia,[40] climbed the British charts in the same period.[20]
- This paragraph leaves me wondering how it was put together—why these particular groups? Since they each have their own cite, it looks like they've been cherry-picked—but based on what criteria? Is there some scholarly consensus that these groups are representative in the way they're presented here? The way they're individually cited makes it seem like perhaps they aren't, but rather reflect the tastes of the editor(s). That may not be true, but that 's the impression it gives. Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 06:03, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Ellie (The Last of Us)
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Ellie is the deuteragonist and secondary playable character in the 2013 video game The Last of Us, developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The character of Ellie is significant for the medium, as video games seldom feature such strong female characters. The design of the character was well-documented throughout development, and was very well-received after the game's launch, receiving high praise from critics. I wrote this article during my crazy The Last of Us project last year, and after feedback and changes from other editors, I feel satisfied that it is well-written and meets the featured article criteria. – Rhain ☔ 07:15, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Support. I agree with Rhain that strong, female characters which are also well-written like Ellie are not often seen in video games. What is also of importance, is of course "the kiss" that Ellie shares with another girl. I think it is games like The Last of Us that show how the medium has grown, what can also be narratively achieved. Concerning the article, I can't imagine there is anything else left to add to it. For a video game character, it's most important to have good and well-sourced information on its design and reception, which is exactly what's there. Full disclosure: while I have edited The Last of Us 122 times and also worked together with nominator Rhain on adding the gameplay image on that article, I have edited the article Ellie (The Last of Us) exactly once. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 14:58, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- I won't be able to give a full review in the foreseeable future but I wanted to add a note on quality. Often FAC is used as an extended peer review or a means for nitpicking to one's personal tastes, but there is also a degree to which FAC vetting is a statement to the encyclopedia's best traits. Ellie (The Last of Us) is the video game WikiProject's single best character article. I've been through the rest (mostly lists) and this article (1) cites reliable, secondary sources that are about the character in specific, (2) has reliable, secondary sources that explain all major facets of the character (design, use, reception), and (3) perhaps most importantly, has no reliance on primary sources for its major points. It was well-written when I reviewed it a year ago at DYK and it has only improved since. This article is the gold standard for the project's character articles, and exemplifies what they should should aspire to be. czar 15:49, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments from Nick-D
Oppose A lot of work has clearly gone into this article, but I'm afraid the structure and prose aren't of FA standard at present. I'm not familiar with these games or the character, and found that the structure didn't help me understand them. The prose is consistently overly-wordy, and the topics of paragraphs jump around a lot. The article would be much improved by a copy edit that focuses on condensing the wording (just say what happened, use active not passive tense where possible, strip out unnecessary quotes and details and check for duplication), improves the flow of the paragraphs' wording and restructures the article so it explains the character before getting into the details of how she was developed and portrayed. I have the following specific comments on the lead and first section which I hope illustrate these concerns:
- The second para of the lead is a bit jumpy, and repeditive.
- In particular, the sentence "Johnson also inspired Ellie's personality, prompting Druckmann to give her a more defensive role" - is unclear (what's Johnson's personality? what does "defensive" mean in this context?)
- "who particularly praised her relationship with Joel" - what aspect of the relationship?
- "Her role in Left Behind received great social commentary" - awkward wording
- The "Character design" section would be considerably strengthened by starting it was an explanation of how the character was conceived. At the moment, the first sentence is confusing as it's not clear how Johnson fit the role given the role hasn't been explained.
- "in a stronger and more defensive manner" - as above
- "When portraying Ellie, Johnson faced challenges in performing scenes that made her feel uncomfortable" - what types of scenes were these?
- "she needed to appear young enough for to make her relationship with Joel believable" - how old is Joel?
- "A redesign of Ellie's physical appearance was revealed in May 2012" - revealed to whom? and why?
- "Druckmann stated that the change was to make her look more similar to Johnson" - already explained in the previous para.
- "Prior to the redesign, comparisons were made between Ellie and actress Ellen Page" - what kind of comparisons?
- "Page's decision to come out on the same day as the release for Left Behind also sparked further discussion" - why?
- "The team felt that Ellie was a very important aspect of the game" - what team? And given she's one of the main characters, isn't that obvious?
- "When questioned about the inspiration for Ellie as a gameplay feature, Druckmann recalled when he and game director Bruce Straley were brainstorming ideas for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009) and created a mute character who would summon the player to follow them, creating a "beautiful" relationship through gameplay alone" - unclear, over-long and inconsistent tense Nick-D (talk) 10:49, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
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- @Nick-D: I appreciate your comments; I tried to address most of them, although I'm unable to address some. For example, I'm unsure how to define which aspect of Ellie and Joel's relationship was praised (critics seemed to generally praise it as a whole, as demonstrated later in the article), and changing Ellie's appearance to look more similar to Johnson was not "explained in the previous para" (I constructed the paragraphs in that section by story, physical appearance, and her role in gameplay). It's unfortunate that you disagree with this candidacy, but I respect your opinion. If you have time, I'd greatly appreciate any more comments or advice you have for the rest of the article. The more improvements, the better. Thanks. – Rhain ☔ 12:48, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Briarcliff Manor Public Library
I've been writing articles about Briarcliff Manor, New York, with the ultimate goal of every article reaching the highest status. I wrote most of this over the course of a week and had it reach GA soon after. I feel that it's comprehensive and ready for Featured Article status. Please don't hesitate to comment, review, critique, or even edit the article. ɱ (talk · vbm · coi) 02:34, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- File:Briarcliff_Library_pre-2007.jpg: the FUR presents this as a logo, which it is not - this needs reworking. Nikkimaria (talk) 18:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
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- @Nikkimaria: is it fixed properly now? Thanks--ɱ (talk · vbm · coi) 01:07, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Certainly better. I would suggest though using {{Non-free fair use in}} instead of the historic-images tag - it's usually applied to images that are themselves of historic significance (eg. File:TrangBang.jpg) rather than just those that depict historic things. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:15, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Nikkimaria: That makes sense, done. ɱ (talk · vbm · coi) 02:08, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Certainly better. I would suggest though using {{Non-free fair use in}} instead of the historic-images tag - it's usually applied to images that are themselves of historic significance (eg. File:TrangBang.jpg) rather than just those that depict historic things. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:15, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Nikkimaria: is it fixed properly now? Thanks--ɱ (talk · vbm · coi) 01:07, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Freida Pinto
This article is about a one-hit wonder. The article has had two peer reviews and as many (unsuccessful) FACs. The issues raised during the previous nomination have been addressed. I believe the article now meets the criteria. Look forward to comments and suggestions. —Vensatry (Talk) 19:05, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Support on prose per standard disclaimer. Nicely done. As always, feel free to revert my copyediting. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 12:05, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Dank: Thanks for the copyedits. I've made one minor change though. —Vensatry (Talk) 14:22, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Sure, that works. Happy to help. - Dank (push to talk) 15:24, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Can't Hold Us Down
This article is about "Can't Hold Us Down", a song by American recording artists Christina Aguilera and Lil' Kim which discusses feminism. It passed its good article review (nominated by WikiRedactor (talk · contribs)) in June 2013 and was nominated for featured article in March 2014 by me and WikiRedactor. Though thouroughly written and researched and backed up reliable sources, it was not passed at the time as there was a delay in the progress. I am renominating this article as I believe it is ready for FA status. Any comments on the development of the article would be very much appreciated, Simon (talk) 13:50, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Older nominations
Baleen whale
- Nominator(s): User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 23:56, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
This article is about baleen whales which classified under the parvorder Mysticeti. There are four families (Balaenopteridae, Balaenidae, Cetotheriidae, Eschrichtiidae) that are different from each other by body shape, which in turn is greatly influenced by their feeding behavior. This can be either lunge-feeding or gulp-feeding. Note that deadlinks are most likely caused by using https instead of http (as per this RfC) which apparently does not allow you to go to websites (including .gov sites). User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 23:56, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hmm, I fail to why there might be dead links. If you're linking to a website that only provides non-secure connections (HTTP), then don't use a secure (HTTPS) URL to link to it, or yeah, things aren't going to work :) On the other hand, it is good practise to offer secure links whenever they're available, and that is what the above RfC was specifically about: Google [Books/Scholar/etc] and the Internet Archive both offer secure connections to their content, and therefore Wikipedia should securely link to that content, i.e., use a HTTPS URL. Leonhard Fortier (talk) 01:54, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- Even reputable websites like oxforddictionaries.com requires http User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 02:02, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- That's fine (though a little surprising), in that case it's perfectly fine to use a HTTP link. It's only case of if there is a secure link available then it's considered good practise to use it :) Leonhard Fortier (talk) 02:05, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- I just checked, https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ works fine, though some of the resources included on that page aren't behind a secure connection (just two images actually), but that's not really relevant to just linking there. Leonhard Fortier (talk) 02:09, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- Even reputable websites like oxforddictionaries.com requires http User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 02:02, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Squeamish Ossifrage
Long time, no comment, but I'm happy to be back at FAC. As is usual for my work here, I'm focusing on references and reference formatting. All reference numbers are relative to this version of the article:
General
- It's not immediately clear to me what the criteria are for a source to be listed in "Works cited" and subject to Harvard referencing versus merely cited in long-form in the references.
- You are inconsistent about whether to include publication locations for book sources (see #4, #5 without them, but #8 with one). Locations are optional, but must be consistently included if desired (personally, I don't care for them, but it's a matter of editorial discretion).
- Yeah, in the GA review I was told to add locations to certain refs. I'm not too sure why, I'll just get rid of them
- There are quite a few sources where middle initials appear prepended to the last names, instead of where they belong. For example, in Fordyce and Marx (#12), the citation should read: "Fordyce, R. Ewan; Marx, Felix G.". This problem is pervasive, in both the references and works cited. I'm not going to try to identify all the problems in this review; a thorough audit is necessary.
- In all refs, the middle name is in the last name
- At least one ISBN is not properly hyphenated. All ISBNs should be presented as fully hyphenated ISBN-13s. Use this tool (and bookmark it, you'll love it!).
- I already have it bookmarked since you first told me about it in the Whale article review (and it has been very helpful). I'm pretty sure all of the ISBN numbers are ISBN-13 (and I fixed the unhyphenated one)
Specific referencing issues
- There are some inconsistencies with how you cite online dictionaries. Compare the dictionary.com reference (#1) with the Oxford Dictionaries reference (#2). More specifically, I don't think the dictionary.com reference needs the italicized URL. The Oxford source styles itself "Oxford Dictionaries", which our citation should reflect; you may also consider citing Oxford University Press as the publisher there, at your discretion. Finally, the Oxford cite has an incomplete retrieval date.
- fixed the Oxford publishing and access date. What should the |work= parameter be for the Dictionary.com ref?
- Citing section titles instead of page numbers (as in reference #3) is not standard practice.
- fixed
- Shorter Oxford English [D]ictionary
- Retrieval dates are not required (and, indeed, are discouraged) for print sources, such as Dolin (#5), even when a convenience link to an online version is provided. See also reference #29.
- removed retrieval dates from book and journal refs
- I'm not convinced of the need for the long reference quote from Woodward, Winn, and Fish, especially as it serves to essentially reference the material to an older source not otherwise credited here.
- The byline for the Animal Diversity Web source (#7) gives the authors' full first names. The source also gives a publication year of 2002 (although not a more specific date).
- So should I add the authors' full names?
- Rosenbaum et al. indicates the source is in a pdf format, but there's no link to the article, so presumably no format field is necessary.
- fixed
- Your Harvard referenes citing page numbers use pg.; convention is to use p. for single pages or pp. for page ranges. I'm not certain if this is considered an acceptable alternative within editorial discretion; if so, it isn't an actionable objection. Note that pp is used at least once, in reference #30.
- changed pg. to p. and pgs. to pp.
- The correct journal title for the Fordyce and Marx source is Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
- fixed
- The Thomas source (#13) definitely does not require a publication location. The website itself should be cited as GrindTV, not GrindTV.com (the latter is the URL, not the website name). I'm not entirely convinced that this is a high-quality, reliable source, but could be convinced otherwise...
- replaced with a BBC article
- The Nakamura and Kato source (#15) doesn't need the country of publication. It does have a doi (10.11238/mammalianscience.54.73) that should be included.
- removed location and added doi
- The correct journal title for Potvin, Goldbogen, and Shadwice is Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
- fixed
- The link to the Royal Society Open Science article (#22) is not working; it appears the journal site does not permit https connections.
- fixed
- I'm a big supporter of OCLC numbers for books that lack ISBNs, but they aren't needed for journal articles (especially those that have a doi already), as in #24.
- I don't think there is any harm in keeping the OCLC
- Reference #25 has the http/https problem. Also, the correct journal title is Royal Society Open Science.
- it seems Royal Society journals aren't compatible with https. I'll fix all of those
- For reference #40, I would spell out World Wide Fund for Nature Global. I don't think the italicized URL is necessary. I'd also cite the org as publisher rather than author. Opinions on this formatting issue may differ.
- what should the |author= and |work= parameters be?
- Compare the formatting for reference #41 with the same website, cited differently, in reference #7.
- fixed
- The LiveScience article (#44) summarizes a publication in Nature. It might be worth examining the original paper, rather than citing a popular science news aggregator.
- replaced
- I don't think there's a benefit to citing the (sub) chapter title in reference #48; the chapters aren't by different authors, and you're already citing the claims to page number.
- removed chapter
- I'm not sure what's up with reference #52, but I don't think this is properly cited. I think the given ISBN is for a bound volume of the journal Physiology, and that this reference should be cited as a journal article with a title name and volume/issue/page information.
- I don't know what's going on with that either. The ISBN and URL lead to two different things (and I'm certain I copied the correct ISBN). I don't know what to do about this...
- For Bunn (#58), I again don't think the chapter is required here. Also, Transaction Publisher[s].
- removed chapter
- Is there a better source for the information cited to reference #59 than Huffington Post? To put it mildly, they're not always a high-quality source for science topics.
- That's the only internet source that explicitly talks about that. I could replace it with the youtube video but I don't think that's much of an improvement
- I'm not having much look identifying the parent source for the appendix cited in reference #62, but in any case, this citation is not properly formatted and is missing critical bibliographical information.
- the source does not explicitly state the names of the author
- Reference #63 needs a retrieval date.
- added today's date (21 March 2016)
- Reference #67 cites the Science website, which should probably be styled that way (despite sciencemag being the URL). However, it might be preferable to reference the original paper instead.
- replaced
- The correct journal title for reference #68 is Geological Soceity of America Memoirs. You give this as issue 57, but I believe that's actually 67.
- fixed
- Unlike most of the books where chapter titles are cited, in reference #70, they are necessary. Aidley is the editor of the work as a whole, but C. H. Lockyer and S. G. Brown are the authors of the chapter "The migration of whales" (pp 105–138).
- fixed
And I'm stopping there, at roughly halfway through the references. The author formatting problems and journal title errors are the most significant issues. I'll confess that I didn't double-check the correct title of every journal cited, and I probably should have, given that journals are incorrectly cited several times. It's still very early in the FAC process for this article, but at least at the moment, I need to regretfully oppose per 2c. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 19:58, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- World population graph should be scaled up
- done (but you might want to check if it needs to be bigger)
- Captions generally need editing for grammar - for example, complete sentences should end in periods
- done
- File:Baleen_whale_sizes.JPG: what is the source of the data used for this comparison?
- I'll ask
- File:Humpback_Whale_underwater_shot.jpg: source link is dead
- fixed
- File:Janjucetus_Melb_Museum_email.jpg: please fix the machine-generated source
- It says "Nomachine-readable author provided. [User:]Cas Liber assumed", so it does eventually say the copyright details even though the original author is not provided. Should I just change it just "Cas Liber"?
- File:Eubalaena_blow.jpg: source link is dead and should use NOAA tag rather than the general USGov
- fixed
- File:Humpback_lunge_feeding.jpg: source links are dead
- fixed
- File:Humpbackwhale2.ogg: any chance of a more specific date? Even a year would be better than what we currently have
- that was a joke from some vandal, I'll remove it
- File:Eubalaena_glacialis_dead.jpg should use NOAA tag
- replaced
- File:Sperm_whale_fluke.jpg: source link is dead. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:30, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- That image is not in the article...
- Sorry for not responding, I've add the flu for 2 weeks. Can you wait until Saturday? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunkleosteus77 (talk • contribs)
Comments from WereSpielChequers
- Hi, interesting read, I've made a few tweaks, hope you like them, if not its a wiki...
- Re The unique lungs of baleen whales are built to collapse under the pressure instead of resisting the pressure which would damage the lungs. I'm assuming that this is related to diving? May I suggest it would be better expressed as: the lungs of baleen whales have evolved an ability to collapse while diving. This enables baleen whales to dive to deeper depths.
- Well this sentence is in the Anatomy section, and the reformatted version would better suit the Evolution section if any. User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 22:58, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- Some info on depths they can dive to would be good, see Sperm_whale#Diet as an example.
ϢereSpielChequers 20:54, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- added to the Internal Anatomy section (on the paragraph about lungs) User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 22:58, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- Sorry for not reponding, I've add the flu for 2 weeks. Can you wait until Saturday? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunkleosteus77 (talk • contribs)
Comments by FunkMonk
This is a big one, we're kind of touching upon the same subjects over at evolution of cetaceans, so I'll return here before long. But I'd like to see Squeamish Ossifrage issues dealt with. FunkMonk (talk) 03:00, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Comment from Tim riley
This is a splendid and hugely enjoyable article, but it isn't clear which variety of English it's meant to be in. It is mostly in BrE (metres, centimetres, kilometres, grey, behaviour, litres, recognised, centrepiece, cancelled) but there is the occasional bit of AmE (gray, color, traveling, favored). According to WP:ENGVAR we should stick to whichever was first used in the article, but I'm blest I know how to find out which that was without spending hours combing through old revisions. I don't imagine anyone will object if you take a view on either sticking with BrE and Anglicising the few AmE spellings or else switching to AmE and Americanising the BrE spellings. But we want consistency one way or the other. Tim riley talk 10:10, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- It should be in American English, I don't see any British English used (except for maybe "neighbouring" but I'm not too sure on that) User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 22:44, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- I have listed some of the BrE spellings, above. There are more of them than there are AmE variants. Until the spelling is amended to be made consistent throughough I shall have to oppose for now. Tim riley talk 07:45, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- I used CTRL+F to search those specific spellings in the article and I have not found metre, grey (well once but that was for a reference title), behaviour, litre, recognise, centrepiece, or cancelled. Centre was used once but that was for a reference so it should be there. As far as I know, British English is not used in the article. User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 17:23, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- This is excellent, and I am completely baffled about the earlier differences. I can't account for them at all. Putting the present text through my usual spell-checker I cannot find most of the words that came up when I did the same last week. Heaven knows what that text was, but, I'm very pleased to find, the only spellings that come up for query this time are "moustache", "neighbouring", and "sizeable", which the AmEng spell-checker doesn't like. "Naval" (for "navel") in the main text and "Bumbs" in the alt-text are probably typos. (There are a few pictures that are missing alt-text from their captions, by the bye, and there is a comma splice in the caption "Humpback whale skeleton, notice how the jaw is split into two".) It would be good to clear some of the worst examples of WP:OVERLINK - names of countries such as Norway, United States, Australia etc are not to be linked (MoS), nor are large seas and oceans; I doubt if any of our readers need help with the words "chin", "corset", "genitalia", "mouth", "parasite", "penguin", "promiscuous", "taste buds", "vein" and other everyday terms; and the repeat links to e.g. "killer whale" should be removed: one link apiece from the main body of the text is the maximum (the rule doesn't apply to captions) – 07:30, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- Fixed, but I kept promiscuous and corset. User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 15:50, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- This is excellent, and I am completely baffled about the earlier differences. I can't account for them at all. Putting the present text through my usual spell-checker I cannot find most of the words that came up when I did the same last week. Heaven knows what that text was, but, I'm very pleased to find, the only spellings that come up for query this time are "moustache", "neighbouring", and "sizeable", which the AmEng spell-checker doesn't like. "Naval" (for "navel") in the main text and "Bumbs" in the alt-text are probably typos. (There are a few pictures that are missing alt-text from their captions, by the bye, and there is a comma splice in the caption "Humpback whale skeleton, notice how the jaw is split into two".) It would be good to clear some of the worst examples of WP:OVERLINK - names of countries such as Norway, United States, Australia etc are not to be linked (MoS), nor are large seas and oceans; I doubt if any of our readers need help with the words "chin", "corset", "genitalia", "mouth", "parasite", "penguin", "promiscuous", "taste buds", "vein" and other everyday terms; and the repeat links to e.g. "killer whale" should be removed: one link apiece from the main body of the text is the maximum (the rule doesn't apply to captions) – 07:30, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- I used CTRL+F to search those specific spellings in the article and I have not found metre, grey (well once but that was for a reference title), behaviour, litre, recognise, centrepiece, or cancelled. Centre was used once but that was for a reference so it should be there. As far as I know, British English is not used in the article. User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 17:23, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- I have listed some of the BrE spellings, above. There are more of them than there are AmE variants. Until the spelling is amended to be made consistent throughough I shall have to oppose for now. Tim riley talk 07:45, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Support – In my opinion the article satisfies the FA criteria for prose, the coverage is comprehensive, the sourcing is wide and appears highly authoritative, and the article is splendidly illustrated. I'm sure any outstanding details of referencing can be attended to satisfactorily, and I congratulate the nominator on a fine and very enjoyable piece of work. – Tim riley talk 17:52, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Hasan al-Kharrat
This article is about Hasan al-Kharrat, a major rebel commander during the 1925–1927 Great Syrian Revolt against French rule in Syria. He died less than a year into the revolt. A native of Damascus, al-Kharrat chose the city's Ghouta countryside as his area of operations. The rebel push into the city that he led nearly ejected French forces from Damascus and prompted heavy aerial bombardment of the city on the orders of High Commissioner Maurice Sarrail, whose Damascus residence the rebels briefly captured. Prior to the revolt, al-Kharrat served as a night watchman for the orchards of al-Shaghour, a quarter of Damascus, and as its qabaday (a quarter boss whose role in traditional Levantine society is defined in the article). Unfortunately, there's little in the sources (at least the English ones) about his personal life. However, the essence of al-Kharrat's notability lies in his role in the 1925 revolt and as the qabaday of al-Shaghour, two aspects which I believe are more than adequately covered in the article. In 2013 "Hasan al-Kharrat" was listed as a Good article and was featured in the Did you know column of the Main Page. I did not send this article for peer review because I believe it currently meets the FA guidelines in all respects. I hope the reviewers here will concur, and if not, I welcome your suggestions and criticism. Thank you for considering this nomination. Al Ameer (talk) 21:15, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Comment Very good first impression. Small things; can you break the lead so its not all one paragraph; you link Seattle in the biblo, but not London. Reading through. Ceoil (talk) 14:22, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Ceoil: Thanks, I split/expanded the lead. As for London, it's already linked once in the Biblio (for the Philip Khoury source), should it be linked again? --Al Ameer (talk) 04:11, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks Al Ameer, much better (though I wouldn't link either, its the consistency that's most important). but before al-Atrash's return letter reached al-Bakri - *return letter* doesn't read well. Can you rephrase/clarify this pls. Ceoil (talk) 10:14, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Al Ameer, Ive read this a few times now and to be honest its pretty heavy going. As currently written its a barrage of names, dates, positions and locations, and that makes it hard to figure out. I'm still basically leaning support, but re prose, can you lessen this density. Not sure how actionable this prob vague request is, but its how I read the article. Take my edits as attempts to create more flow and trim where I can. Of course you can revert at will. Ceoil (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Yea, I'll do what I can today and tomorrow, and then update you here. --Al Ameer (talk) 21:12, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Finished the bulk of my trimming quicker than I thought. How's it look now? --Al Ameer (talk) 22:46, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Ceoil: Ok, I've finished with my copyedits. In terms of sheer prose size, I've reduced the article by some 3,000 KB. I removed a lot of uncritical/unnecessary detail, including locations, names and incidents/operations that didn't directly involve Kharrat or were not necessary for context. Hopefully, this has lightened the density and made it a smoother, less confusing read. When writing this article, I worried that the obscurity of al-Kharrat to Western readers (and non-Syrians in general for that matter) would necessitate this amount of context, but I don't think my recent copyedit has affected the comprehensiveness in a significant way. In any case, I'm currently working on a draft article to improve coverage for the Great Syrian Revolt. Anything removed from this article will likely be covered in that article or its sub-articles. --Al Ameer (talk) 17:09, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- I think it reads quite well, and certainly better than it did before. I think to a Western eye, all names and some placenames starting with "al-" can become tiring, but this is not so different (if Ceoil will forgive the comparison) to more culturally Western articles where names are mostly either van der something or van something else except when they're "the Master of the Legend of St. Ursula" -- not to mention the multitudinous ways in which Mary is commonly referred to. It can be confusing but the sense is still there. Al Ameer has now made good use of notes to relocate some of the lists of placenames out of the main narrative. MPS1992 (talk) 20:00, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Noting significant work by Al Ameer and MPS1992. I was watching diffs during the week and impressed but have not yet read through from top to bottom, so still holding. Thanks for addressing perhaps badly stated and unspecific concerns. Ceoil (talk) 16:58, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Sources check: A look at refs 5, 26 & 32 do not show problems; they back claims, are reliable, with no close paraphrasing. Ceoil (talk) 21:46, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- File:Shaghour_1910.jpg: when and where was this first published?
- File:Fakhri_Kharrat_execution,_1925.jpg: are we certain that the copyright here would have been Syrian and not French?
Nikkimaria (talk) 16:10, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- For "Shaghour", the source does not indicate where it was published, only that it was a picture of Shaghour, Damascus taken in 1910 (during Ottoman rule). The licensing for this image probably needs to be changed unless it turns out to be an LoC image (couldn't find it in the LoC digital library though). Al Ameer (talk) 18:49, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- For "Fakhri", I'll come back to you about this in the next couple of days hopefully, because I'm not sure if pictures taken/published in Syria during French Mandatory rule come under French or Syrian copyright. --Al Ameer (talk) 18:49, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ok, I posted a query at the Commons Village Pump (See Here) and the response was that we would use Syrian copyright law for pictures taken/published in French Mandatory Syria. This is similar to how we use Israeli copyright law for images taken/published in British Mandatory Palestine. There's a slight possibility that we should use French historical copyright law as opposed to modern French copyright law, but using Syrian copyright law is the more likely way to proceed here. --Al Ameer (talk) 04:31, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments by MPS1992
- "destroyed all French buildings" - please double-check the source to see if "all" is perhaps slightly too strong. It implies a total level of success that may not be entirely justified.
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- The source says "He rose to prominence in the battles that ensued and led armed bands into Damascus for sabotage attacks on French installations. He disarmed patrols, held their soldiers hostage, and burned down all French buildings in the Shaghur, Souk Saruja and Jazmatiya neighborhoods." I replaced "destroyed" with "set alight". If you're still skeptical about "all", I have no problem removing the word. Also, I split the disarmament and hostage-taking bit from the sentence, because the source doesn't make clear whether disarmament and hostage-taking occurred in those aforementioned neighborhoods or throughout Damascus in general. --Al Ameer (talk) 02:34, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- "the French and their sniper units" - this is a misunderstanding of the source. It is the French themselves who are receiving continuous "sniper fire" according to the source -- the source does not say they are using snipers themselves.
- "failed to apprehend them" - this is poor wording. One does not commit a large force backed by tanks, aircraft and artillery in order to apprehend someone. "Apprehend" implies an arrest without a substantial likelihood of death.
- "causing the French to abort the operation" - which source does this come from? Provence does indeed say that the rebels were forewarned of the French advance, but does not say that the operation was aborted as a result, merely that it was a failure (for whatever reason, perhaps the futility of using tanks, artillery, and 1920s-era aircraft to try to corner rebels in densely forested terrain they know well). Be careful to avoid confusion with the earlier 60-gendarme failure, discussed by the source in this context because of the village-burning it was used to justify; that operation was a failure due to the forewarning, this operation's failure was not caused by forewarning (from what the sources say).
- "Thus, French intelligence justified the punitive measures against..." - I don't think this needs to be laid out at this length when the previous sentence has essentially already said the same thing.
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- Regarding your last four points, I revised the entire passage to more accurately reflect the source. The rebels were doing the sniping (hiding among the trees and sniping at regular army forces with rifles was actually the common mode of rebel/guerrilla combat in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon during the colonial period, as opposed to open or trench warfare). I removed the "failed to apprehend" and "caused" bits, I just wrote that they couldn't lure the rebels out and withdrew. I think I reduced the redundancy (and confusion) regarding the French burning of al-Malihah. --Al Ameer (talk) 02:34, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- I have made these edits and these edits. MPS1992 (talk) 20:12, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
This is looking great now I think. I have made a few slightly bold edits including adding half a sentence to the lead about his later reputation, you may wish to tweak it around.
A couple of minor extra points;
- The Moubayed source says al-Kharrat "received no high school education". I think this could be added to the existing text, something like: "... Michael Provence maintains that al-Kharrat was likely illiterate;[15] Moubayed indicates that his education did not reach high school level.(ref)"
- It's good that there is now a gloss as to what the Gouta is, which I think is a recent addition. But I wonder if we can go slightly further with this and similar information. We know very little about al-Kharrat, including the details of his death etc., but we do know he was very much not just a man of his time, but a man of his locality -- as far as we know he never went beyond Damascus and the Ghouta, and his successes were in large part due to his local power and reputation in those places and, maybe even more importantly given the forest fighting, local knowledge of those places. So I think if anything can be pulled out of any reliable source (not just a revolt-related source) describing the Gouta or its relationship with Damascus in the first half of the 20th century, that would merit a separate sentence, and equally anything about the al-Shaghour district that can be reliably sourced might also merit a separate sentence. This way it may be possible to bring in extra context and background about the man (thereby helping the reader understand him better perhaps) without adding more names or places and similar details that might confuse the reader as mentioned by Ceoil above. See what you think. (Also incidentally, notice the use in some sources of "the Ghouta", maybe a slightly easier way of referring to it that makes the reader aware it's a piece of territory not a specific settlement.)
This article has come a very long way over the last few weeks. All of my significant concerns have been addressed, and I am happy to Support. MPS1992 (talk) 20:00, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- @MPS1992: Thanks for supporting this nomination and for all your help. I agree the importance of al-Kharrat's environment i.e. Shaghour and Ghouta each warrant a sentence describing them, especially since the articles we currently have on these areas are lacking. I'll get to that very soon and update you here when the additions are made. And I restored "the" before all mentions of Ghouta. Also, I'm currently working on a draft article for Ramadan al-Shallash and the Great Syrian Revolt for readers who are interested in finding out more about these two subjects, which are obviously important in relationship to this article. They'll be ready for mainspace in the coming weeks, hopefully no more than a month. --Al Ameer (talk) 18:31, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Ficus rubiginosa
This article is about a big fig tree, which can also be a good bonsai. Anyway, I hope readers care more than a fig about it. Promise to fix problems pronto...have at it, cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:52, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- File:Ficusrubiginosargemap.png: can you swap in a non-proxied version of that source link? Nikkimaria (talk) 20:59, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Support: All of my concerns were addressed. Thank you. Praemonitus (talk) 17:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Comment: Here's a few observations:
"...exclusively pollinated the fig wasp species...": perhaps missing a "by"?
"The species' range spans...": this has been rendered somewhat ambiguous by the use of "species" in the prior sentence.
"The Port Jackson fig was described by French botanist René Louiche Desfontaines...": when?
Who is Dale Dixon?
"Italian botanist Guglielmo Gasparrini, breaking up the genus Ficus in 1844...": improper tense.
It would be good to be consistent about listing the nationality and profession of the persons mentioned. For example, Frederick Manson Bailey and Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel.
- Should the paragraph that begins "In a study published in 2008" be placed at the end of the section to maintain chronological order? Perhaps I'm missing some subtlety?
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- my thoughts were to present a chronology for taxon as whole, and then last para for various subspecific names, but I can switch if you feel it would flow better the other way...? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:13, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
- Okay, I won't worry about it. Praemonitus (talk) 17:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
- my thoughts were to present a chronology for taxon as whole, and then last para for various subspecific names, but I can switch if you feel it would flow better the other way...? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:13, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Technical term "hemiepiphytic" should be wikilinked.
"...monoecious — both...": looks like a spaced em-dash. See MOS:EMDASH.
What are "US Zones 10B and 11"?
One of your references has a warning tag: "Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors=".
Gasparrini (1844) should list the publisher (Francisci).
For consistency, "PLoS Biol" should be written out as "PLoS Biology".
Otherwise it looks good. Praemonitus (talk) 16:12, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Sainsf
You see, I can not resist your articles. ;) Sainsf <^>Feel at home 08:44, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I think I have too many pages on my watchlist...missed this and will attack it pronto.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:15, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Haha, I am staying away a lot this week as well... Sainsf <^>Feel at home 07:57, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- I think I have too many pages on my watchlist...missed this and will attack it pronto.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:15, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Lead
Why not link "genus" if you link "species"?
in warm climates containing around 750 species Surely the climates do not contain 750 species. Better say "in warm climates and containing around 750 species"
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from 4–19.3 cm (1 1⁄2–7 1⁄2 in) long and 1.25–13.2 cm (1⁄2–5 1⁄4 in) wide I think the dash should be replaced by "to"
round yellow fruit ripen and "ripens"? No, I think it should rather be "fruits", due to the "they" following it.
Link pollinated, outcrop
which may in fact comprise four cryptospecies. Why are we interested in the taxonomy of the fig wasp here? It may go into the main text, but is it needed in the lead?
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- each fig species is symbiotic with one wasp species, so is significant that there are four - also I can't remove segment as incorrect to say there is one.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:27, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oh, I see. No trouble then. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 11:03, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- each fig species is symbiotic with one wasp species, so is significant that there are four - also I can't remove segment as incorrect to say there is one.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:27, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
and at least 2 species "two" as per the MOS.
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- I kept as number to align with the '14' just before it.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:43, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- No trouble then. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 07:57, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- I kept as number to align with the '14' just before it.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:43, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
through to Bega Through what? Or is "through" redundant?
Taxonomy
from a type specimen I think "type" could be linked?
from a type specimen whose locality is documented as "New Holland". Include a citation at the end of this part.
"specific" can be linked to specific name (botany)
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- That link is a redirect to Botanical name. Have linked a bit further down Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:34, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Why are the alternate common names in italics? They are typically kept in double quotes.
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- See, if you look at how italics are used, about halfway down it talks about words as words, which covers the formatting well here. I'd use quote marks for sentences and italics for words Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:49, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- I see. No trouble then. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 09:52, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- See, if you look at how italics are used, about halfway down it talks about words as words, which covers the formatting well here. I'd use quote marks for sentences and italics for words Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:49, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
If genus is linked in lead, it should also be linked here.
into which direction the group radiated Radiated should be linked to Evolutionary radiation.
Joseph Maiden described variety lucida You have been saying "var." until now. The full word and the link to "variety" should be added at first mention.
from the nominate form I think we could have a link or explanation here.
Description
We need some consistency in how we refer to the plant. "Taxonomy" begins with "The Port Jackson fig", and this with "Ficus rubiginosa". Also, you say F. rubiginosa at places.
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- Have changed to species name throughout. Rule is full name at first mention then abbreviation thereafter. Some people start new paras unabbreviated as well. In two minds about this Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:58, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- Choose your style. :) Sainsf <^>Feel at home 10:06, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- Have changed to species name throughout. Rule is full name at first mention then abbreviation thereafter. Some people start new paras unabbreviated as well. In two minds about this Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:58, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
the ovate, obovate or oval-shaped Are all the three terms the same? If the 3rd one is explanatory, then we can say either ovate or obovate.
Link or explain petiole, vein, nipple, preponderance
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- linked first two, "nipple" in this context just means "nipple-shaped thing", a bit like how nipple can be used for end of baby bottle and other objects. Unfortunately nipple focusses only on mammalian nipple so is misealding as a link. "preponderance" is a cumbersome way of saying "more of them". I have simplified that.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:12, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Fruit ripen throughout the year "Fruits"?
its relative the Moreton Bay fig We need a comma here
in the wild they are "wild, they"
the leaves of the Port Jackson fig Inconsistency in referring to the plant
Distribution and habitat
It extends westwards "The range" extends westwards?
Both forms co-occur for most of the range Better mention them by name again. It has been quite a while since Taxonomy.of f. glabrescens Not written properly.
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- rejigged as thus, unless you want me to unabbreviate f. to forma...? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:08, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, it looks better. No rejig needed. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 09:44, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
- rejigged as thus, unless you want me to unabbreviate f. to forma...? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:08, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
in any given population Is "any" not a bit too sure?
Link limestone and outcrop
in Kanangra-Boyd National Park "the"
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- hmm, I'd not use "the" here, in the same way I'd say "in Yellowstone National Park"... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:17, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Funny how "the" is used at places and not used elsewhere... everyone has their choices. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 08:45, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- hmm, I'd not use "the" here, in the same way I'd say "in Yellowstone National Park"... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:17, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
in cracks in stone in cliffs and rock faces in natural environments Such a row of "in"s! Are we missing commas?
and in brickwork on buildings and elsewhere in the urban environment Citation for this part?
well drained Dash?
They are derived from sandstone, quartzite and basalt Can have links here.
yearly rainfall of 600–1400 mm Convert.
F. rubiginosa has naturalised What is meant by "naturalised"?
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- linked to Introduced species Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:20, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Ecology
I think the bird and fox species should be arranged in the alphabetic order of their common names.
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- they are arranged by order - pigeons, cuckoos, then passerines... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:19, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- I am afraid I still can't get the logic behind this... Sainsf <^>Feel at home 13:37, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- they are arranged by order - pigeons, cuckoos, then passerines... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:19, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Many fruit drop onto "fruits"
Link plant cell, pupate, defoliated (Intro)
and the life cycle is around six weeks Could not fully understand this.
galls at night and wander about --> galls at night, wander about
As with all figs, the fruit is actually an inverted inflorescence known as a syconium, with tiny flowers arising from the inner surface Would be more useful under Description. Syconium by the way should be linked under Description, its first mention.
Link diverge, monophyletic, crown, bushfire (Reproduction and life span) and nematodes (Other life in the syconia)
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- done...though Crown (botany) wasn't exactly what I wanted but ostiole exists.. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:22, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Duplink: inflorescenced
that a F. rubiginosa trees often bore Errors?
Pleistodontes imperialis traversed Simply "P. imperialis" would do.
Cultivation
and also in Hawaii and California, where it is also listed as an invasive species in some areas. Add a citation for this
Tolerant of acid or alkaline soils Linking possible?
Link or explain canopy, aerial layering
It is a chimera that is lacking in chlorophyll in the second layer of the leaf meristem Meristem is a duplink. "that is" may be redundant
generally have more green "are", not "have"
it is extremely forgiving to work with What does that mean? "Extremely" could be too strong
That should be all. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 09:16, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks Casliber. I see no more issues with this beautiful article. So, Support. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 09:47, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927
This article is about the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927 which is an important but largely unknown part of European history. I believe that by promoting this and other similar articles to Wikipedia's featured content with help understanding the complex history of the Balkans and hopefully, raising the awareness about the region. Before the nomination, the article was kindly copyedited by Corinne of the Guild of Copy Editors. Regards, Gligan (talk) 18:26, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments: G'day, thanks for your efforts with the article. I only have a quick comment/observation at the moment (sorry, not feeling up to a full read through at the moment due to illness). AustralianRupert (talk) 03:38, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
- there appear to be a lot of reference anchor errors. These refer to when the link for the short citation does not point correctly to a long citation/reference in your Sources or Reference list. I have a script installed which helps highlight these issues, which you might find beneficial. It can be found here. More information can also be found here. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:38, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Thank you for the input. I would like to apologise for my lack of basic technical competence but I cannot use scripts, nor can figure out how to fix the problem on my own. May I ask you to fix just one link, so that I can see precisely the way it is done? Then, I will be able to fix all the rest. Regards, --Gligan (talk) 08:30, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- G'day, I've fixed what I can. The only ones left are those that you don't have specific citations for. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:36, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for the input. I would like to apologise for my lack of basic technical competence but I cannot use scripts, nor can figure out how to fix the problem on my own. May I ask you to fix just one link, so that I can see precisely the way it is done? Then, I will be able to fix all the rest. Regards, --Gligan (talk) 08:30, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- Suggest scaling up the map - done
- File:Byzantine_emperor_Leo_VI_receives_a_Bulgarian_delegation.jpg needs a US PD tag
- File:Car_bed_pusk.jpg: please fix the machine-generated source - done
- File:Byzantine_army_taking_oath_before_the_battle_of_Anchialus.JPG needs a US PD tag
- File:Wars_of_tsar_Simeon_I.png: what is the source of the data presented in this map? - I have ask the author of the map to provide the source.
- File:RadzivillChronicleFol21r.jpg needs a US PD tag
- File:Skylitzes_Simeon_sending_envoys_to_the_Fatimids.jpg is tagged as lacking author info - done
- File:Seal_of_Peter_I_of_Bulgaria_with_Irene_Lekapene.jpg should include an explicit statement on the licensing of the coin itself, for completeness. Nikkimaria (talk) 20:57, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I tried to put a US PD tag following the instructions on the template given in the file "Byzantine_emperor_Leo_VI_receives_a_Bulgarian_delegation.jpg" but there seems to be a problem in the way I am doing it. The template asks for the year of the author's death, which is unknown, and the country of origin, which does not exist. When I try to put 12th century on the slot regarding the author's death, and the Byzantine Empire as a country of origin, the template does not work. May I ask you for assistance to put the tag on one of the images, so that I can follow the example?
- Regarding the coin, I don't understand what I need to do. I looked through some uploaded files of Byzantine emperors and I saw no difference in the licensing. I hope you can assist me on that issue as well. Regards, --Gligan (talk) 08:30, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I would like to once again apologize to AustralianRupert, Nikkimaria and all other editors who raise technical issues that I am not able to address these issues without some help regarding the manner how to fix them. --Gligan (talk) 08:30, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- Take a look at the list of tags at Template:PD-US - I think these should cover most of the circumstances here. As for the coin: you currently have a tag that tells us the licensing of the photo of the coin - one of those PD tags should cover the copyright status of the coin itself. Does that help? Nikkimaria (talk) 16:04, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- I would like to once again apologize to AustralianRupert, Nikkimaria and all other editors who raise technical issues that I am not able to address these issues without some help regarding the manner how to fix them. --Gligan (talk) 08:30, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
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Teleost
- Nominator(s): LittleJerry (talk), Chiswick Chap and Cwmhiraeth 00:48, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
This article is about the teleosts. When you think of the word "fish" its probably a member of this group that will come to mind. They have the familiar fish traits, gulping mouths, homocercal tails, ect. This article has been brought to GA status and we feel its ready for FA. LittleJerry (talk) 00:48, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments – nothing from me about the content of this formidable piece of work, but a few small quibbles about the prose.
BrEng or AmEng? The text is mostly in BrE ("analysing", "manoeuvrability", "specialised", "characterised", "aestivate", "metres", "fertilised", "practised", "travelling") but I spotted a few outbreaks of AmE: "coloring", "optimize", "specializations" and "behavior". I think it needs to be one or the other throughout, except within quotations.
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- Done, I hope; and I fixed some AmE diction, too. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:49, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
tassled – a word unknown to the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster alike. If we mean the creature has tassels, the word is "tasselled" in BrE and "tasseled" in AmE.
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"The adipose fin...is often thought to have evolved once in the lineage and was lost multiple times due to its limited function. However, a 2014 study challenges this idea..." – If this means what I think it means the first sentence needs a bit of fine-tuning: "and was lost" needs to be "and to have been lost" or similar if the next sentence reflects doubt on both the evolution and the loss.
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- Fixed. LittleJerry (talk) 21:08, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
"Northern hemisphere" – our WP article on the subject capitalises both words, and so would I.
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- Fixed. LittleJerry (talk) 21:08, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
"similiarities" I imagine is a typo, but I didn't dare assume.
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- Fixed. LittleJerry (talk) 21:08, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Nothing there to affect my support, which I look forward to adding. – Tim riley talk 18:47, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Thanks, Tim, hope that's to your satisfaction now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:50, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Support – An exceptional piece of work. Try Googling "Teleost" and you'll find nothing else that comes anywhere near the authority and comprehensiveness of this article. Easily meets all the FA criteria, and I'm very glad to add my support. Tim riley talk 21:05, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments by FunkMonk
This is a rather gigantic article, so will probably take me a while to review it all... FunkMonk (talk) 02:59, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Comment by Dunkleosteus77
- I think the Importance to humans section could be expanded more. I mean, they are the biggest cash fish out there to say the least User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 19:35, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Added a paragraph on fish products, their preparation and uses. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:25, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Cas Liber
Ok, taking a look now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:01, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
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- I am not sure mentioning the other infraclasses is needed in the lead.
- I would support their inclusion, better leave no loose strands. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 07:34, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- I am not sure mentioning the other infraclasses is needed in the lead.
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and few groups of vertebrates have undergone such an extensive radiation.- line is vague. It's really "none" as there are not 26,000 species of anything else with a backbone...(i.e. remove it)- Removed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:28, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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migratory material I would move from diversity to distribution- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:32, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Support Comments by Sainsf
Hey, how did I miss such an amazing article? :) This is what I have to say: Sainsf <^>Feel at home 07:34, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Many thanks for the review and the kind words. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:09, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- In the lead:
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- Should Greek not be linked?
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:09, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- weighing over two tons I wonder if we could have a conversion here...
- Done: it's pretty wordy, and the numbers are about the same in all 3 cases! Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:09, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Ninety-six percent of all fish are teleosts I wonder if saying "96%" would make this less wordy...
- I think we've been pulled up before for not using words for percentages. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:09, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Really? But it should differ with the situation... I try to follow WP:MOSNUM on this. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 11:49, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- OK, 96% it is. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:46, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Really? But it should differ with the situation... I try to follow WP:MOSNUM on this. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 11:49, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- they have a movable maxilla and premaxilla Not clear what "they" refers to.
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:09, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Most use external fertilization, I think this should end in a semicolon rather than a comma.
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:09, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- In Anatomy:
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- Explanation for "holostean"?
- Linked. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:21, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- I am not sure if the meaning of "ural" is clear.
- Said "at the end of the caudal fin" instead. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:21, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- In lower teleosts, What does "lower" mean here? Would be good to link.
- Added a note.
- I think "advanced" should be linked, as has been done in the lead.
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:21, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- In Diversity:
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- Link radiation to evolutionary radiation.
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:21, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Any idea of the lightest teleost?
- Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:51, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- You may consider linking (or explaining in some cases) filter-feeder, torpedoes, pectoral fin, dermal, catadromous, ectoparasite
- Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:36, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- The adults spawn here then die "and then die"?
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:21, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- "Parasites" is mentioned in the first few lines of this section, but is linked a bit later.
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:21, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- oscillating electric fields we may need a link or two here.
- Linked. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:58, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Flatfish are demersal fish... This para looks like a sudden deviation from the ecology of teleosts. Better put this just before you begin with the facts on ecology, this looks more like a description of the physical characteristics.
- Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:36, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Camouflage is linked twice.
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:21, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- In Evolution and phylogeny:
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- Greenwood et. al I think you should add who Greenwood is; it would not have been so necessary had the paper itself been cited, but as it is not it would be informative to let us know at least who it is.
- Cited. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:31, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- "et. al" is in italics at first mention, but nowhere else afterward.
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:31, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- It would be good to add who Near is, but optional.
- As Near et al is cited, I think we can leave it as it is. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:31, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Fine. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 11:49, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- "Node values" and "calibrated" may need some explanation or links...
- Glossed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:45, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- The teleosts are divided into the major clades "Clade" is a duplink here.
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:31, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- There are 800 species of elopomorphs have thin leaf-shaped larvae known as leptocephalus which are specialised for a marine environment. Is there an error in this line?
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:45, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Say either "elopomorphs" or "Elopomorphs"
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:31, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Ostariophysi, which includes most freshwater fishes, developed some unique adaptations Why not "have developed" in this and the next line? It made me think this group is extinct.
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:40, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Link or explain scute
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:40, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- In Physiology:
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- and freshwater eels "eels" is a duplink
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:37, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- life in the sea but often migrates "migrates" is a duplink
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:37, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- "countercurrent gas exchanger" is a duplink
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:37, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- The Chondrostei such as sturgeons "Chondrostei" is a duplink
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:37, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Nearly all daylight fish have colour vision at least as good as a human's It may be better to say "a normal/healthy human's"
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:37, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- spatial memory and visual discrimination Links or explanations.
- Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:51, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- I think "cold-blooded" should be appropriately linked.
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:37, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- In Reproduction and lifecycle:
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- I think there is some minor inconsistency in the use of AE/BE. See this from the lead that are hardly recognizable as fish , Most use external fertilization, the female lays a batch of eggs, the male fertilizes them and having external fertilisation with both eggs and sperm being released into the water for fertilization. Internal fertilisation occurs in from this section. I think the instances of AE should be eliminated as we use BE in most places in this article.
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:39, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Similar instances from "Mating tactics": Such coloration can be very conspicuous to predators, Smaller satellite males mimic female behaviour and coloration
- Coloration is the British spelling, as in Adaptive Coloration in Animals. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:39, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Fewer then one in a million "than"?
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:44, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- The majority (88%) of teleost species "The majority" looks redundant.
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:44, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Of the oviparous teleosts (Spawning sites and parental care) "oviparous" is a duplink
- Fixed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:44, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- In Importance to humans:
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- Teleost fishes are I think just "teleosts" would do.
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:35, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Production is expected to increase sharply It would be good to add "According to the FAO,..."
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:35, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- A few teleosts are dangerous. Looking at this, it certainly is not an "importance" to humans. Why not rename the section as "Interaction/Relationship with humans"?
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:35, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- small size, simple environmental needs For example?
- The examples, namely medaka and zebrafish, are stated in the sentence above. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:35, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Duplinks: tuna, carp, salmon, electric eel, zebrafish
- Fixed, though given the distance to the other links, some may be appropriate here. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:35, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Link mutagen.
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:35, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Fish imagery however remained "Fish imagery, however, remained"
- Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:35, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
That should be it. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 09:16, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response. I see no more issues with the prose now. This article has my Support. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 13:00, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Circus Juventas
- Nominator(s): BobAmnertiopsis∴ChatMe! 23:35, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
It's Circus Juventas, North America's largest youth circus school located in lovely Saint Paul, Minnesota! The circus itself is now 22 years old and the article has existed for 12 of those years; this has been a long-running project of mine (with previous GA and peer reviews already undertaken, in addition to a previous FA nomination that didn't see too much action). I'm more than happy to address any concerns about the page you have and work to clarify as much as I can. Thanks for taking a look! BobAmnertiopsis∴ChatMe! 23:35, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments Edwininlondon
Interesting topic. My first impression is that the balance of information is not quite right. There's to the dollar info about funding, but the word animal does not appear. Key info such as what acts are being taught and performed is missing or just touched upon. And is it just after school a few hours or is it an immersive full-on day school? Or both? The lead should make all of this clear. A final example: a bleachers accident is described before anything about performances. Is it possible to add more info about the school aspect (after-school, immersive, a bit about the curriculum)? And with some reordering of info it should be possible to get it to satisfy the FA criteria. Edwininlondon (talk) 10:04, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Interesting commentary, Edwininlondon! Thanks! I can tell you right now that Circus Juventas isn't an animal circus so I didn't even think to include the negative in the article body but I certainly will if I can find a source to that effect. I think breaking the last paragraph of the History section off into a Programs section and expanding it with a list of acts performed (and more about the extracurricular atmosphere) will be the best way to deal with your concerns and I'll try to get to this within a few days. I'll see what I can do. Thanks again, BobAmnertiopsis∴ChatMe! 20:33, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
Gendarmerie of Haiti
This article is about a collaborationist paramilitary police that existed in Haiti during the U.S. occupation in the early 20th century. It has recently been copyedited by the GoCE, has been promoted to GA status, is a former DYK article, is illustrated with three images, and has been rated as "high importance" by the Haiti WikiProject. LavaBaron (talk) 23:23, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- Captions that aren't complete sentences shouldn't end in periods
- File:Haitian_Gendarme.jpg: this was taken in 1920, but the current tag requires that it be published before 1923 - when/where was this first published? Nikkimaria (talk) 01:39, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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- These are now fixed, Nikkimaria. LavaBaron (talk) 09:34, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Comment: it seems a bit thin on detail, and I can't tell if it is comprehensive. The "History of the Gendarmerie D'haiti" reference was written by "Anonymous". Likewise, there is no author listed for "Military In Haitian History". Are these reliable sources? Can you clarify what is meant by "legation"? Is there any reason why this reference is not used? Praemonitus (talk) 15:38, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments
- This just went up on the FAC Urgents list. I'll be happy to do a prose review after an effort has been made to address Praemonitus's comments. - Dank (push to talk) 16:28, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Shahid Kapoor
Having successfully written the FA-class biographies of 4 leading actresses of Hindi cinema, this is my first attempt to write about an actor. I believe, as with the previous articles, this one meets the FA-criteria. But of course, constructive comments from established editors will only help improve the article, and I expect plenty of those. Cheers! Krimuk|90 (talk) 05:23, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
- Early life
- Do we know the name of the Russian magazine?
- "He subsequently appeared in other television commercials," -examples?
- "He subsequently appeared in other television commercials, and also featured in music videos for several performers, including the band Aryans and the singer Kumar Sanu.[10] Kapoor also" -rep of "also"
♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:40, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Early work
- "Writing for The Hindu, the critic Ziya Us Salam did not find him to be "hero material", writing" -rep of "writing"
- You've linked sleeper hit but didn't in the lede. I'd link in lede too.
- "Patcy N of Rediff.com praised his dancing skills but was wary of his imitation of Shah Rukh Khan's acting style: "He does it well in some scenes, overdoes it in others."" -the explanation and quote is a little redundant
- "In a review for the former, Namrata Joshi of Outlook termed Kapoor "colourless" and criticised his pairing with Rimi Sen" -means little if you don't explain what role/s he played and what the films were about
- Breakthrough
- "a whodunit " -a bit informal isn't it?
- " Kapoor played one of the seven suspects in the murder of an heiress, and in the Priyadarshan-directed Chup Chup Ke, he played " -rep of "played"
- "He also worked on creating a different physique for the two brothers, a process that took him a year to accomplish." -a bit vague, I gather one buff, the other a skinny weed? Some elaboration on weight loss/gain and the physiques might help.
- 2013
- "Kapoor suffered an accident during the filming of R... Rajkumar when a chemical spilled on his back and hands leading to burn injuries" - how does one "spill a chemical on back and hands"? Could use a better explanation
- Personal life
- "Kapoor practices vegetarianism, and credits the author Brian Hines' book Life is Fair for influencing this lifestyle choice.[95][96] He supports the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals organisation through advertisement campaigns.[97][98]" -this should be in a different paragraph, the last paragraph could use some splitting and a little revamping. There's a mish mash of material in there, unrelated content should be in a new paragraph
Overall it's a solid article, but I think the prose lacks a little flair. I know it's difficult for the contemporary Indian actors though.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:37, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Thanks for the review, Dr. Blofeld. All your comments have been addressed. Yeah, with the lack of literature available on contemporary actors, it's an uphill task to write about them. I guess we just have to make do with what is available. :) --Krimuk|90 (talk) 02:45, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
I'm leaning towards support anyway.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:57, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks Blofeld! Let me know if I can improve it some more. :) --Krimuk|90 (talk) 12:03, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
U.S. Route 16 in Michigan
- Nominator(s): Imzadi 1979 → 02:03, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
This article is about one of the more historical highways in Michigan, connecting its two largest cities until it was decommissioned as an active designation in the 1960s. In an earlier era, it was a footpath used by Native Americans before European settlement of the Great Lakes State, then it was a wagon trail called the Grand River Road. As is typical now for me, this is one of the best resources on the Internet available today on the history of US 16, and I feel it warrants nomination for FA status. Imzadi 1979 → 02:03, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- Noting that I intend to take a look at this one. I'm leaning support since I reviewed it at the ACR, but there have been some changes since then, so I want to do my due diligence. --Rschen7754 07:03, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm not convinced that source 28 isn't a SPS - could you elaborate? Otherwise, I didn't find any issues. --Rschen7754 18:06, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Rschen7754: I had tracked down Forsyth's source, so I can switch it out with a manuscript published by the East Lansing Public Library in 1933, eliminating that web-based source. Imzadi 1979 → 02:52, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm not convinced that source 28 isn't a SPS - could you elaborate? Otherwise, I didn't find any issues. --Rschen7754 18:06, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Support - I supported this article at ACR. I have looked over the changes that have been made since then and feel this article meets the FA criteria. Dough4872 02:31, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
- Support Beautiful article. Well researched and scrupulously documented An important part of highway and Michigan history. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:21, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- Support - the model WP article LavaBaron (talk) 23:24, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Support (having stumbled here from my FAC.
- Is Carferry really a term? Seems like that might need a link. You use it three times without explanation (although it's pretty obvious what it is).
- "With the coming of the Interstate Highway System, US 16 was shifted from the older roads to the newer freeways. " - was US 16 shifted because of the expected arrival of the interstate? Or was it because of the development of the interstate?
- You probably can't affect this, but could you put Grand Rapids in the map in the infobox?
- "The freeway was then designated Interstate 96 (I-96) east of Grand Rapids or I-196 west of that city." - why or and not and?
- was an Indian trail. This trail - given the redundancy here, could you merge the sentences? It makes for better flow.
- These two highways ran concurrently out of town to the south through Muskegon Heights to Norton Shores. Here - Is "here" appropriate for a wiki article? No one is actually "here" (unless they're reading the article at that intersection), so shouldn't it be "there"? Very semantic/pedantic, but I feel it's worth asking. Ditto later with "From here east".
- "The freeway intersected the contemporaneous routing of US 131 along the East Beltline and curved south through the eastern edge of Grand Rapids to meet the then-current end of I-96 east of downtown." - it's a bit confusing. I don't think you need to be so careful about the wording here. It's clear that US 16 was decommissioned, but the freeway still exists, right? In that case, I think you can get rid of "contemporaneous" and "then-current".
- "which carried US 16 east all the way to Downtown Detroit" - I think "continuously" would work better than "all the way"
- "Grand River Avenue ends at Cascade Road, but the historic routing carried it through Ada and Plainfield Township along the Grand River." - I don't think you should mention the historic route here. It just confused me as I was trying to follow the description. And you wouldn't need as much info here (which is detailed enough as it is).
- "Near Farmington, I-96 left what is now its current routing and continued to the southeast of the present-day I-96/I-275/I-696/M-5 interchange along the current M-5. Grand River Avenue through here was Business Loop I-96 (BL I-96)." - a little time travel wonkiness
- Is there an article for "Indian trail"? You mention it several times, but you never describe it. Was it an official designation? Was it just a nickname for a series of roads? Does the term "trail" mean something specific here? Like, I know there was the Oregon Trail that was a [[Westward Expansion Trails], as a wagon network, but what is it here?
- "Detroit created 120-foot (37 m) rights-of-way for the principal streets of the city, Grand River Avenue included, in 1805." - weird sentence structure here. I'd put "in 1805" first
- "and drivers charged between four and seven cents a mile (equivalent to $0.82–1.44/mi in 2013[19])" - 2016? Ditto - "with an appropriation of $25,000 (equivalent to $14.7 million in 2013[21])"
All in all it looks very good, just some minor comments here. I'll be happy to support with these fairly minor changes. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:02, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Hurricanehink: sorry for the delay in replying. All of the above copy edits have been applied. Regarding a few of your comments:
- Oddly, "car ferry" itself is a disambiguation page that says the North American usage applies only to train ferries, and points to Roll-on/roll-off for the automotive use case. The ferries on the Great Lakes did start out carrying train cars and branched out to automobiles. Later, they dropped train service.
- @Fredddie: about the map, unless I get around to playing with it myself. (It's an SVG, so it's highly editable.)
- Since US 131 followed a different routing through Grand Rapids at the time, I left in "contemporaneous" in that sentence.
- Sadly, we don't have an article on Indian trails, which were the footpaths used by the natives before Europeans arrived. I applied a few edits to hopefully clarify that.
- The inflation values are given to 2013 for a specific reason. The tolls are adjusted using the Consumer Price Index, which has a dataset up through 2015, but capital appropriations are adjusted using the Nominal Gross Domestic Product per capita index. The NGDPPC values use a data set only current through 2013 because that index takes longer to calculate for each year. (I traditionally remember to update the dataset on April 15, Tax Day, each year.) I set both template calls to adjust to the same year for consistency, and once the NGDPPC data is updated, both update in the article to 2014 values.
- Imzadi 1979 → 13:54, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Let me amend that last point slightly, the dataset can be updated this year to 2015 NGDPPC values soon. The government released figures on February 26, 2016, and will update them on March 25, 2016. That means the way that I coded the inflation templates, they'll both jump to 2015 when I remember to check the website again. Imzadi 1979 → 13:59, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for the quick replies, happy to support now! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:03, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Let me amend that last point slightly, the dataset can be updated this year to 2015 NGDPPC values soon. The government released figures on February 26, 2016, and will update them on March 25, 2016. That means the way that I coded the inflation templates, they'll both jump to 2015 when I remember to check the website again. Imzadi 1979 → 13:59, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Coordinator note - source and image review? --Laser brain (talk) 15:23, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Isidor Isaac Rabi
This article is about the Nobel Prize winning physicist who pioneered nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging. What more do you want, mermaids? Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:06, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments
- "the magnetic moment of several lithium isotopes with molecular beams, including LiCl, LiF and dilithium": Did you mean "compounds"? Or are you saying those compounds had different isotopes?
- Support on prose per standard disclaimer. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 02:49, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for that once again. I had no idea that "artefact" was spelt "artifact" in America. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:05, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Sure thing. Yeah, I'm always looking for common spellings when I can find them, but there isn't a lot of wiggle room (yet) with "artifact". - Dank (push to talk) 04:12, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for that once again. I had no idea that "artefact" was spelt "artifact" in America. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:05, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- File:Portrait_of_Albert_Einstein,_Niels_Bohr,_James_Franck_and_Rabi.jpg: "persistent URL" is dead, and is a more specific licensing tag available? Nikkimaria (talk) 16:20, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Support from Edwininlondon
Good to see a science bio here. I gave it a quick scan.
- "a solution whose magnetic susceptibility could be varied that was between two magnetic poles." Doesn't flow.
- "$1,500 ($20,434 in 2016 dollars)" conversion needs a reference
- "Rudolf Peierls and Hans Bethe were also working with Sommerfeld at the time, but the three Americans became especially close" works better if the nationalities of Peierls and Bethe are given as well
- "was born in September" - which year?
- "Rabi had discussions with Groves" - Groves needs a bit of context. Plus first name.
More later. Edwininlondon (talk) 19:35, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Source spotcheck
- 27a: could not find 1937 (a) on that page, or 1959 (b) but did see them both on http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1944/rabi-bio.html
- 29 ok
- 53 ok
- 57 not ok: redirected to home page
- 59 not fully ok: could not find anything about 'Special Lecturer'
- 69 ok
- 70 ok
- 75 ok
A few things in the infobox do not appear in body and remain unsourced:
- Martin L. Perl
- Elliott Cresson Medal (1942)
- Barnard Medal (1960)
Edwininlondon (talk) 20:36, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
- Fixed fn 27 as suggested. Fn 57 suffered from Link rot, so restored from backup via the Wayback machine. Deleted "special lecturer" from fn 59.
- Added information about Martin L. Perl and the Elliott Cresson and Barnard Medals. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:57, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Great article. Gets my support. Edwininlondon (talk) 14:08, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
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- In 1923 he met Helen Newmark, a summer-semester student at Hunter College. They began courting, and in order to be near her when she returned home, Rabi continued his studies at Columbia University, where his supervisor was Albert Wills. - the bolded bit is a bit clumsy as I had to read it a few times to 'get' the grammar - I'd change to, " In 1923 he met and began courting Helen Newmark, a summer-semester student at Hunter College. To be near her when she returned home, Rabi continued his studies at Columbia University, where his supervisor was Albert Wills." - or somesuch.
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- The crystals then had to be carefully prepared by skillfully cutting them into sections - Two adverbs redundant here - I'd change to, "The crystals then had to be prepared by carefully cutting them into sections"
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- need to link moment.
Ok, a tentative support on comprehensiveness and prose, though I am not familiar with the person or body of work, and physics does my head in :P This will be dependent on a good source review. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:57, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- On examining the cavity magnetron, Rabi pronounced that it was a simple design, that worked "just like a whistle". "Okay, Rabi," Edward Condon asked, "how does a whistle work?" Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:11, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Knight Lore
- Nominator(s): czar 17:03, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
The story of Knight Lore's legacy is one of anecdote after vivid anecdote of what it was like to experience the game for the first time. Retro Gamer described many future developers' first experiences with Knight Lore as "unforgettable", on par with playing Space Harrier (1985), Wolfenstein 3D (1992), and Super Mario 64 (1996) for the first time (if that helps with perspective, as it did for me). Knight Lore is a real curio for those unfamiliar with its impact—its (now old in video game terms) release was more or less confined to the ZX Spectrum console community in the UK—but the game's footprint remains indelible. Knight Lore popularized isomorphic 3D graphics, which eventually made their way abroad, and changed the face of the Speccy, though one could argue that its developer was doing that already. It is sufficient to say that Knight Lore changed many lives, future developers and regular consumers alike. Indeed, the developers later stated that they predicted this and held the game's release back for many months in anticipation of how its release would affect the market—which is itself a wild declaration.
This nomination is part of the Rare WikiProject's Rare Replay series, improving the articles for the 31 titles included in Rare's 2015 retrospective compilation. I rewrote Knight Lore from scratch using the best sources available on the subject, with special emphasis on the retrospective secondary sources. It went through a rigorous good article nomination (@Ritchie333) and peer review (@J Milburn) and I believe it meets all of the featured article criteria. (If you have thoughts on the Pac-Man masking illustration, please first see the bottom of the peer review and note that I would be totally open to a replacement if one were commissioned, though it should be okay as is.) My work on this article is dedicated to Domhnall O'Huigin, whose friendship introduced me to the Speccy during my active years at Quora (predating my time at Wikipedia). I think he would find this series of well-written ZX Spectrum articles to be a worthy memorial as they too attempt to do justice to great, unknown topics without losing their author's mien. czar 17:03, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Comment: I've just seen, while reviewing Hetty Reckless, that {{sfn}} supports italics; this means that for consistency's sake and for MOS reasons you should probably italicise the magazine names in the footnotes. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:57, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
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- @J Milburn, I've never done this before, personally, but it looks like it's the right thing to do, so done ✓ czar 19:45, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
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I'm going to have an initial read-through now. I'll list some minor points first:
That's all for now. I haven't gone through the sources yet, but when I do I'll post back some more comments. I feel that the gameplay section could be expanded somewhat, as it doesn't mention what type of enemies there are, what functions the items serve etc. I'll do some more checking when I get the time. I'm sorry if I went too deep, I'll offer whatever I can as this is a subject I have an interest in. JAGUAR 22:38, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
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Comments by David Fuchs
Some openers:
- File:Sprite rendering by binary image mask.png—do we have any indication that the graphics of Pacman presented are actually from a copyright-free version of the game? No information is presented on such matters.
- Refs look good; I am unable to access many of the sources, but from a spot-check of current refs 3, 18, 24, and 26 I saw no issues.
--Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 18:30, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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- @David Fuchs, the image was discussed at the bottom of File:Sprite rendering by binary image mask.png. I had contacted the author earlier but hadn't heard back. Seems that no one feels strongly about it. I'd prefer a fresh image, but my req went unanswered in the illustration lab. Would you want to take a go? (Also I'd be happy to provide any scans you need for verification.) czar 16:44, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- If you could chuck me a few I'd appreciate it, just so I can do a more thorough look. And I'll see about fulfilling the image request. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 12:16, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- @David Fuchs—sent the Retro Gamer articles. The rest are linked and openly accessible. Let me know what you think? czar 20:36, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
- Took a look through and cross-ref'd to the sources and didn't see any referencing issues on a second spot-check, so I'm satisfied there are unlikely to be problems in that retrospect. I'll see about starting on making a replacement image for the sprite masking tonight. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 16:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
- @David Fuchs, how's it looking? czar 15:33, 3 April 2016 (UTC) @David Fuchs czar 02:50, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
- Took a look through and cross-ref'd to the sources and didn't see any referencing issues on a second spot-check, so I'm satisfied there are unlikely to be problems in that retrospect. I'll see about starting on making a replacement image for the sprite masking tonight. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 16:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
- @David Fuchs—sent the Retro Gamer articles. The rest are linked and openly accessible. Let me know what you think? czar 20:36, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
- If you could chuck me a few I'd appreciate it, just so I can do a more thorough look. And I'll see about fulfilling the image request. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 12:16, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- @David Fuchs, the image was discussed at the bottom of File:Sprite rendering by binary image mask.png. I had contacted the author earlier but hadn't heard back. Seems that no one feels strongly about it. I'd prefer a fresh image, but my req went unanswered in the illustration lab. Would you want to take a go? (Also I'd be happy to provide any scans you need for verification.) czar 16:44, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Moisejp
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Reception:
Legacy:
More comments to follow. Moisejp (talk) 04:54, 22 March 2016 (UTC) I'll try to finish off this review in the next few days if possible. More comments:
Development:
Reception:
Legacy:
I think that is all of my comments. Moisejp (talk) 06:36, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Czar, I don't really understand how you can say "lesser quality" is a fact rather than opinion. Couldn't there conceivably be some people out there who liked Ultimate's last two games best of all? Moisejp (talk) 02:31, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
I'm very close to supporting, just noting a few other little things in my re-read-through just now.
Legacy:
Since David Fuchs has already done a check of the sources, these are all of my comments. Thanks. Moisejp (talk) 05:33, 5 April 2016 (UTC) Hi @Czar: I finished my comments a while back but didn't ping you at the time. I wasn't sure if you were waiting for my ping and didn't see these. In any case, they are done whenever you have time to look at them. :-) Cheers, Moisejp (talk) 22:30, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
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- @Czar: OK, all of my concerns are addressed, and I support. One very minor thing, for the Atari wiki-link, I was expecting a link to a specific model of Atari, like Atari 2600 (if that's the correct model)—just like Commodore 64 is a specific model of Commodore. Moisejp (talk) 23:11, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
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The Good Terrorist
This is this article's second FAC, the first having only received an image review (thanks Nikkimaria).
This article is about Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing's 1985 political novel concerning a naïve woman who moves in with a group of radicals in London, and is drawn into their terrorist activities. Currently a GA, it has been peer reviewed and improved on since then. I believe it should be featured as it meets the FA criteria, but I'm open to any comments/suggestions. —Bruce1eetalk 11:13, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
- Comments by Tbhotch
- "by Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing" -> "by Doris Lessing". Adding awards to qualify people is not OK.
- "Lessing was inspired to write the book" -> "Lessing was inspired to write The Good Terrorist".
- "by the 1983 Harrods bombing in London by the IRA" -> Needs a re-write. Also "IRA" -> "Irish Republican Army (IRA)"
- "Several commentators have labelled The Good Terrorist a satire" -> "Several commentators have labelled The Good Terrorist as a satire"
- "Several commentators", "One critic", "Some critics", *"Some reviewers", etc. -> [who?]
- "The Good Terrorist divided critics." -> Too short. Also, [by whom?]
- "and described the characters as too "trivial or..." -> when you don't quote the "too" to describe something, you are the one that's adding a point of view.
- I'm not going to continue with it (for now). I suggest copy-editing it first, and once it has been CEd you can contact me. © Tbhotch™ (en-2.5). 22:14, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- Plot summary
"The Good Terrorist is written in the third person from the point of view of Alice" -> shouldn't it be "The Good Terrorist is written in third person from the point of view of Alice" or "The Good Terrorist is written in the third person point of view of Alice"?The paragraph "The abandoned house..." is too short."she can't" -> " she cannot
- Background
"By 1964 Lessing" -> By 1964, Lessing"[T]he media reported..." -> who said the quote."She said she also knew who Alice's "boyfriend", Jasper, would be" -> Reword it
- Genre
The Good Terrorist has been labelled a "political novel" -> by... whom"William H. Pritchard took a harder line and questioned Alison Lurie's decision" -> Why don't you expand further Lurie's decision. Also, "harder line" sounds like a POV.The Secret Agent -> The Secret Agent (1907)"alluding to Carroll's Alice" -> Link Alice"Virginia Scott called..." paragraph is too short.
- Themes
"The American novelist Judith Freeman" is too short.
- Critical analysis
"Several critics have called the novel's title an oxymoron." -> "Several critics have called The Good Terrorist's title an oxymoron."
- Honours and awards
Too short, I suggest a merge with reception."Following Lessing's death in 2013," is also short.
- Publication history
- General
"Harrods department store, the 1983 bombing of which inspired Lessing to write The Good Terrorist" needs a better caption
Thanks for your comments. I've started working through them, but I'll continue tomorrow. —Bruce1eetalk 13:50, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments. As always, feel free to revert my copyediting. - Dank (push to talk)
- "feckless", etc.: See WP:INTEXT: quoted material needs to be attributed in the text. It's especially important to attribute in a plot summary, otherwise the readers won't know if you're quoting Lessing or some reviewer.
- There are too many quotations for some reviewers' taste, but I'm not going to make a call on this.
- Support on prose per standard disclaimer. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 02:12, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Nights into Dreams...
Nights into Dreams... was at the time widely considered as one of the greatest video games of all time, as well as the de facto best Sega Saturn game (and judging from its not so competitve library, critics are inclined to agree). I worked very hard throughout November and December to bring this to GA, and I managed to achieve that before the new year. I believe that this complies per the FA criteria, and I think that it's ready to face a FAC. I made use of some print sources in this article since it is a 1996 game, so there are a few harvrefs in there. Online sources were quite hard to find, but I think it's comprehensive enough. JAGUAR 23:24, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
- Comment: The development section is not comprehensive, so the article is not quite FA material yet. This article at Shmuplations should help rectify the situation. Indrian (talk) 07:22, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments from Hahnchen
- Oppose - Also unconvinced by its comprehensiveness. Not all comments below are oppose worthy.
- No Japanese reception. This is important, Japan was by far the largest market for the Saturn.
- There's a fairly extensive "Making Of..." article in Retro Gamer, which you can email me for, while it covers similar ground to the references already used, but there may be something you missed.
- The Hobby Consolas reference is a copyvio. Hobby Consolas itself is a valid source, if you need to link it to a version, see if you can find it at the Internet Archive.
- I found the actual scan and replaced the url in the ref with it. Trouble is that it's in Spanish. If future reviewers want to do checking then I'll give out the copyvio English link. JAGUAR 16:16, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
- Same for Mean Machines.
- Incomplete sales data - merely one mention in a table of questionable reliability. It's also confusing as to whether Nights was the "top-selling game for the Sega Saturn" worldwide or just Japan. The source strongly suggests the latter but could be misread.
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- Unreferenced release dates for the original game, and no information on its release, such as the $10M advertising campaign in the US.[4]
- Coming Soon has no relation to Crave Online, it is not the same as http://comingsoon.net I'm unconvinced it's a reliable source. There are better sources available such as Next Generation and GameFan.
- "A reviewer of publication...", suggests that someone is reviewing the publication, not the game. The Game Revolution reviewer is Colin Ferris; for Mean Machines, it is Gus and Dan. Edge doesn't do bylines for its reviews, it's a collective, so just state Edge.
- Consider your quotes. Single word quotes are frequently read as ironic, you don't even need quote marks for single words.
- Cut down on most JAGUAR 16:52, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
- hahnchen 11:55, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for your comments Hahnchen, I've emailed you and asked for the article, that would be great if I could get that. I've been busy in RL lately, so I should start addressing these in a day or two. I agree with you regarding the Japanese section, but my only concern is that the only Japanese reviews of the game are going to be scans, and I'll have no way of translating them. That is, if I can locate such Japanese reviews. I'm writing up a sandbox draft of the development section from the Shmuplations source at the moment. I'll go over this properly tomorrow. I might be able to sort out the development section when this FAC is still active. JAGUAR 20:47, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
@Hahnchen: I've come back to this review with a fresh mind, what do you think of the development section now? I've expanded it using both the Retro Gamer source you sent me and the Shmuplations interview. I'll take another look at the $10M advertising campaign tomorrow, but for now the minor stuff seem to be addressed. JAGUAR 19:57, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments from EditorE
Very weak oppose for now. The article is well-written and interesting to read, but there's some major elements about the game, mainly information and opinions in Japanese reviews and articles, not included in the article that's keeping it from FA status. However, that may be due to the fact that reviews only in Japanese print magazines are hard as hell to find or cite properly, so I'd say give the nominator a few more days to look for sources and improve it so I may or may not reconsider my final opinion. editorEهեইдအ😎 20:33, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I'll do a serious search tomorrow, but from what I've found since November haven't been promising. Japanese scans from 1996 are indeed hard as hell to find, and impossible to read if you don't understand the language. But I do acknowledge that more Japanese reviews are needed for this, although I'm worried because I don't know where to start, and how to translate if I ever find them. JAGUAR 20:00, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Hate to disappoint, but the only Japanese scans I found were, well, scans which couldn't be translated! Even then, they looked like snippets which couldn't compete with any English sources. JAGUAR 20:21, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
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- EditorE what do you think I should do? It's been a while and I regret to inform that I've found absolutely zilch. JAGUAR 13:34, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Hmm, actually maybe this is could be passed. I was judging the article's comprehensiveness from the comments that came before mine in this debate. I think this is can pass now if you can't find anything else, so Support editorEهեইдအ😎 15:06, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments from Rhain
As I've come to expect from Jaguar, this is a well-written and interesting article. I've noticed a few things, and I'll try to be as nit-picky as possible:
- Gameplay
- I feel as though the Gameplay section should begin with "Nights into Dreams... is split...", instead of "The game is split...". This is a minor thing, but it makes sense to re-introduce the name of the game outside the lead.
- What is an "Ideya"? Some clarification would be nice here.
- "awaken" might work better than "wake up" (second paragraph), although I'm apathetic.
- What/Who is "Nights"?
- I find it strange that the ranking system ("between A and F") is introduced three paragraphs after "a "C" grade" is mentioned. I personally would have grouped the information together, to avoid any confusion, but this is pretty minor. Only change if you agree; I don't mind otherwise.
- Since "A-Life" is one paragraph, I recommend removing the header (perhaps {{anchor}} instead?) and merging it with the rest of Gameplay. Just a personal preference, though.
- Plot
- I see that "Ideya" and "Nights" are clarified in this section. Perhaps it would be better to move Plot above Gameplay, to avoid this confusion.
- Development
- Might be worth mentioning when Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was released.
- Link Takashi Iizuka.
- "due to there being no other games to use for reference" is a little awkward. Perhaps something like "due to the lack of games to use as reference" would fit better.
- It might be a good idea to clarify what Christmas Nights is, since it hasn't yet been used outside the lead. Otherwise, the information about the game could be moved to the appropriate section instead.
- Ports
- Christmas Nights still hasn't been properly introduced yet. Perhaps this is just a minor thing, since it seems to be personal preference.
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- I've elaborated it as an add-on in development, so I think that should be enough to let the new reader know what it is before they move to the Christmas Nights section. I'm trying to put myself in the position of a new reader, but I if need be I could move the "Ports" section after "Related games". JAGUAR 19:53, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- Related games
- "due to the their dreams"—"the" seems to be a typo.
- "according to what hour it is" (third paragraph) also feels slightly awkward. Perhaps "according to the hour".
- "Sonic may only go through the stage"—perhaps something like "Sonic may only play through the stage" would work better.
- "defeat the boss - an inflatable Dr. Robotnik"—the hyphen should either be changed to a colon, a comma, or ndash.
- There's no need to link Takashi Iizuka again, nor restate his role, since this is already established in the Development section.
- Similarly, Iizuka only needs to be referred to by his surname in the last paragraph.
- Reception
- "while comparing its smooth animation as fluid as water" (third paragraph) is confusing to me. Perhaps this should be a quote, but I think some rewording here would certainly be beneficial.
- "Coming Soon" should be changed to "Coming Soon Magazine" to fit with the table (or vice versa).
- I recommend restating that Buchanan is writing for IGN; I got momentarily lost when I was reading it. I'm sure an extra word or two wouldn't hurt.
- Same goes for Claude, of Coming Soon Magazine.
- References
- There's some inconsistencies here, but overall it's much better than what I've seen in the past.
- Some of the websites seem to have their publishers listed (e.g. "1UP. IGN", and "Gamasutra. UBM Tech"). This is perfectly fine, but then I see other references that don't use it, like IGN (which would be Ziff Davis) and Eurogamer (Gamer Network). Is there a specific reason for this?
- Interesting that the websites and publishers haven't been linked. There's nothing wrong with it, but if seeking consistency, Sega should not be linked in refs 32—34, and Future plc should not be linked in the Bibliography.
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This is all I could see right now, and most of them are fairly minor. Once these are fixed, this article will be one step closer to reaching FA. – Rhain ☔ 11:09, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for the review, Rhain! I've tried to address all of your comments, they've been very helpful. Sorry for the delay in getting to this, unfortunately my internet has been down for a few days so this was the earliest chance I could get to doing this. I've still got to find some Japanese reviews, but that's going to be an issue in itself! JAGUAR 19:53, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Thanks for making those changes. A few more things:
- Since the third paragraph of the Sequel section is only one paragraph, it might be worth merging with the first paragraph. If you believe otherwise, I'm happy the way it is.
- There's still some issues with referencing, particularly with consistency. I see that IGN is linked upon every usage, but its publisher (Ziff Davis) is not. The same goes for the other references; for example, Eurogamer could be linked in ref #7, Gamasutra and UBM Tech in ref #8, GamesRadar in ref #10, and so on. There are also a lot of publishers missing, such as Future plc in ref #10 and #16, Ziff Davis is #46, Enterbrain in ref #47. I wouldn't have an issue if all web publishers were removed and only the website names were used, but it needs to be consistent either way.
- While I'm here, I might as well do an image review:
- File:NightsIntoDreamsBox.jpg is cover art with good rationale. That's good.
- File:NiGHTs into Dreams, Saturn version, Spring Valley.jpg is a game screenshot with decent rationale; it could definitely be improved. It's a little confusing to actually work out what's going on in the picture, but I suppose that's just 1996 graphics. Also, the image should be re-sized, as it is currently too large.
- File:Sega-Saturn-3D-Controller.jpg is a free image, with a proper rationale and relevant caption.
- File:Christmas Nights gameplay.jpg is a game screenshot with a proper rationale, and a caption that justifies its usage in the article. Personally, I prefer to omit captions such as "An image of..." and just cut to the chase, but that's not a problem here.
- That's it for now. The article is looking good. – Rhain ☔ 00:44, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for making those changes. A few more things:
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- I meant the latter; merging the third paragraph into the first cleans up the one-sentence-paragraph issue, and it still flows quite well as it's all discussing a potential sequel. Up to you though. As for the references: they were looking pretty good, but I went through and made some changes to whatever I could find. I'm not sure if this is a prerequisite for FA, but I think it would be a good idea to archive all of the websites (I personally use WebCite, although the Internet Archive is great). There's also a few issues with links that could be fixed; they can be seen here. Nothing major, but they should probably be looked into if this is going to be a featured article. – Rhain ☔ 23:44, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks again Rhain! I'll archive all the sources once I get my router working tomorrow (using tethered data at the moment, and I have to watch my limit otherwise it's going to be a costly bill). I linked all of the publishers and corrected some, such as moving 1UP to the website and adding Ziff Davis as the publisher etc. I hope I didn't miss anything else in that regards. Thanks for the fixes! JAGUAR 20:23, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
- Rhain, sorry for leaving this late, I've been distracted lately but with a new support to this FAC, I've gained some confidence. I've shrunk the first image as you suggested, and improved its rationale. I've also changed the caption to the Christmas Nights image. I hope that's everything now, please do let me know if there's anything else you would like me to change. JAGUAR 21:24, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Jaguar: Not a problem. I've taken another look at the article, and I approve of all your changes. I recommend archiving all online sources, especially with so many websites shutting down lately, but I won't let this hold anything up. I'm happy to support this candidacy. Well done! – Rhain ☔ 07:43, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
- Rhain, sorry for leaving this late, I've been distracted lately but with a new support to this FAC, I've gained some confidence. I've shrunk the first image as you suggested, and improved its rationale. I've also changed the caption to the Christmas Nights image. I hope that's everything now, please do let me know if there's anything else you would like me to change. JAGUAR 21:24, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks again Rhain! I'll archive all the sources once I get my router working tomorrow (using tethered data at the moment, and I have to watch my limit otherwise it's going to be a costly bill). I linked all of the publishers and corrected some, such as moving 1UP to the website and adding Ziff Davis as the publisher etc. I hope I didn't miss anything else in that regards. Thanks for the fixes! JAGUAR 20:23, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
- I meant the latter; merging the third paragraph into the first cleans up the one-sentence-paragraph issue, and it still flows quite well as it's all discussing a potential sequel. Up to you though. As for the references: they were looking pretty good, but I went through and made some changes to whatever I could find. I'm not sure if this is a prerequisite for FA, but I think it would be a good idea to archive all of the websites (I personally use WebCite, although the Internet Archive is great). There's also a few issues with links that could be fixed; they can be seen here. Nothing major, but they should probably be looked into if this is going to be a featured article. – Rhain ☔ 23:44, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
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Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin
Widely influential 1430s painting by Rogier van der Weyden, which is heavily indebted to, but maybe surpasses (as was the aim), Jan van Eyck's Madonna of Chancellor Rolin. Had the pleasure of seeing this large and major work at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2014, and it made a significant impact, especially the figures in the midground. Victoria is on an extended break, but has given the go-ahead for this nom in her absence. Ceoil (talk) 18:06, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
Comment: I enjoy these articles, when I get a chance to read them. I can't comment on the substance, but I can make suggestions for improving the prose. Thus far I've covered the lead and first two main sections:
- Lead
- "fifteenth-century" needs hyphen when in adjectival form
- "significant changes" → "significant differences"
- US spelling "center"?
- "self-portrait" requires a hyphen
- The words "so as" could be replaced by a simple comma
- "to between": you could drop the "to"
- Commission
- I suggest a slight tweak in the first sentence, to: "Luke the Evangelist was thought to have been a portraitist, and according to legend widely disseminated in western Europe by the 10th century, painted the first portrait of the Virgin and Child". The shifting of the word "and" in this way makes much better sense.
- "numerous miracles were attributed" – no need for quotes, it's a plain statement
- For clarity I would add "of this work" after "The original..."
- Comma required after "St Luke's skill"
- "where he is buried" – I would name "he" to avoid possible ambiguity
- Had you considered swapping the placings of the two paragraphs? The shorter one leads on more naturally from the section title.
- After van Eyck
- (second para) needs to begin "In the Van der Weyden the positioning..." and I would say of the "main figures", since you've just been talking about the subsidiary bridge figures. Also, "compared to" could be simply "from"
- Very small point: you need to consistent about describing centuries, either numerically (e.g. "15th-century") or in prose form ("fifteenth-century"). At present both forms are used.
- Third paragraph needs attention. The grammar is amiss: "Compared to the van Eyck, the approach is warmer and according to Smith, van der Weyden displays his ability, and that..." etc. I am puzzled by the quotation that follows: ""the viewer is invited to compare the drawing, which will be the model for the ultimate picture, with the "flesh and blood" head of the Virgin". As a viewer, I am quite uncertain of what I am being invited to do.
I hope these comments are helpful - will return when I can. Brianboulton (talk) 20:06, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, and yes, very helpful. All addressed now, I think. Ceoil (talk) 09:07, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- Fine. As Johnbod is engaged in a knowledgeable content review, I will wait for him to finish before resuming my nitpicks. Brianboulton (talk) 17:52, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, that's better. The article is (slowly) shifting emphasis post Johnbod cmts. Ceoil (talk) 13:17, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- As Johnbod hasn't been active here for a while, I'll complete my prose review meantime. Will get to it Friday or Saturday.Brianboulton (talk) 00:41, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, that's better. The article is (slowly) shifting emphasis post Johnbod cmts. Ceoil (talk) 13:17, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Fine. As Johnbod is engaged in a knowledgeable content review, I will wait for him to finish before resuming my nitpicks. Brianboulton (talk) 17:52, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Here is a further batch of comments, again mainly prose and presentation:
- Description - prelude
- You mention several features that I was unable to locate, in particular the ink bottle, the speech scroll, the ox and the table. Could you add a phrase indicating where these are to be found in the painting? Probably it's made clear later on, but a hint at this point might be helpful.
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- Mentioned that they are in St Luke's study to his right, (which is dark and difficult to see, unless standing in front of the painting). Victoria (tk) 16:18, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I don't think things are sufficiently clear as the prose stands. The sentence "Compared to contemporary paintings of this type, the work is unusually free of inscriptions; they appear only in Luke's study to his right, on the book, an ink bottle and a scroll emanating from the ox's mouth" is likely to puzzle readers with no knowledge of the painting. I suggest something like: ""Compared to contemporary paintings of this type, the work is unusually free of inscriptions; they appear only on items in Luke's study, dimly perceived on his right: on a book, on an ink bottle, and on a scroll emanating from the mouth of an ox", perhaps also mentioning here why such an unusual item as an ox would be found in the study (later you say the ox is one of Luke's "attributes", but that's not much help to our dear "general reader". Brianboulton (talk) 19:40, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Thanks, Brian. I took your suggested wording. I've only recently discovered we have articles about saints' attributes, i.e, Saint Catherine's wheel. The ox is now linked. Will that work, or should we mention earlier that it's his attribute? Victoria (tk) 22:07, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Foreground
- Mary appears to sit "under" rather than "before" the canopy
- You first describe Mary's dress as "purplish red-embroidered", but a line later you say it is "composed of a variety of blues overlaid with lead white and deep blue lapis lazuli highlights". I certainly see it as predominantly blue and can't reconcile the "purplish red-embroidered" description. Is it that the colours have become distorted in this image of the painting?
- The phrasing "more so when you consider" is non-neutral and personal, and should either be reworded or tied to a specific source, e.g. "more so, X says, when you consider..."
- "Luke is beardless and relatively youthful", followed quickly by "he is middle-aged with light stubble and greying hair" – hardly attributes of even "relative" youth. Even these days, you wouldn't descibe mid-forties as youthful; I'd be inclined to omit the words "relatively youthful"
- "his usual attributes" suggests something generally known. I think I would say his "specific" attributes. I still find my eyes searching for a sleeping ox.
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- See my earlier comments on the ox. Brianboulton (talk) 19:40, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- "Mary's head was tilted to the right, but ends up upright" – in the main image and in the detail, her head is distinctly tilted to the right.
- The last two sentences of the section don't seem to relate to the foreground. Should they be elsewhere?
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- That entire paragraph is about the underdrawing and bits and pieces that either didn't make it to the final cut, as it were, or were changed. I've moved the para to be a standalone piece, but to do so had to lose the subheadings and fiddle with image formatting. I'm not sure which is best: two slightly unconnected sentences, or a paragraph completely devoted to underdrawings and but no subheadings? Victoria (tk) 21:04, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- Midground and landscape
- "three arches": I thought that arches were by definition curved; these three openings are flat-topped (the van Eyck panel shows obvious arches)
- "The figures closely resemble two similar figures in the van Eyck panel" - its more the positionings that are similar; the actual figures are not similar in appearance.
- Do we need the subsequent anaysis of the figures in the van Eyck panel? The text between "A red headdress..." and "died around 1426" seems unnecessary in this article.
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- Yes, I think to it's important to mention that Hubert van Eyck, who died in 1426 after starting the Ghent Altarpiece, is probably memorialized in van Eyck's painting, and van der Weyden used similar figures/positionings. I've restored the 1426 date, but it's ok if Ceoil disagrees and removes, or if you think it's too much detail. Victoria (tk) 16:30, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- "the man in the turban" – why not just "the man"?
- "in comparison opposed to" → "unlike"
- Self-portrait
- "Van der Weyden appears to be in his mid-30s, intelligent and handsome, but weather-worn" - if this is describing the St Luke image, it doesn't really tally with the earlier description of Luke as "early 40s...middle-aged with light stubble and greying hair".
- "as the embodiment Luke" → "as the embodiment of Luke"
- "describes the panel in terms of" → "describes the panel as"?
I hope these are helpful. I will get to finish tomorrow. Brianboulton (talk)
- Have met most of those very helpful suggestions, with a few o/s. Thank you for looking so closely. Ceoil (talk) 03:05, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
These are my final comments. I'm leaning to support, but in view of my subject ignorance I'd like to see Johnbod's finished review first.
- Iconography
- "no one" is not hyphenated
- How does "the implication being that she cares for all and no-one will go hungry" tie in with Lukes dual role? As healer, yes; as artist...?
- "shroud of the church"? I'm not familiar with this concept; is it something like the veil of the tabernacle that separated the Holy of Holies from the rest of the Holy Place?
- "The arms of her throne..." Perhaps say something here about Mary's positioning in relatation to the throne. She appears to be seated on its step. (I see that you do this in the final sentences of the section; perhaps this information should be moved up?)
- The locations of the "figures illusionistically painted as if they were carved into the wood" are by no means clear to the viewer.
- "In the rear, the loggia faces towards an enclosed garden, another emblem of the Virgin's chastity" Uncited statement
- "The panel is among the first known..." → "The Van der Weyden panel is among the first known..."
- "A representation of Adam and Eve is carved on the arm-rest of the Virgin's seat". Earlier we read that these figures were "painted as if they were carved".
- Attribution and dating
- "the Boston panel is an original" – Shouldn't this be the original?
- "earliest pieces of timber" – "oldest"?
- The Hermitage version doesn't get a mention when you are comparing the ages of the four panels.
- Provenance and conservation
- Tense conflict: "...describe the panel in detail, attributed it to Lucas van Leyden, and suggest..."
- "after their purchase" → "after his purchase" (higginson was the purchaser)
- Second para. I'd delete the words "both" and "remaining" from the first line.
- Influence
- "If it was in the Guild of Saint Luke's chapel in Brussels..." Shouldn't this possibility be mentioned in the provenance discussion?
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- It's now in the "Commission" section. We usually use this section only for the known provenance. The section does include Durer's diary entry, but he neglected to mention where he saw the painting, so scholars don't know much about its whereabout until the point where documentation exists. Victoria (tk) 19:06, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- The very long sentence beginning "Also influential was..." needs attention. It's too long, too much information for a single sentence, and it goes wrong in the middle: "whose image appears in the same panel hers"
- I think you should clarify that the "Master of the Legend of St. Ursula" is a painter – it's not obvious to non-art historians. Something like "The unidentified painter known as..."
- "Van der Goes's is the earliest extant autographed copy..." - "copy" is surely not the right term. There is clear influence, but it's a different depiction entirely.
- There may be a bit too much text on the Van der Goes comparison
Overall, good work and highly informative. Brianboulton (talk) 00:11, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Brian, I got some of these that were outstanding, and have commented on a few above. Thanks for your review. Victoria (tk) 16:30, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Support: I've just been through again - left the odd comment for further consideration, and done a couple of minor copyedits. I'm not sure whether Johnbod is through yet, but I feel sufficiently confident to register my support, assuming that if there were any significant blunders in the text, the experts would have identified them before now. Well done, the team. Brianboulton (talk) 19:40, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments (Johnbod)
- I've removed that he was painting an "apparition" in the lead. He was believed to have painted a portrait from the life, as is said later. Obviously, that such a portrait should contain the Christ Child as well is illogical, but I don't think would have bothered people in the Middle Ages much.
- "During the Early Renaissance, images of the Virgin and Child were more commonly found in Northern than Italian art..." unrefed & dubious, I'd say. They are extremely common in both.
- "faithful reproductions of images of this type..." - but are they faithful? Not by Byzantine standards, for sure. See Cambrai Madonna etc.
- We're using US English, no? Some changes made.
- "Van der Weyden switches the color of their costumes; Luke is dressed in red or scarlet, Mary in warm blues. " ie, as usual. Red-clothed Madonnas were something of a personal eccentricity of van Eyck, no?
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- Yes and looking through the sources on the van Eyck to maybe expand slightly on this. Ceoil (talk) 09:37, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
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- It seems the choice was related to the price of different pigments; ultramarine was favoured by the Italians as it was very expensive there, so worthy of a major saint. For the Northerners carmine was the most rare and costly pigment. Not sure yet on the market forces at work here (accessibility and import costs), or how to weave this in, but it's certainly interesting and I think once fleshed out might be one for the ENA article. Ceoil (talk) 18:48, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I've qualified in a simplistic fashion so as to avoid a treatise about JvE's penchant for dressing the Virgin in red. We could do that if necessary but it will require some reading (probably Pacht) and take a bit of time. This fix might work - can be undone if not. Victoria (tk) 16:30, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- "The earliest growth ring has been dated to around 1410, which gives credence to the estimated execution completion date of c 1435". Seems odd. You date a series of rings by their relative sizes. If the earliest is 1410 only outer sections must be represented, which should perhaps be said. What is the latest? You'd think that more relevant. Or is earliest just a typo?
- "The scene is set within an architectural space that may be a castle porch.[1] The room has a barrel vault ceiling, inlaid tiled flooring, and stained glass windows. The outer wall, or loggia, sits on a bridge over a river or harbour bay." Hmm. The loggia is the room itself, open to the elements on one side. Then there is a short drop to a patch of rather weedy lawn, apparently surrounded by a raised walkway, seen on the far side. By the Virgin's arm you can see this turning a corner, so I don't see how the loggia opens onto a bridge, even though the river seems to lead from directly underneath. If on a harbour it would be an inlet rather than a "bay". Of course the room repeats the van Eyck, and seems very much a private space, with a small study opening off. Are the tiles "inlaid"? They look plain single-colour ones laid in patterns. "Crenellated" (redirects to Battlement) is a more precise term for what the far wall is, and avoids have to guess its exact function more closely.
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- Made first pass at clarifying. Ceoil (talk) 09:37, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- Made a second pass. This is hard. Powell says a castle balcony, Nash (I don't have that source) says loggia - so I've tried to combine the two. To digress slightly: I've seen the painting and never had a sense that the space was at a height on a castle, as the sources describe, but rather that it's an open space with a bit grass/weeds outside, then a bridge overlooking a river. But that's just one viewer's opinion, so I've tried to balance a little. Not finding much about the the patch of grass in the sources, fwiw. Victoria (tk) 16:30, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- It is after all a fictive space and, like many of van Eyck's, throws up more puzzles the more you think about it. A comprehensive analysis as though it was a real place is probably inappropriate, so I suppose I'm pushing for more vagueness, or giving the dots but not trying to join them up. Great to see you back! Johnbod (talk) 03:08, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- Very good point re fictive space - I've tweaked it a bit today, trying vague-ify (so to speak), but would like to take some time coming back up to speed with the sources and might take another pass there. Thanks re being back. A bit slow at the moment. Victoria (tk) 22:07, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- ^ Powell (2006), 720
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- Continuing (sorry for the delay) - "Mary is presented as the Theotokos, that is as the "God-bearer", or "the one who gives birth to God", a concept largely borrowed from Eastern Orthodox thought, largely received in northern European art through the veneration of Byzantine Icons." - I'd cut "Theotokos" and the middle bit - the Catholic theology is exactly the same, and goes back well before the schism. It is the iconography or forms of the images that are originally largely taken from Byzantine icons, though there was well over a century of Western development of them by van der Weyden's day, at least in Italy, not to mention the sculptures the Greeks didn't have. I'm not sure the whole sentence adds much. I don't think the "Maria Lactans" was in fact popular with the Byzantines.
- "The panel is among the first known depictions of St Luke in Renaissance art" - better remind people he was not an Apostle, though it still seems odd. Weren't there sets of the Four Evangelists? Are we sure we don't mean "St Luke painting"? or "Northern Renaissance"?
- "Art historians gradually revised their dating from 1450 to the currently accepted 1435–40" (agrees with lead & infobox) and "The panel is usually thought to have been completed around 1435". Better synchronise. Then "Held argues for a date between 1440 and 1443", but that was in 1955, which should be added.
- "The MFA undertook a third restoration in 1943, when some yellowing of the glaze was repaired, and there may have been some concern over the reversibility of some of the conversation decisions taken by Ruhemann, however this restoration was not well documentated and there are doubts as to its motive and validility." All a bit cryptic; which "restoration was not well documentated"?
- More touches edited. I haven't looked at the earlier sections again yet. Johnbod (talk) 03:53, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Ok, have these; mostly by trimming down the claims. Ceoil (talk) 16:26, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Johnbod, I think we have all of these. I've tried going through the edit history to follow events since the FAC started, but it might be easier if you can point out what's missing. If you're around today, I have a bit of time to give to it - otherwise probably won't get back until later in the week or even next Sunday. Thanks, Victoria (tk) 15:08, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks. Last run through:
- "Van der Weyden closely follows van Eyck's c. 1435 Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, though there are significant differences. The landscape is less detailed and contains fewer human figures. While van Eyck's landscape is left open, van der Weyden's is enclosed,[9] and is set at a considerably higher distance and altitude." A bit odd. Both are really pretty similar, leading to a horizon of distant mountains. But vdW's mid-distance is closed in by walls, certainly. It is JvE who shows the higher viewpoint, surely, and vdW who shows more figures? The phrasing suggests the opposite.
- "Luke hovers before her; he is either rising from a kneeling position or about to genuflect." Is this covered by the next ref? He does rather give this impression, but since his silverpoint is poised and he is studying his subject closely, I suspect that less-than-perfect drawing has more to do with this impression, and he is meant to be at rest. "Luke hovers before her" is I think a good deal too strong; surely gravity is not supposed to have been suspended? I'd at least soften to "gives the impression of" or something.
- "His thoughts on the value and role of the artist or craftsman within a wider social sphere must have been largely self-initiated," - seems dubious to me. He lived in one of the largest concentrations of artists in the world, but died before such "thoughts" began to be recorded in print, or even ms.. For all we know there was lively and sophisticated debate in the guild etc, which indeed the surviving paintings suggest, as does the next para in the article. I find myself often doubting Ms Apostolos-Cappadona's points.
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- They are difficult to parse. I've rewritten but welcome your input there. I get a little lost when trying to write about the female mystics, and suspect what happened there was to try to avoid. I think those points are important, but needed to lean on direct quotes a little more than I'd like. Victoria (tk) 17:09, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- "By placing her underneath a canopy the artist probably implies the shroud of the church, the physical separation of the celebrant from the congregation, and the manner in which a church altar was often bordered by a screen." (ref to Apostolos-Cappadona again). Yes, perhaps, but this was also extremely common, if not standard, in depictions where she is seated and more simply relates to her role as Queen of Heaven etc etc. The Duke of Burgundy, when formally seated, normally has a cloth of honour, so naturally the Queen of Heaven too.
- "The animal may represent one of the apocalyptic beasts from the Book of Revelation" - on the ox. We've already made the obvious point that it is Luke's attribute (a "good" ox). It seems odd now to throw in the surely rather wacky thought that it might be one of the (rather bad) Revelations beasts.
- "The idea of St Luke painting the Virgin originates from a 3rd-century Marian icon." Really? No such object survives, sadly. Isn't this initially a purely literary tradition, with sharply "back-dated" relics coming later.
- "Though Mary is placed by a throne and under a damask canopy, indicating her role as Queen of Heaven, she does not sit on the bench but rather on its step, an indication of her humility.[24][52]" - it was brocade earlier, can it be both that and damask? This bit should be integrated with earlier passages I think.
- "In the early 1930s, based on x-radiographs, art historians Alan Burroughs attributed .." one or many?
- Ok, that's it. I've made some changes directly - please let me know if you disagree. All earlier points now settled. Johnbod (talk) 16:44, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- PS; sorry, one comment I think was lost to edit conflicts "The immediate midground contains a garden with plants set in vertically aligned tiers.[9] Art historian Jeffrey Chipps Smith notes how the transition between the grounds establishes a "complex spatial space in which [van der Weyden] achieved an almost seamless movement from the elaborate architecture of the main room to the garden and parapet of the middle ground to the urban and rural landscape behind".[23]". I'm dubious about the first sentence, especially looking at the slightly varying treatments in the other versions. I've said already it looks like a weedy lawn to me - this is even more so in the St Petersberg version, where the background "plants" are clearly clumps of longish grass. The larger weeds seem randomly distributed, but I agree the Boston grass seems in the centre to be clumped in rows running to or from the viewer. "Tiers" must be wrong, on a flat surface, implying mini-terraces on a slope - rows is what plants are put in on the flat. Johnbod (talk) 17:11, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- File:Master_of_the_Legend_of_St._Ursula_Virgin_and_Child.jpg is tagged as lacking a description
- File:Hugo_van_der_Goes_-_São_Lucas_retratando_a_Virgem.jpg: source link appears broken. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:09, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Provisional support pending Johnbod's more knowledgeable comments. I read this through on a smartphone and maybe found one segment of text I'd change...aaand now I can't find it nor remember it. I can't see any prose clangers and it seems pretty comprehensive. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:35, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Cheers Cas. Maybe I'll ping you when happy. And yeah smart phones can be a pain. Ceoil (talk) 13:19, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks Cas. Victoria (tk) 16:30, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments (MPS1992) This is very well written. Here are some of my thoughts.
"or the Brussels' painters' guild". Are we very attached to the first of these two possessive apostrophes? It is grammatically correct, of course, but I wonder if it might still be grammatically correct without it, and also slightly less distracting.
- "Until the Early Renaissance painters aspired to exactly follow his idealised model."
Consider a comma after "Renaissance".There is also a split infinitive here, but it is possible that I am unfamiliar with the style aimed at, and whether the main authors consider such rules worth breaking on occasion.
"Until the Early Renaissance painters aspired to exactly follow his idealised model. Thus their depictions were relatively static. During the Early Renaissance," - I will remove the duplicate wikilink, but could there also be a way to avoid repeating "Early Renaissance" so closely?
- "This historical link to the Holy Family explains the frequency" - the subject is now three sentences further back; perhaps this could be made easier to read.
"In the Van der Weyden the positioning of the main figures is reversed from the van Eyck; the Virgin appears to the right" - this appears not to be the case in the lead image. Is this correct?
- "here she is depicted as a Maria Lactans" - I know what this means from learning Latin at school, but perhaps a gloss within commas could be added to ease the reading of those who are new to both Latin and fine art?
"This is one of the standard depictions of her, different from with the Hodegetria (Our Lady of the Way, or She who points the way) Virgin type most usually..." - could "with" be removed?
"execution completion date" - is this an artistic term? If not, removing "execution" would improve it.
- "Mary sits under a brocade canopy which is painted in layers of beige and now appears as mostly dark green, though it was probably painted with predominant browns." This is a little messy. First we say we know what colours were used, then we say what they now appear as, then we say what similar colours were probably used. If based on one source, this could be shortened some way I think.
"His eyes are attentively fixed on her,[22] and seems near hypnotised" - do we need "he" added here?
- "perhaps explained by the fact that her breast is bared" - does Hall mention this interpretation?
"with the same delicacy than an angel might..." - I am aware that this is a quotation, but could there be a typo "than" for "that"?
Hall describes Luke's hands as floating "up before him... " - where does this quotation from Hall end?
"He is painted with more naturalism than she" - there is no mention of the female subject of the painting in this paragraph, which makes this read awkwardly.
More soon. MPS1992 (talk) 05:11, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
More comments (MPS1992)
- "their backs turned against the viewer" - could this be better as "their backs turned to the viewer" or "their backs turned towards the viewer" or something similar?
- "both to his friend and the viewer" - I can see the sense in including this, but I think the prose would flow better by excluding it entirely
- "Thus his thoughts on the value and role of the artist or craftsman within a wider social sphere was largely self-initiated" - perhaps there is a mismatch between the subject and verb here
- "literally Our Lady of Milk" - is this really a literal translation?
"The Virgin occupies an earthly, as opposed to sacred, space but remains aloof." - consider recasting this as "The Virgin occupies an earthly space as opposed to a sacred one, but remains aloof."
"one-another" - the hyphen seems wrong to me, but I'm not sure. Similarly "arm-rest"
"Though Mary is placed by a throne and under a damask canopy, indicating her role as Queen of Heaven. She does not sit on the bench but rather on its step, an indication of her humility." - I think should perhaps all be one sentence, with a comma? Otherwise the first sentence lacks a verb.
More soon. MPS1992 (talk) 05:50, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Even more comments (MPS1992)
- "The panel in Bruges is in the best condition and of exceptional quality, but dates from c. 1491–1510.[30] [paragraph break] The panel is usually thought to have been completed around 1435." The similarity in subjects here may lead to confusion - I assume they're not referring to the same things?
"It was donated to the Museum of Fine Arts in 1893 by Henry Lee Higginson after their purchase at a New York auction in 1889" - to what does "their" refer?
That's it for my comments. I have made these edits, most of which are very minor. MPS1992 (talk) 06:16, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
- I have struck a large number of items fixed by Ceoil, just so I know where I am up to. MPS1992 (talk) 12:40, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks MPS1992, reading though and they are very helpful. Will let you know when done, and many thanks. Ceoil (talk) 22:26, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Note, all done except for the thing about the split infinitive, which I don't see. Ceoil (talk) 23:51, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks MPS1992, reading though and they are very helpful. Will let you know when done, and many thanks. Ceoil (talk) 22:26, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
Coordinator note - has there been a source review? --Laser brain (talk) 15:16, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Maxinquaye
This article is about the 1995 debut album by English trip hop artist Tricky. When it was released, it was a critical success and deemed a key recording of the trip hop genre. It has since been ranked frequently by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. Dan56 (talk) 07:12, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
Support from Ceoil
Comment had been reading through during the week, article is very good, and the following are minor
- "Assisted by co-producer Mark Saunders, Tricky recorded the album"; should that be co-produced and engineered by
- "The United Kingdom's demographic of progressive, young music buyers for the record to perform well" - bit obvious, marketing speak
- "The record charted for 35 weeks and peaked at number 3 on the British charts" - should be a single statement; maybe "The record spent 35 weeks on the British charts, peaking at number 3".
Ceoil (talk) 21:43, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
- "Tricky would have received airplay in the US on alternative or college rock radio" - "would have"; despite what? I know what you are getting at, tempted to rephrase as "should have". Ceoil (talk) 22:43, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
- I think its more what the sources meant. Ceoil (talk) 22:59, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
Support from Sparklism
Nice article. Fine record, too - another one I must dig out for another spin sometime soon... Anyway, I've had a quick look:
- There's a fairly dormant but still open RfC on the talk page. I've commented there giving my view that the RfC should be closed, but I think that while it remains open it highlights a potential risk to article stability
- There's a duplicate link in the 'Release & reception' section (Rolling Stone) that should be removed per WP:REPEATLINK
- In both the lead and the article body, the label is referred to as both '4th & B'way' and '4th & Broadway' - we should just choose one, for consistency. Technically, since this was a 'British' album, the correct label name is the full "Fourth & Broadway", though I'd be happy with any variant so long as it is consistent throughout
- "Tricky and Topley-Bird would form a musical and romantic partnership over subsequent years, starting with their first recording together" - this was the start of their musical partnership, but we don't know if it was the start of their romantic one
- In the 'Music and themes' section, the word "frequently" appears twice in close proximity - it might be better to use something else for one of these
- I'd wikilink the first use of "sample" in the article body (it's already linked in the lead)
- You might want to describe who Ragga is to aid the reader's understanding (and perhaps Alison Goldfrapp for that matter, though she is wikilinked)
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- There was no information on Ragga I could find, but I did introduce them as "vocalists" if that helps. Dan56 (talk) 18:14, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yep, that's better. I notice the track listing has an actual name for Ragga - any idea where this came from? — sparklism hey! 08:35, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- There was no information on Ragga I could find, but I did introduce them as "vocalists" if that helps. Dan56 (talk) 18:14, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- "Additionally, almost all of Topley-Bird's vocals on the album were recorded in a single take" - I don't think 'Additionally' is needed here, and perhaps this sentence could be combined with the subsequent one to improve the flow
- "Tricky also remade his 1994 contribution for Massive Attack," - this doesn't quite work for me, as it wasn't his only contribution. It was also a contribution to Protection really, so you might want to mention that
- "her suicide, along with his father's abandonment" sort of makes it sound like it was the father that was abandoned, which I don't think is what you're getting at
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- "his father abandoning him"? Dan56 (talk) 18:14, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yep. — sparklism hey! 08:35, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- "his father abandoning him"? Dan56 (talk) 18:14, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Is there a suitable wikilink for Babylon?
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- Perhaps Rastafari#Zion vs. Babylon, although Rastafari is already linked in the article. Dan56 (talk) 18:14, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- "Hell Is Around the Corner" is mistitled in the 'Music and themes' section (three times)
- 'channeling' might be 'channelling' in British English, but don't quote me
- The Hell E.P. is a collaboration with Gravediggaz, so this ought to be mentioned
- "Some people I've met were confused because he's black, and it's not easy to break through those barriers there." I'm not sure this adds much to the sentence that it appends
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- I added "because of his race", which is what the source was getting at. Dan56 (talk) 18:14, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ah yes, that's much better. — sparklism hey! 08:35, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- I added "because of his race", which is what the source was getting at. Dan56 (talk) 18:14, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Blues Lines is a mistitle
- You could link to either Black British or Black British music
- "Tricky himself disliked the term and later said, "I was supposed to have invented trip hop, and I will fucking deny having anything to do with it"" - I'm not sure this adds much to the article, since we're talking about the album and not the genre
- Should we mention that it was the 1995 Mercury Prize?
- "35 weeks on the British charts" - was this the UK Albums Chart?
- "peaking at number 3" - I was always taught to write out single digit numbers in full (i.e. three)
- I notice that Tricky himself isn't wikilinked in the 'Personnel' section - is this deliberate?
- Personally, I don't think the 'see also' section adds much to the article
- There's no mention of touring in the article (except a much later performance) - is there no coverage available?
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- "After it was released in the US on April 18, Tricky toured the country as a supporting act for fellow English recording artist PJ Harvey." Dan56 (talk) 18:14, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ah, of course. One imagines that he toured the UK too (and I certainly remember seeing him play at Rock City, but I've got a feeling that was in '96), so it would be good to see if any info can be found on that. It's not a deal-breaker for me, though. — sparklism hey! 08:35, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- "After it was released in the US on April 18, Tricky toured the country as a supporting act for fellow English recording artist PJ Harvey." Dan56 (talk) 18:14, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- There are no audio clips either. These would be good to illustrate the music that you've written about in such beautiful detail
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- Thank you! But I'd rather give the space to the image and the quotebox. I've lost interest in adding clips anymore to articles. They're not practical (limited length, not always supported on every browser), and readers could and would rather youtube the entire album or parts since it's easier. @Sparklism: Dan56 (talk) 18:15, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ha! Fair enough :) — sparklism hey! 08:35, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you! But I'd rather give the space to the image and the quotebox. I've lost interest in adding clips anymore to articles. They're not practical (limited length, not always supported on every browser), and readers could and would rather youtube the entire album or parts since it's easier. @Sparklism: Dan56 (talk) 18:15, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
There's a bit to go at, but nothing major I don't think. I might add more after a second read. Thanks :) — sparklism hey! 15:06, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm supporting this on prose. I haven't reviewed the sources. Good work Dan56! — sparklism hey! 08:35, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
Support from Cas Liber
- Having read through, I found I just lapsed into reading without thinking too much about corrections (a Good Thing) - so a tentative support on comprehensiveness and prose. Only minor point being below: Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:28, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I changed this, which came across odd to my ears.Otherwise ok.
Huguenot-Walloon half dollar
This article is about... a somewhat controversial commemorative coin, in its time. Though it would probably be so today, I suppose. Also notable for the appearance of one of Congress's most spectacularly named members, Wells Goodykoontz. He should have kept at it, imagine Senator Goodykoontz, Governor Goodykoontz, dare I say President Goodykoontz? But I digress.Wehwalt (talk) 10:18, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
Support: A very interesting and nicely written piece. Minor quibbles/preferences that you are free to ignore:
- In the lead, 'a portion was returned to the Mint' can we say how many
- The Huguenots were French Protestants, and there was often conflict with the Catholic majority. - who were often in conflict...
- with an amendment adding the bank - ...as designators
- Neither had any direct involvement with the voyage of the Nieuw Nederlandt, having been killed forty years or longer before it took place. Could this sentence do with out "it took place".
- were not killed for their religion and were anti-Catholic, "the United States...": ..religion, were..., and that "the United States..."
- with the words, HUGUENOT – WALLOON – TERCENTENARY – FOUNDING OF NEW NETHERLAND with the years 1624 and 1924 - 'with' twice, maybe and the years
- Sourcing is impeccable. Ceoil (talk) 10:45, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
Comments: Interesting article. Just a few comments:
- the lead could benefit from an explanation of the Walloon connection, rather than just mention Belgium.
- I found the Background section a bit light. Lots of key info of how the background connects to the coin only trickles through in later sections.
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- It does ... but that's the fault of the sources. I'm wedding the standard books on the subject of commemoratives with congressional sources that I do not know if the authors examined and probably not. Thus, there are disconnects and no one comments on them. For example, Peter Minuit is mentioned by Stoudt as the subject of the design. Obviously that didn't happen. Whether that was due to some problem with the design, or whether it was "Protestant propaganda", who knows? I'm picking and choosing facts to help the reader because no one has drawn connections or commented.
- The first paragraph of Legislation is not about Legislation. I wonder if this fits better in its own section. The article is a little light on Huguenots in the 1920s, so more background on the forming of the commission would be good. An alternative to its own section is the background section.
- "The Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission was established under the auspices " when?
- "by Pennsylvania Congressman Fred Gernerd" needs explanation of why him here, rather than 2 sentences later
- "by Pennsylvania's David A. Reed" why him?
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- I'm going by the congressional documents, which are bare of such details. Likely because he was from Pennsylvania.
- "Swiatek and Breen noted" a description of who they are would be good. numismatists?
- "The Huguenot-Walloon commission" is this another commission or is it The Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission?
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- Yes, but that's something of a mouthful.
- Q. David Bowers needs a description
Edwininlondon (talk) 21:37, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
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Support on prose per standard disclaimer. These are my edits. Very readable. - Dank (push to talk) 05:02, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Support – My only complaint is that if one blinks one misses another top-notch FAC from Wehwalt. I nearly missed this one, and am happy to add my support now. Tim riley talk 17:41, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- For some reason, the image in the Production section has a visible file name in the caption
- File:NNC-1924-50C-Huguenot-Walloon_Tercentenary_half_dollar_(reverse,_uniface_die_trial).jpg needs a licensing tag for the die itself. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:04, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I've fixed the licensing, Nikkimaria. I don't see a caption. Can you advise?--Wehwalt (talk) 16:14, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Screenshot. Not sure what's causing it. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:45, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Godot13 did that coding (and I must thank him for providing the images, that particular one inspired me to do this article). Can you see what's going on?--Wehwalt (talk) 18:47, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm looking at the coding and don't see anything wrong with it. I took a screen shot and it doesn't show the extra text. Is the text still showing up for you Nikkimaria?--Godot13 (talk) 23:43, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, it is. I looked at the code too but couldn't see what the problem was. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:03, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm looking at the coding and don't see anything wrong with it. I took a screen shot and it doesn't show the extra text. Is the text still showing up for you Nikkimaria?--Godot13 (talk) 23:43, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Godot13 did that coding (and I must thank him for providing the images, that particular one inspired me to do this article). Can you see what's going on?--Wehwalt (talk) 18:47, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Screenshot. Not sure what's causing it. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:45, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- I've fixed the licensing, Nikkimaria. I don't see a caption. Can you advise?--Wehwalt (talk) 16:14, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- I've requested help at the Village Pump which hopefully was the right place. Thank you, Nikki, for your review, as always. We'll see what the technical folk think.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:04, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- Nikkimaria, as we haven't been able to fix it, I've switched to the original image, showing both sides of the die trial. I may crop the image and upload it as derivative but there's no hurry. I think this addresses all image concerns.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:28, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments from Gerda
Thank you for another article of high value ;)
- In the lead, you may want to mention the destination of the ship, for those who don't know what the name implies.
- In the caption for Stoudt, consider to repeat his part in the story. Yes, it was said before, but for us idiots who look at boxes and pics ;)
That's it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:54, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Source review -- Ceoil signed off on reliability, nothing leapt out re. formatting except perhaps:
- "House hearings" citation might be quicker to match up to the references as "House of Representatives Committee".
- Not sure that US Govt Printing Service needs linking when no other pubs are linked (or is it the only one with an article).
Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:38, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- Wehwalt, they're not holding up promotion but could you ack these one way or t'other for future reference? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:53, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Gudovac massacre
This article covers the first massacre committed by the Ustaše, the fascist movement that ruled Croatia during World War II. I'm hoping to have it on the front page in time for the 75th anniversary on 28 April 2016. 23 editor (talk) 01:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- Suggest scaling up the partition map and the proclamation
- File:Official_Proclamation_of_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia.jpg: what is the copyright status of this work in its country of origin? Same with File:Gudovac_massacre.jpg
- File:Mladen_Lorković.jpg needs a US PD tag. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:42, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
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- @Nikkimaria: File:Official_Proclamation_of_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia.jpg: It was published in April 1941. PD-Croatia says "a photograph or a work of applied art published before January 1, 1974" is in the public domain. The United State Holocaust Memorial Museum explicitly states it is PD.
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Comment, leaning toward Support. There are several terminology issues:
- "A monument called Gudovac: Before the Firing Squad". The name of the demolished monument in original is Gudovčan: Pred streljanje (see for example this document). The first word means man from Gudovac, and the third means execution with firearms. The monument featured a man with bound hands (its photos before and after the demolition, sl. 26 and sl. 27).
- "The Gudovac distric". In the cited source, the administrative division centred on Gudovac is termed as općina, which I think is usually translated as "municipality". District would be a larger territorial unit, consisting of several municipalities. The Gudovac municipality was actually a part of the Bjelovar district.
- "Veliki and Mali Korenovac". In the cited source, these two villages are named as Veliko Korenovo and Malo Korenovo (i.e., the names are in neuter gender).
Beside that:
- "Serb officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers". Maybe it would suffice to state "Serb officers and soldiers" to avoid repeating?
- "The disarming and arresting of captured VKJ personnel". Is there a need for "captured" in this phrase?
- "The detainees were transported to the Danica camp". Where was that camp? (It was near Koprivnica, but this should be stated here.)
- "and the field was razed". I find "field" confusing here. I'd say it was a memorial complex (see above-linked photo sl. 26), or whatever term would be applicable here. Vladimir (talk) 19:05, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
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- All done , Vlad. Goldstein translates the monument's name as Gudovac—Before the Firing Squad. I had no idea what it's Serbo-Croatian name was until you mentioned it. Perhaps the correct translation would be "The Man From Gudovac: Before the Firing Squad". Alas, I can't find any source to back that up. 23 editor (talk) 00:32, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
Support, the issues I've raised have been addressed. If the monument's name is represented like that in English translation of Goldstein's work, then we can leave it to that (though I think a closer translation would be Man from Gudovac: Before Execution). This comprehensive yet succinct and well written article should appear on the Main Page. Vladimir (talk) 18:57, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
P.S. If only we could find a PD image of the monument, but of course, this is no impediment for the promotion of the article to the FA status, which it surely deserves. Vladimir (talk) 19:23, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments: G'day, sorry, I only took a quick look as I'm feeling under the weather right now. I have a couple of minor observations: AustralianRupert (talk) 23:41, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- in the infobox: "184 – 196" should be unspaced;
- in the Sources section: inconsistent presentation, compare "(2 ed)" with "(2nd ed.)"
- for the works that are chapters in a larger book, I think it would be best to provide a page range in the full citation (in the Sources section). e.g. the Cox and Levy chapters
- same as above for the journal articles: they should probably have page ranges (for the full article) in the full citation
- the duplicate link checker tool indicates "Slavko Kvaternik" is overlinked.
All done , AustralianRupert. Feel free to post further comments when you're feeling up to it. 23 editor (talk) 00:41, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
Coord note -- tks all for the reviews so far, as this hasn't been through MilHist ACR, I'd be interested in seeing Peacemaker67's comments when/if he has a chance, as another editor well-versed in the subject area. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:33, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- My apologies, I am pretty busy with RW stuff for the next two weeks, so won't get to it, I'm afraid. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:54, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments
- I'd like to see more commentary as well before I copyedit. - Dank (push to talk) 17:06, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Agree, it's too bad we haven't gotten more reviews. Ian pinged Peacemaker67 a few weeks ago since he's Wikipedia's go-to guy for all things Balkan but I guess he's busy. Would appreciate a good copy-edit, though. Cheers, 23 editor (talk) 17:21, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Some BrEng dictionaries are fine with "marginalize" and "emphasize"; some prefer -ise. ("centralize" seems to be fine.) - Dank (push to talk) 01:09, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- As always, feel free to revert my copyediting.
- Support on prose per standard disclaimer. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 01:09, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
2007 Coca-Cola 600
This article is about the 2007 Coca-Cola 600, the twelfth stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the 48th iteration of the event. The 400-lap race was won by Casey Mears which proved to be one of the biggest upsets in NASCAR's history. Mears won the race when other drivers made pit stops for fuel during the event's closing stages. This article passed as GA in January and had a copy-edit from the GOCE in February. All comments are welcome. Z105space (talk) 14:46, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- Support I looked through the article and everything seems neat and readable. Images and sources are all fine. Any issues were addressed in the GA Review. Looking at other NASCAR Featured Articles, this one definitely meets FA criteria. Will211 (talk) 05:13, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Support I've looked through this again and am satisfied this meets the FA criteria. I'm not an expert on the matter but it seems that the sources are all in order. JAGUAR 19:25, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Support Made a few minor prose changes but article seems complete besides that. The only suggestion I have is to list the top twelve drivers in the championship points standings after the race (as that's what we've done in the other FAs) for consistency reasons, but I'll leave that up to your judgement. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 14:24, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Oppose on some writing and general MoS issues:
- After having been through the lead, I'm concerned about overuse of jargon and racing slang. For example:
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- "pitted for fuel" vs "made a pit stop for fuel" (may be unclear that "pitted" is slang for "made a pit stop")
- "crashed out" (I know what this means but it's slang)
- I'm wondering what your interpretation of WP:NUMNOTES is when you go through a paragraph talking about lap numbers. The MoS guidelines talks about comparible numbers in the same sentence, but how about in the same paragraph? Should we be writing "Lap eleven" and "Lap 185" in the same paragraph?
- Same when you get into comparing points in the second para of Background
- Other MoS violations noticed such as periods in image captions that aren't complete sentences (see MOS:CAPTIONS)
- Awkward: "After the race, Jeff Gordon maintained his Drivers' Championship lead" He had it throughout the race, correct? So he didn't maintain it only after the race.
- Rewrite so it doesn't use a parenthetical: "The race is the longest (in terms of distance)"
- "considered ... as one of the sport's most important races" In this context, "considered ... to be" is more accurate.
- "he was evaluated at the Carolinas HealthCare System Infield Care Center" Hmm.. can we just say "at the infield medical center" without that whole branding spiel?
- In the first para of Practice and qualification, does the general reader need to know who was fastest and even what their times were? It seems a bit of undue detail. I'd suggest keeping the first sentence of that para and then jumping into the content of the second para. At the minimum, please omit the irrelevant practice lap times.
- If you must keep it, "went to a back-up car" is slang.
- "After the qualifier, Newman said there was pressure to achieve Penske's Racing South's first victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway" Maybe "said he felt pressure"? The way you've written it implies that others were applying pressure on him, but you don't specify who.
- Better: "weather conditions were partly cloudy with an air temperature of 87 °F (31 °C)"
- "Coke Rewards Fan Winners commanded the drivers to start their engines" Who are they? Generalize to something like "Sponsored contest award winners"
- "Mears was caught speeding upon leaving pit road" sounds a bit casual... "observed speeding" maybe?
- Why are we hyphenating "career-win"? Also, the archive link isn't working on that fn (34 as of this writing).
I don't think it's far off, but it really needs a once-over to check for issues like those mentioned above, and for MoS compliance. --Laser brain (talk) 22:53, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Laser brain: I had a look and I believe that have dealt with all the points raised above. Is there anything else that needs looking at? Z105space (talk) 06:17, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Z105space: Thanks for your quick action on these! I'll run through it again today and also do a source review. I'll let you know if I spy anything else. --Laser brain (talk) 10:35, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Striking my opposition, source review pending. --Laser brain (talk) 13:48, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Z105space: Thanks for your quick action on these! I'll run through it again today and also do a source review. I'll let you know if I spy anything else. --Laser brain (talk) 10:35, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Source and image review:
- Omit the publisher for works where the publisher name is substantially the same as the name of the work (for example fn 12 and 16)
- Fn 34, MSN is the publisher of Fox Sports?
- File:Cokecola.png - Fair use rationale is acceptable
- File:Lowesmotorspeedway.jpg - Verified PD
- File:RyanNewmanAugust2007.jpg - Verified cc by 2.0
- File:TSM350 - Kurt Busch 2 - 2015 - Stierch.jpg - Verified cc by 4.0
- File:BrianVickersAugust2006 (cropped).jpg - Verified cc by 2.0
- File:CaseyMears 3.JPG - Verified cc by 3.0
- File:National Guard Bureau.jpg - This is incorrectly licensed on Commons. It should be PD.
Otherwise, looks good. --Laser brain (talk) 14:09, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Laser brain: MSN is no longer the publisher of Fox Sports. Otherwise everything else has been dealt with. Z105space (talk) 14:32, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Courtney Love
- Nominator(s): Drown Soda (talk) 02:04, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
This article is about singer/songwriter Courtney Love, and covers her life comprehensively. I have researched and edited this article over several years, and got it to GA status prior. I am seeking FA status because I feel it has developed significantly over the past year and qualifies. –Drown Soda (talk) 02:04, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
ConditionalSupport: My concerns from the last FAC have been addressed, so thank you for that.There is a "Citation needed" tag in the "2012−present" section, but otherwiseit looks to be in good shape. Praemonitus (talk) 23:37, 17 February 2016 (UTC)- Praemonitus: I addressed the citation needed; anything else needed? Drown Soda (talk) 08:31, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks. You have my support for FA status. Praemonitus (talk) 19:47, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you much Praemonitus—it's been a long time coming with this article. I'm not entirely familiar with how the FA process works from here, as I've never really gotten a nomination to this point—does the article require multiple approvals, and if so, how does that happen from here? Is it arbitrary? I'd like to do all I can to get this promoted/featured. –Drown Soda (talk) 08:43, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks. You have my support for FA status. Praemonitus (talk) 19:47, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
- Praemonitus: I addressed the citation needed; anything else needed? Drown Soda (talk) 08:31, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Coord note -- We do need to see more commentary and clear declarations of support for promotion, as well as image licensing and source reviews. I have to admit I'm a little surprised there's been so little take-up here, as my own quick scan of the article didn't indicate obvious structural or referencing issues, for instance. Normally we'd have archived a nomination that'd been open this long without much commentary but I'm always reluctant to do that when an article's already had a few tries. You might try leaving neutrally worded messages seeking reviews at relevant wikiproject talk pages. Also, getting out and reviewing others' articles can over the long term get you better known in the community and perhaps more likely to attract interest for your nominations. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:21, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, for starters I'd suggest notifying the WP:WOMENART, WP:WPMU, WP:ALM, and WP:PRM projects. Praemonitus (talk) 16:59, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- I am a bit surprised that it's been in limbo this long as well, especially given how high-traffic an article it is. I am still new to the whole FA nomination process; how can I go about notifying these projects (such as WP:WOMENART and whatnot? I've visited the pages, but how can I go about notifying potential reviewers? I don't believe I have the credentials to participate in FA reviews. Like I said though, I'm not totally familiar with this--there are still many facets of the process that I am completely unacquainted with. I've gone to painstaking lengths to get the article to where it is today (especially with doing a complete overhaul on citations and bibliography, integrating SFN references, etc.) and have worked on it over a course of years now. Getting it to GA status was a victory, but I feel like it has been developed enough to warrant FA status at this point. Drown Soda (talk) 19:59, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- As Ian suggested above, just post a neutrally-worded message to the talk page of the wikiprojects. Active members will likely have it on their watch list, so they will see it. You may or may not get a reply. As for reviewing other articles, any editor can do it. I don't have any established credentials here, for example; just the weight of whatever small insight I can credibly provide. Reviewing other articles, as well as reading other reviews, is a useful means for learning what you need to do to get your own article through the FAC process. Praemonitus (talk) 15:59, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- I am a bit surprised that it's been in limbo this long as well, especially given how high-traffic an article it is. I am still new to the whole FA nomination process; how can I go about notifying these projects (such as WP:WOMENART and whatnot? I've visited the pages, but how can I go about notifying potential reviewers? I don't believe I have the credentials to participate in FA reviews. Like I said though, I'm not totally familiar with this--there are still many facets of the process that I am completely unacquainted with. I've gone to painstaking lengths to get the article to where it is today (especially with doing a complete overhaul on citations and bibliography, integrating SFN references, etc.) and have worked on it over a course of years now. Getting it to GA status was a victory, but I feel like it has been developed enough to warrant FA status at this point. Drown Soda (talk) 19:59, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments- taking a look now - and will jot notes below. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:34, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
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'...was an employee at the UC San Francisco Hospital - this could be anything from ambulance driver to orderly to neurosurgeon - I'd say "was employed as an 'x' at the UC San Francisco Hospital" or was a "was a 'x' at the UC San Francisco Hospital"
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Other than that, looks ok from prose and comprehensiveness perspective. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 15:11, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
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Comments. As always, feel free to revert my copyediting. - Dank (push to talk)
- "the adolescent." (search throughout for ." and ,"): See WP:LQ. The period/full stop goes on the outside regardless of how the source wrote it when you're quoting a short phrase. For longer quoted text, the punctuation goes inside the quote marks only when the punctuation occurs there in the original.
- "subsequently" (search throughout): Doesn't work for me, because it seems to mean whatever the writer wants it to mean, at least on Wikipedia: soon, later, consequently, etc. Usually, it can be deleted without harm to the meaning.
- In 1981–1987: Early projects and elsewhere: Use "she" instead of "Love" if "she" wouldn't be ambiguous, except after paragraph breaks, or similar breaks in the narrative. - Dank (push to talk) 20:42, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Support on prose per standard disclaimer. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 02:44, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Support - I've been reading through this and find it very comprehensively researched and well-written, though there are a couple of things I might tweak a bit (stylistic differences and all ;) ). Overall, an excellent article. Kafka Liz (talk) 08:59, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Literary Hall
- Nominator(s): West Virginian (talk) 18:35, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
This article is about the former home of the Romney Literary Society, which is also represented with a featured article on Wikipedia. This article is the most comprehensive history of the this notable structure. This article also underwent a peer review. Please feel free to share your comments, guidance, and suggestions here; I will address them as quickly as possible. Thank you in advance! -- West Virginian (talk) 18:35, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- Images are appropriately licensed. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:00, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
- Nikkimaria, thank you for taking the time to complete this image review! -- West Virginian (talk) 22:02, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support: the article seems fine and I didn't notice any significant issues that would cause it to fail the FA criteria. Praemonitus (talk) 00:05, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
- Praemonitus, thank you for your thoughtful review and support! -- West Virginian (talk) 20:32, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
- Support on prose per standard disclaimer. These are my edits. As always, feel free to revert my copyediting. - Dank (push to talk) 2:52, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
- Dank, thank you tremendously for your review and edits, of which I am in full concurrence. -- West Virginian (talk) 20:32, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
- Comment It is asserted several times that the design contains Greek Revival elements, but it doesn't seem to say what these are supoposed to be. Even given the loose stylistic grip of most American writing on the subject it seems most unlikely. Johnbod (talk) 19:30, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
- Johnbod, I thank you for your comment and I understand your concern. "Greek Revival" is used rather generously in the United States, and the label is usually applied when a building is symmetrical in architectural plans, elevations, and massing. I have some sources that can support this; however, the sources cited here do not explicitly state this and it would be original research for me to include these details otherwise. Because the sources do say "Greek Revival" without being specific as to which details qualify, I would like to keep this Greek Revival designation in the text. Please let me know if you have any suggestions moving forward, as this is a small part of the article as a whole. Thank you again for your comment! -- West Virginian (talk) 20:39, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
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- No, even in the US it takes more than that ("Georgian" is applied that way for an earlier period). I certainly don't think it is acceptable (repeated 3 times) at FA to misuse terms like that. Johnbod (talk) 13:47, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Because architectural historian S. Allen Chambers and West Virginia state architectural historian Michael J. Pauley both contend that Literary Hall exhibits Greek Revival detailing, I would prefer to keep "Greek Revival" in the article's prose. I acknowledge that both historians were not as specific as they should have been, but I don't want to leave their classifications of the building's architecture out of the article. I thank you for your comment and suggestion, but I must respectfully disagree Johnbod. If FAC reviewer consensus deems it necessary to remove the classification I will take it out, as I don't want this one phrase to be a stumbling block for FA status. -- West Virginian (talk) 15:46, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- No, even in the US it takes more than that ("Georgian" is applied that way for an earlier period). I certainly don't think it is acceptable (repeated 3 times) at FA to misuse terms like that. Johnbod (talk) 13:47, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Support: Great work as always.
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- Sources are current and working.
- Images are clear and show the building in question, not people, etc.
- Text of the article is good, no problems that I can see.
- Lede is also good, no problems there.
- All and all, another great article. Well done, WV! :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 02:38, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Neutralhomer, thank you for taking the time to engage in this review, provide feedback, and lend your support. It is greatly appreciated! -- West Virginian (talk) 10:57, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Spot check
- Ref 1 -- used three times. Don't understand the purpose of its usage the first time. Nowhere do I find the source that says that it was designated on May 29, 1979. Also, maintain consistency with the date's format and get rid of "Staff".
- Ref 10 -- Fine.
- Ref 42 -- used three times. Fine.
Frankie talk 21:29, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
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- FrB.TG, thank you so much for engaging in the spot check source review--it is very appreciated! Regarding the first source, it is formatted with the "NRISref" template. I changed the "dateform" so that the date in this source is consistent with the date formatting throughout the article. I've removed the source from its first and third uses and replaced it with a new citation that cites the date of inclusion on the NRHP. Please let me know if there is anything else that I can improve on. Thank you again for the review! -- West Virginian (talk) 14:37, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
7th Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
- Nominator(s): Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 10:01, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
The 7th Army was a Yugoslav formation which was responsible for the defence of north-western Yugoslavia along the Italian and Reich borders during the WWII Axis invasion of that country that commenced on 6 April 1941. It was quickly cut off and encircled before surrendering. The article was recently promoted to Military History A-Class, and has subsequently had a Background section added to improve context. I believe it now meets the FA criteria, but any and all feedback will be gratefully received. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 10:01, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
Image review
- Caption of the first map should explain the meaning of the colours used for the dots
- Done.
- q: see freedom of panorama explanation. Does this image qualify for FOP under those restrictions? Nikkimaria (talk) 18:42, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
- Nikki, does the fact that the tunnel was built by Austrians and the area was part of Austria-Hungary when it was completed have any impact here? Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 11:44, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- Under Austro-Hungarian law, would it have been PD for any reason while still part of Austria-Hungary? I suspect it would have been considered too utilitarian for protection at the time, but I don't have a source to confirm this. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:43, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- According to this reference, the 1895 Austrian act did not protect architecture. Does that address the issue? Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:40, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
- Yes. I don't know whether there's any tag that would address this, so perhaps we can just make a text note to that effect on the image description page. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:24, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
- Done. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:19, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
- Yes. I don't know whether there's any tag that would address this, so perhaps we can just make a text note to that effect on the image description page. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:24, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
- According to this reference, the 1895 Austrian act did not protect architecture. Does that address the issue? Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:40, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
- Under Austro-Hungarian law, would it have been PD for any reason while still part of Austria-Hungary? I suspect it would have been considered too utilitarian for protection at the time, but I don't have a source to confirm this. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:43, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- Nikki, does the fact that the tunnel was built by Austrians and the area was part of Austria-Hungary when it was completed have any impact here? Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 11:44, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
Support on prose per standard disclaimer. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 01:42, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, Dan! Your input on prose is always appreciated. Regards, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:46, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
- Glad you liked it, my pleasure. - Dank (push to talk) 17:41, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
Support Excellent work as usual. Prose is good. Just two points.
- The first line of "Mobilisation" talks about Simović's post-coup government. For comprehensiveness and context there should be a sentence or two clarifying when the coup occurred and how it prompted the invasion.
- The last paragraph of "Fate" should state that Yugoslavia was occupied and dismembered by the Axis. Not too much detail needed, just enough for a casual reader.
Otherwise, a job well done. Cheers, 23 editor (talk) 15:26, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks 23, I'll make a start on adding these bits. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:16, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
- All done, 23. Useful context, thanks. Regards, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:14, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
Support: excellent work as usual. I have the following suggestions: AustralianRupert (talk) 03:28, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
- in the lead: "Orders for the general mobilisation of the Royal Yugoslav Army were not issued by the government until 3 April 1941 out of fear..." I wonder if a short clause should be added to this clarifying why mobilization would have been required, e.g. "Despite concerns over a German invasion, orders..." or something similar. I think this, or something similar to it, should be added to the Mobilisation section, with potentially a small clause clarifying why the military coup occurred.
- slightly repetitious: "during the German-led Axis invasion of the Yugoslavia in April 1941, during..." (during and during in the same sentence)
- slightly inconsistent: "LI Corps" v. "LI Infantry Corps"
- missing comma: "detachment commanders, Hauptmann Palten led..." (probably need a comma after "Palten")
- "became the 7th Army area of operations..." --> "became the 7th Army's area of operations"?
- in the Notes "U.S. Army" is probably overlinked; same with "brigadier general"
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- All done except the linking in the Notes. I've left them in, because the notes stand-alone, and pop up and are clickable, so if a reader wants to open a new tab and follow the link, they can. These are my edits. Thanks for the review, Rupert. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:32, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Coordinator note: Peacemaker67, where are we on addressing AustralianRupert's comments? Source review? --Laser brain (talk) 20:08, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- Will get onto them right now. Thanks for the reminder. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:16, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Boise National Forest
- Nominator(s): Fredlyfish4 (talk) 02:49, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
This is my second nomination of this article for FA status. The first was a year ago, and after taking it to GA status, I'm renominating it. I think this article comprehensively covers numerous aspects about this national forest in Idaho. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 02:49, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
Source review by Imzadi1979
I'll go ahead and give this a basic source review after meandering here from my own nomination:
- A key hallmark of FA status can be summed up in one word: consistency, and with citations, I'll probably mention that a lot. First example: "United States Geological Survey" but you have "U.S. Forest Service". I don't think either is wrong, but it's odd to have one spelled out fully, but the other is partially abbreviated. Further down, in note 16, the former gets abbreviated down to just "USGS", and it should be spelled out in whatever fashion to match. So in short, you should audit how you're going to spell out agency names and apply a consistent rule across all of the footnotes.
- Back to note 16, you have an access date defined, but no URL, which triggers an error message. (It might be one of the error messages that's hidden by default, but it's there all the same for those of us who have them all enabled.) The access date does not display without a URL defined, and it would be meaningless if it could be displayed anyway.
- Also, and this is a bit of a personal preference, but maps have authors, which can be the same organization as the publisher. I personally list the USGS in both positions in the template and include the place of publication (Reston, VA) for map citations. It's also my experience that map scales with numbers of 5 digits or more have commas inserted (1:24,000) to ease parsing the number.
- Note 17, etc, shouldn't have the publisher wikilinked after it was in the very first note. You may need to bypass a source-specific template and use {{cite web}} directly to customize the output to avoid an unneeded wikilink.
- In note 45, "New York, NY" the state abbreviation is normally not needed when New York is the place of publication for a book.
- In sequential notes (53–54), you have "Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service" and just "Rocky Mountain Research Station" as the publisher. Especially if you can wikilink the first one, you could use the shorter form alone
- In note 63, etc, "Incident Information System" sounds to me like the name of a website/work, and I'm left wondering whose system that is, i.e. who's the publisher?
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- I corrected it to "InciWeb" and added a wikilink. It's an interagency service in the U.S. government.
- For the map in note 79, I'd spell out the series name as you did in note 16.
The sources are all appropriate for the article, so the only quibbles I have are related to the formatting, not their quality or reliability on first blush. Imzadi 1979 → 12:04, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
- I've made all of these corrections. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 20:01, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
Comments from Brianboulton
This is my first sight of the article – I missed the previous FAC. I've read that review, and it seems that prose quality was the principal reason why it was archived. So I've been looking particularly at the prose. Hmmm. I've got as far as the end of the "Management" section, and found quite a few issues. These are all fixable, but will require some attention, and I'd obviously like to look at the rest. In the meantime, please consider the following:
- Lead: "in addition to" is not appropriate wording, as the facts that follow it are quite separate from the land cover details. I suggest something like "...spruce-fir forests; there are 9,600 miles (15,400 km) of streams and rivers, and 15,400 acres (6,200 ha) of lakes and reservoirs."
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- Done.
- Also in lead: by "through the mid-twentieth century" I assume you mean "until the mid-twentieth century". This is important, because in British English, "through" means "during the duration of" rather than "up to", as in "he lived through the war years".
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- Done.
- History: Pleistocene should be linked
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- Done.
- "The most important known placer deposit of niobium and tantalum in the United States is located in Bear Valley." Needs a citation.
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- Done. Though the last three sentences in that paragraph are all covered by the same page of the same source.
- "The President was given the authority..." Clarify you mean the U.S. president.
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- Done.
- This seems like unnecessary detail in this article: "The original Payette National Forest had been established on June 3, 1905 as Payette Forest Reserve".
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- I think it is necessary since it shows when the forest was first protected. I moved it and reworded that section so it makes more sense.
- Over-use of the word "establiahed" in the latter part of the US Forestry section. Try some synonyms, e.g. "formed", "set up", "founded" etc
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- Done.
- I think the rather clumsy formation "and a district ranger who manages the ranger district" could be replaced by "and is managed by a district ranger"
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- Done.
- Is it necesssary to name the "top forest official" – and that title sounds a little informal for an encyclopaedia?
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- Removed.
- This is very clumsy: "There have been 2,648,273 acres (10,717.18 km2) of Idaho proclaimed to be part of Boise National Forest, however the forest manages only about 2,203,703 acres (891,807 ha)." Apart from the awkward wording and inappropriate comma, why is the first figure given an equivalence in km2 and the second in hectares?
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- I reworked this.
- I'm afraid my head started to spin when I tried to follow the details in the second part of the Management section. Is all this detail necessary? If so, is this the best way of presenting it? Perhaps a table – I don't know, but you may lose readers in this morass of detail.
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- I'm not sure it would really fit into a table. I do think it is necessary to include the sentences about the two wilderness areas since they are quite large areas, but the rest could perhaps just be removed. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 22:15, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
I'll return later with my comments on the rest. Brianboulton (talk) 17:26, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
Continuing: Sorry for the delay:
- Geog and geology
- "which extend even further north and east..." I don't see a need for "even further"
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- Done.
- "are referred to as the Trinity Mountains" – is this a formal alternate name or some sort of local usage? Some clarification needed.
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- Reworded to eliminate "referred" and indicate it is a subrange. This is an official name supported by the GNIS reference at the end of the sentence.
- "The forest borders parts of seven reservoirs, however the Forest Service does not own or manage any of the dams." Inappropriate comma and dodgy "however". Perhaps revise: "The forest borders parts of seven reservoirs, none of which are owned or managed by the Forest Service". This could merge with the next sentence if you replace "Rather, it..." with "which".
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- Done.
- What are "acre feet"? An explanatory note would help.
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- Linked
- Climate
- Just a comment: bearing in mind Idaho's location in the North-west of the States, I'm a little surprised that its climate is affected by moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, which seems very distant.
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- I removed "Gulf of Mexico" because it does seem odd and overly specific but not impossible
- I assume the snowfall figures are annual averages?
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- Clarified.
- Natural resources
- Can we somehow avoid "ecoregion" occuring three times in the first line of the section?
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- I think the third can be removed, but think the first two link to ecoregion and distinguish between the batholith itself and its eponymous ecoregion.
- "the presence of frequent non-lethal fires" − I think "occurence" rather than presence. How about: "the frequent occurence of non-lethal fires"?
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- Agreed and changed
- You have "Douglas fir occasionally occur" (plural verb form) but later "Douglas fir dominates" (singular verb form). Consistency needed – the latter is preferable and in more general use.
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- Done
- Overuse of "dominates/dominated" – five in quick succession. "Is predominant", or some other variant, would make a change.
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- Changed a few
- "Boise National Forest is directed to "control the establishment..." – who does the directing?
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- Higher level regional and/or national level Forest Service management, which I revised to
- "Habitat in Boise National Forest supports..." – "Habitat" is not a mass noun, so it should be "Habitats"
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- Done
- "including 36 accidental species, or those that are not normally found in the region but have been observed on at least one occasion". A little unclear; I suggest "including 36 "accidental" species – those not normally found in the region but have been observed on at least one occasion".
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- Done
- "Deadwood Lookout is now maintained as a cabin that can be rented by the public" – this information is given in more detail in the next section, and doesn't need to appear here.
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- Removed
- Recreation
- (third line): "as on" surely just "on"?
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- Clarified to most difficult sections on these rivers since there's rafting on others as well
This is a meticulously researched article, nicely put together. Most of my points are minor quibbles or merely suggestions. I have also made a few tweaks to the text. I'll be happy to support when the above points are addressed. Brianboulton (talk) 15:56, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
Support: My concerns have been properly addressed and I'll be happy to see the article promoted, subject to image clearance. I hope other editors will read and review. Brianboulton (talk) 21:48, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support as per last time. I actually thought the prose was good then. In any case, comprehensive and an engaging read. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:50, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Dudley
- The units used are inconsistent - acres and hectares in the lead, acres and sq km in the infobox. For such a large area, I think square miles and km would be more meaningful to readers.
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- The Forest Service uses acres, and on other U.S. protected area articles areas of such large protected areas are consistently listed as acres/square km, so I changed everything to that.
- "known populations of Sacajawea's bitterroot". Perhaps "known populations of the flowering plant Sacajawea's bitterroot".
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- Done. I didn't mean for it to appear that way as I had mentioned previous resource extraction activities in that paragraph.
- I think the lead should spell out the management objectives. You specify recreation, presumably also forestry and conservation, but does one objective take priority?
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- Done
- The link "last [[ice age]]" is not very useful. [[last glacial maximum|last ice age]] would be more helpful.
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- Done
- "human habitation up to 10–15,000 years" What does this mean? Any time between now and 15,000 years ago? I would leave out "up to".
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- Done
- "A change of climate around 7000 years ago dried up much of the Great Basin, forcing the Shoshone people northward into the mountainous areas of central Idaho.[6]:3" This is unclear. did the Shoshone move into or out of Boise?
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- Clarified
- What is the "3" after ref 6 and other similar superscript numbers? Nothing happens when I click on them.
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- That is using the {{rp}} template, which indicates the page number of that document that supports that statement. I only use it for the two excessively long documents (references 1 and 6) as a cleaner yet still accurate method of citing those documents rather than having them appear 10+ times in the references.
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- I do not see the point of that. It is far more helpful to readers to have the page number in the reference as page=. The article only has 78 references whereas some articles have over 300. However, that is up to you. Dudley Miles (talk) 11:14, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- "Most of what is now Boise National Forest was sparsely inhabited by Native Americans, however several archaeological sites, including campsites, rock shelters, burial grounds, and pictographs have been found along rivers in the area." I am not sure why "however", which implies a contrast. Maybe replace with "and".
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- Done
- "at the now eponymous Grimes Creek" The word "now" is not needed.
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- Done
- "forest reserves in the U.S. Department of the Interior" Forest reserves in the department? it does not sound right. Ditto reserves "part of" the Dept of Agriculture. Maybe "came under".
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- Changed to "administered by" and "transferred to"
- In "Capacity (MW)" what does MW mean? (Amount of electricity the reservoir produces in megawatts? If so, this should be explained.)
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- Seems a little odd to explain this, sort of like needing explain hectares and miles, but I linked to electricity generation (Capacity) and watts (MW)
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- Yes it seems obvious now but I was confused by both columns having the same heading, "Capacity" and assumed they were both units of the same thing. You might change the first one to "Volume" and the second to "Generating capacity", with MW in the units row below. Also, you are inconsistent whether acre-feet is hypenenated. Dudley Miles (talk) 11:14, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- More to follow. Dudley Miles (talk) 17:01, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- "Intermountain region." Could this be linked?
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- I linked to the section of the U.S. Forest Service article that lists the regions. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 03:48, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Checkingfax
- I did some cleanup. Check the history for details. For one thing, I changed 300px to upright=1.8 for the map per MOS:IMAGES. If it is too big, ratchet 1.8, or remove the spec altogether, but do not go back to a hardcoded size. Cheers!
{{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk}
02:55, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Singora Singora (talk) 11:53, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- 1. CasLiber has asked me to take a look at this, so I'll go through it bit by bit.
- 2. A while back I wrote Buçaco Forest, an article about a small forest in central Portugal. It's not quite finished, but is structured along similar lines to Boise Forest.
Presentation
- 3. The guy above me has inserted a CLEAR tag above the History header. This is wrong and makes a mess of presentation. Compare the article's appearance with and without this tag to see what I mean.
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- I agree.
- 4. Do you need to source content in the infobox?
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- The coordinates and areas definitely should have references. The establishment date can probably go without one, but there's no reason why infobox content should have sources.
- 5. Compare your map with the one I coded for Buçaco Forest. Mine is better. Clicking on your map takes me to an empty image. This is of no use whatsoever to your audience / target market. Do what I did: use Photoshop to add a red marker, and size it so that it's slightly smaller than the red dot generated by the infobox template. See also the maps for Yellowstone National Park and Zion National Park.
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- I'm not sure I would say much better, but I was trying to create one like you did and couldn't get it quite right. Feel free to try if you want. The maps for those two parks are nice and recent additions (their previous map was the same as the one currently on this page), but I can't make anything like them.
Introduction / Summary
- 6. RE: Boise National Forest is a federally protected area that covers. "that covers" -> "covering".
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- Done
- 7. RE: it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service in the U.S. Department of Agriculture as four units. The Wiki page for the U.S. Forest Service tells us it's a division of the Department of Agriculture, so do you really need to have this info here? It's wordy and you end up using "U.S." twice in the same sentence. Look at this featured article's second sentence: Shoshone National Forest.
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- Removed the USDA part, but can't add anything about a presidential proclamation like in Shoshone as I'm not sure if it's creation was a direct result of a proclamation.
- 8. RE: The Idaho Batholith underlays most of Boise National Forest, forming the forest's Boise, Salmon River, and West mountain ranges, and the forest reaches. "West mountain ranges, and the forest" -> "West mountain ranges; the forest".
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- Done
- 9. "Common land cover types include" -> "Common land cover includes".
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- 10. "Boise National Forest contains 75 percent of the known populations of the flowering plant Sacajawea's bitterroot, a species endemic to Idaho" -> "Boise National Forest contains 75 percent of the known populations of Sacajawea's bitterroot, a flowering plant endemic to Idaho".
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- 11. "The Shoshone people occupied what is now Boise National Forest before European settlers arrived in the early 1800s" -> "The Shoshone people occupied the forest before European settlers arrived in the early 1800s".
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- Done
- 12. "Recreation opportunities and facilities in Boise National Forest include " -> "Recreation opportunities and facilities include". It's obvious you're talking about the forest.
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- Done
- 13. I'll add more feedback later.
Wednesday Singora (talk) 15:49, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- 14. Let's look at the History section.
- 15. The first sentence is pretty grim: "The first people entered Idaho near the end of the last ice age in the late Pleistocene; there is evidence of human habitation 10–15,000 years ago at Wilson Butte Cave, which was temporarily occupied by people hunting bison on the Snake River Plain". Your source is ref #5.
- 16. For starters, you've repeated the word "people".
- 17. You need a colon instead of a semi-colon as the second clause develops or adds to the first.
- 18. Lastly, the sentence is stylistically and factually incorrect. Saying "the last ice age in the late Pleistocene" is silly. Obviously the last ice age was in the Pleistocene, but you don't even need to mention the Pleistocene since it's an epoch dating back more than 2.5 million years. I see your source for this is actually ref #6: "Near the end of the Ice Age or Pleistocene geological epoch, some 13,000 years ago ...". See how they've used the word "or". Ref #5 tells us: "The first unmistakable evidence of human occupation of Wilson Butte Cave dates from about 10,000 years ago. Ruth Gruhn, the archaeologist who excavated the cave, also uncovered cultural material that she believes shows that people used the cave as early as 15,000 years ago", adding that "Other archaeologists, however, are less convinced that Wilson Butte Cave was occupied before 10,000 BP". Note also that this evidence pertains only to human habitation in the forest - it's not the same as what you're written: "The first people entered Idaho". Finally, your claim that the cave was "temporarily occupied" doesn't reconcile with "The excavation shows that Wilson Butte Cave was largely abandoned by 400 BP, after the bison largely disappeared from the area".
- 19. How about: "Archaeological evidence indicates that human habitation in the forest began towards the end of the last ice age: bone fragments about 10,000 years old have been found in Wilson Butte Cave, a rocky bubble on a bed of ancient lava believed to have been occupied by indigenous people until as recently as the 17th century". You could change "indigenous people" to "bison hunters" or "indigenous bison-hunting people". Ref #6 uses the terms "Plateau people" and "Snake Indians". Remember that only Ruth Gruhn believes occupation dates back 15K years. The consensus is 10K.
- 20. Or: "Evidence indicates that human habitation in the forest began towards the end of the last ice age: bone fragments around 10,000 years old have been found in Wilson Butte Cave, an archaeological site believed to have been occupied until 400 years ago by (indigenous) people formerly known as Snake Indians". Getting in the Snake Indian blurb might be useful since it leads nicely to the Shoshoni.
- 21 Or: "Excavations at Wilson Butte Cave suggest human occupation at Boise Forest began around 10,000 years ago: bone fragments unearthed in the cave indicate it was settled towards the end of the last ice age, before being abandoned about 400 BP.
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- I think this sentence has been changed more by other editors than any other part of this article since I originally wrote it. Changing to something like 19. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 00:51, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- For clarification, Wilson Butte Cave isn't in the forest. It is used as an estimate of the earliest habitation for the region as a whole. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 00:57, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Thurday Singora (talk) 06:08, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- 22. Map added. Have I got it right? If not, I've kept the PSD. For some reason the infobox template isn't generating the red marker. Just noticed that markers aren't generated for Yellowstone National Park and Zion National Park, so maybe this template only works with a blank map. I'll do more this evening. Quick update: with Buçaco Forest the on-page marker is generated with percentages rather than geo-coordinates. I'm pretty sure now we can do the same for Boise and, perhaps, Yellowstone and Zion.
Saturday Singora (talk) 15:16, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- 23. Map marker added to inofox. The marker is generated with X & Y parameters (rather than map_locator fields used by the Bucaco Forest template) and sits neatly on top of the larger red dot added with Photoshop. I see you have another featured article, Sawtooth National Forest, so you could now easily re-jig the map as per Boise.
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- Thanks
- 24. Delete "on a bed of ancient lava". It's implied by the blurb re: inflationary caves & Snake River Plain.
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- Done. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 21:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Note to Admin Singora (talk) 06:39, 8 April 2016 (UTC) I see now this article is at the bottom of the FAC list. Please don't archive it. I promised CasLiber I'll review it, and I will; I won't let the nominator down. I'll try to complete the review over the weekend.
- If you want to make grammar and other minor edits like some of your comments above while you review, go for it. I'll review any changes you make to be sure you didn't inadvertently change the meaning. If you would rather just leave comments, that's fine too. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 13:44, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Sunday Singora (talk) 22:06, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- 25. OK - I'll pick out a few obvious examples of repetition you'll need to address:
- 25.1 "Elevations in the forest range from 2,800 feet (850 m) in the North Fork Payette River Canyon to 9,730 feet (2,970 m) at the top of Steel Mountain, an elevation gain of 6,930 feet (2,110 m)"
- 25.2 "The Boise Mountains cover much of the southern portion of the forest and contain the forest's highest point, Steel Mountain, but the range's highest point, Two Point Mountain, lies outside of the forest's boundary", followed immediately by "The Trinity Mountains are a subrange in southeastern part of the Boise Mountains that reach their highest point at 9,451 feet (2,881 m) on Trinity Mountain". You seem to have a "highest point" fetish!
- 25.3 "The forest borders parts of seven reservoirs, none of which are owned or managed by the Forest Service, which provides access to and recreation opportunities at the reservoirs". Logic: are the recreation opportunities you refer to a consequence of the reservoirs not being managed by the Forest Service? Re-write and drop the repetition.
- 25.4 "The largest natural lake in the forest is Warm Lake, and there several other smaller natural lakes"
- 25.5 "Average annual snowfall ranges from 55 inches (140 cm) in drier areas and at lower elevations to 70 inches (180 cm) in wetter areas and higher elevations"
- 25.6 "In addition to species listed or proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the Forest Service maintains an independent listing of sensitive species for which it is directed to develop and implement management practices to ensure that species do not become threatened or endangered because of Forest Service actions". How many times does the word "species" appear in this sentence? I make it four. How many did you count?
- 25.7 "The forests are primarily coniferous evergreens, dominated by ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, and Douglas fir at lower elevations and Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, and whitebark pine at higher elevations"
- 25.8 "In 2013 revenues from recreation and special use fees totaled $454,635, while expenses totaled US$352,550". Do you know what a synonym is?
- 26. In the FLORA section, every paragraph except the last discusses elevation. Could you not divide this section into two or three smaller sections (high and low elevations, for example) in order not to keep repeating the word "elevation"? It's VERY repetitive at present and hard to read.
- 27. This sentence has four refs: "The forest's management indicator species is bull trout because they are sensitive to habitat changes and depend on specific habitat conditions". Are they all needed? Why so many for such a simple sentence?
- 28. This one also has four refs: "Grizzly bears have become locally extinct, and plans for their reintroduction to central Idaho have been proposed since the 1990s but have not progressed"
- 29. Why not divide the first two paragraphs of the RECREATION section into non-motorized and motorized activities.
- 30. You have consecutive sentences starting with "The Ponderosa Pine Byway".
- 31 You have several errors where something like this "An estimated 76 percent of Boise National Forest is forest, which according to the Forest Service is considered to be land that is capable of supporting trees on at least 50 percent of its area" could be re-written like this "An estimated 76 percent of Boise National Forest is forest, which according to the Forest Service is considered (to be) land that is capable of supporting trees on at least 50 percent of its area" or even this "An estimated 76 percent of Boise National Forest is forest, which according to the Forest Service is considered (to be) land (that is) capable of supporting trees on at least 50 percent of its area". There's a lot of redundancy and repetition in this article.
- 32. Do you know how to use footnotes? I think big chunks of this article would function better as notes. Parts of the FIRE ECOLOGY section, for example, are pretty hard going; some of the MANAGEMENT blurb is also quite intense.
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Venus
- Notified: Saros136, Fotaun, JorisvS, Ckatz, Kheider, Serendipodous, WikiProject Solar System, WikiProject Astronomical objects, WikiProject Astronomy
The article has undergone major change since the latest FAR in 2008 (e.g. [6]). It no longer looks like the same article. There are a few issues that pop out to me - there is an over-use of images and not always in the correct context (one example "Pioneer Venus Multiprobe"). Some sections are very brief and refer to secondary articles without a summary that reads well and fits in well on the Venus page itself. The intro is a little brief and could be better written.Anon 09:28, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
- I've placed this review on hold at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Coordination for the moment because I was unable to locate the first phase of the review ("Raise issues at article Talk"). DrKay (talk) 11:23, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
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- I've updated the talk page Anon 21:55, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Comments from Graeme Bartlett
Some of the images have no alt= text.And some images have alt text the same as the caption. Being the same is not useful. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:58, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
ref "Nature of the Magnetic Field in the Neighborhood of Venus" is fairly incomplete, and with a typo, correct details are here: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969CosRe...7..675D- I improved this a little before noticing the FAR; it now appears consistent with what's available through the bibcode, though, sadly, it appears online records for the journal only go back to 2000. {{Nihiltres |talk |edits}} 02:48, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
it would be good to links some more journals, and publishers in the references - on first occurrences may be.I notice some are now linked, but not most.Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:07, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
dead link for "Venus Close Approaches to Earth as predicted by Solex 11"
dead link for " Numbers generated by Solex"
the "Compare the Planets" references neither of the facts linked to it.
ref "A. Boyle – Venus transit: A last-minute guide – MSNBC" missing information and is a dead link.ref "See Venus in Broad Daylight!" no retrieval date (it is still there though)ref "The Pentagram of Venus" is a blog, and is missing info, cannot tell if this is reliable or not.
- Fixed. The guy has a wiki page, so he's probably reliable. Serendipodous 19:10, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
ref Fegley, B (2003). Venus (Treatise on Geochemistry ed.). has "ed.", no page number or ISBN.addedref "title". Retrieved 4 January 2015. is missing detail.addedref "РАН: запуск "Венеры-Д" состоится не ранее 2024 года" should have an English translation of the title.(perhaps an English language source is available)ref "Atmospheric Flight on Venus" is a dead link for me and missing inforefs 166-175 look to be web references and miss retrieval dates and other information.ref "The Magellan Venus Explorer's Guide" appears thrice, but the first time has no page number, and the second time has even less info. (there is no ISBN on the book so its absence is a non-issue)found page numbers in the book, linked online version, and made consistent.This article should link to Venus in fiction possibly with a short sentence on the topic. Look at Observations and explorations of Venus#Impact on literature which belongs more here, than in that article.- I've added a prototype. It may need some holes filled. Serendipodous 20:31, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
- Is it good enough? Please let me know before I spend a day at a library. Serendipodous 10:33, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
- I think the summary is OK. However we should not be using primary references for the first three documents, secondary references that mention the facts would be more appropriate. Whenever the popular culture section develops in other articles, material only referenced to the work it is in gets the chop, and only if others comment on it, is the mention worth having in Wikipedia. I will add these as an issue down below, so that this one can be resolved. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:22, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
- Is it good enough? Please let me know before I spend a day at a library. Serendipodous 10:33, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
- I've added a prototype. It may need some holes filled. Serendipodous 20:31, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
Nowhere does Venus tell us that it appears as a white star. The colour is a basic fact that should be mentioned.
- "thick clouds" composition does not match what the sources say. The sources also mention aluminium chloride, ferric chloride, and "sulfates", partially hydrated phosphoric anhydride and octasulfur. sulfur dioxide looks to be an atmospheric gas rather than a cloud droplet material. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 06:31, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
"Sky and Telescope" is used where the correct name appears to be "Sky & Telescope"fixed Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:07, 12 January 2016 (UTC)Page is in this category: category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls so there may be an error hidden in there somewhere.
Citation needed for "Venus's opaque clouds prevent observing the Sun from the planet's surface"
- http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=mb&sstr=2and http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=mb&sstr=229 are two different references that seem to result in the same page. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:28, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
- Use of thinspace, is this OK? (in the info box)
ISBN format dashes or not?
"Calculate/show" should this read "Calculate and show"? The page is called Apparent Disk of Solar System Object.
In one place we say Cassini–Huygens and another Cassini.Since we use British English, should "center" be replaced by "centre" where it is not a proper noun, or title?" Colonization -> Colonisation" color -> colour (three times)"co-orbitals" sounds a bit jargon-like.
fixed Dawsow name error." destabilize -> destabiliseEncyclopædia or Encyclopedia? two different things used for Encyclopædia Britanica. "æ" look right here.Britannica online encyclopedia needs capitalisation anyway - and is not the name the site uses alsofly-by or flyby? (also fly-bys or flybys)Hitran or HITRAN?
Above spelling issues resolved. Serendipodous 10:36, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
The "Lightnings on Venus studied on the basis of Venera 9 and 10 data" reference is actually in Russian. Did anyone actually locate a copy and read it? In any case the journal title ( Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia) and article title would be in Russian, so see if we can get original. Google suggests " Космические Исследования" An English translation is also published with bibcode=1980CosRe..18..325K
Should "false colour image" be "false-colour image"? (with hyphen in adjective)
Three primary references used in the "In fiction" section should be secondary sources instead.Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:22, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
- V.A. Krasnopolskii or V. A. Krasnopolsky — likely the same author with two transliterations.
MESENGER or MESSENGER ?midday seems preferable to mid-dayShould "Planet-C" be "PLANET-C"?
"in false-colour" should not have a hyphen as colour is now the noun, not part of adjective. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:53, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
- I have now run this script: http://dispenser.homenet.org/~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer#page:Venus
- It has identified some spelling issues that are not in British spelling:
SterilizationrealizationcivilizationVenera program (should this have "me" on the end?)
Headings that contain the word Venus - "Venus symbol" and "Pentagram of Venus"
- "Pentagram of Venus" is a proper title, and so can't be changed. Serendipodous 12:40, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
630 nm should have a non-breaking space, and perhaps "nm" should be spelled out as nanometrereferences should not be after a space, eg at "eccentricity = 0.006772" "asc_node = 76.680°" "deep interior than Earth's."
- New dead link :http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1996/96GL01589.shtml for Venusian k 2 tidal Love number from Magellan and PVO tracking data (info) [agu.org]
- dead link for transit of Venus: http://www.transit-of-venus.org.uk/history.htm (domain appears abandoned)
- weasel word "arguably"
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:29, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Dunkleosteus77
- The lead is a bit too short for an article of this side. Add a paragraph on space-exploration and/or colonization
- added. Serendipodous 18:50, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
- The slow, retrograde rotation is notable and deserves a mention in the lead. Praemonitus (talk) 23:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
- Added. 09:36, 19 February 2016 (UTC)Serendipodous
- The Planned and proposed missions section is basically a list without bullet-points
Keep: I believe this article now meets FA Criteria User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 23:23, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Nergaal
- Are there any Apohele asteroid-like objects that are considered to be related to Venus? Nergaal (talk) 08:14, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
@Sir Anon, Graeme Bartlett, and Dunkleosteus77: Have your concerns been addressed here? @Serendipodous: any response to Nergaal's question? Nikkimaria (talk) 17:51, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- There are Venus-crosser asteroids; is that what he's asking? Serendipodous 17:58, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- My main outstanding issue is saying the clouds contain sulfur dioxide, which is not what the sources say. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:54, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- Which I cannot resolve, because I cannot read the sources. Serendipodous 21:56, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Google should be able to give you a loose translation if the source is in another language. Right-click the page and there should be an option to translate it. User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 01:01, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- There have got to be other, English sources that discuss Venus's clouds. We shouldn't tear our hair out over this particular source. I'll try to look into this in the coming week. A2soup (talk) 04:42, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- Which I cannot resolve, because I cannot read the sources. Serendipodous 21:56, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Featured article removal candidates
Bette Davis
- Notified: Rossrs, WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers, WikiProject LGBT studies, WikiProject Film/American cinema task force, WikiProject Lowell, Massachusetts
Review section
Per Talk:Bette Davis#Featured Article?, the article was last reviewed nearly ten years ago and needs more sourcing to remain up to featured article standard. DrKay (talk) 11:35, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- Indeed it does. I don't have the needed resources to patch it up, but someone would have to do lots of work to bring this up to par. Snuggums (talk / edits) 14:19, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- As it stands, right now, it'd fail the Good Article criteria. Miyagawa (talk) 13:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
FARC section
- The main issue raised above is the article's sourcing. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:48, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Demote. An article I wish to work on but cannot due to the unavailability of the needed resources. Needs quite a lot of work. ツ FrB.TG (talk) 12:30, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Delist no effort to improve the article after over a month. In addition to subpar referencing, the article is too Oscar-centric in terms of awards (i.e. only other accolade even mentioned in lead is Lifetime Achievement Award), and the neutrality of "Selected filmography" is questionable at best since it cherry-picks film listings based on some unclear (and likely subjective) criteria. Snuggums (talk / edits) 02:41, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Coonskin (film)
Review section
I am nominating this featured article for review because is decidedly substandard. It seems to have been pushed through in 2007, with by an editor who is now permanently banned for sockpuppeting. It has changed little since 2008, despite Wikipedia's Featured Article standards improving immensely through that time. Specifically, using the current Featured article criteria, I note that:
- 1b: There is only one paragraph of critical reception, compared to seven paragraphs and four quotes in The Care Bears Movie, which is only a Good Article. This is despite that theoretically there should be much more to write about. The article is very short compared to other film featured articles as well such as The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) and Fritz the Cat (film), other Bakshi works written by that same banned author.
- 1c: There are only 22 sources. Compare this to the 233 citations in The Care Bears Movie, which was prepared for Featured Article status in 2011 but never nominated. Of those sources, six are heavily relied on and cited multiple times. Why is Care Bears 10 times more scholarly and thoughtful? Speaking of that reception paragraph, every single citation is to one source; the original reviews are not cited. There are no citations at all to the cast section.
- 1d: The section on Controversy is not neutral at all: it verges into total approval of Bakshi's views by repeatedly quoting him on how stupid the protesters were, what sellouts they were, how much smarter he is, etc. In one short paragraph alone: "Bakshi asked", "Bakshi stated", "According to Bakshi", "says Bakshi", and "Bakshi states". The subtext of this is that (the articles says) they clearly were wrong and Bakshi was right. This obviously is POV. The black activist perspective is mocked and only gets a buried paragraph to barely speak for itself. The actual reason the activists cared about the movie, e.g. what they took issue with, which should be the whole reason the controversy happened, is never explained, and the impression the article gives is that the boorish thugs of frequent political punching bag Al Sharpton (the only evidence for Sharpton being present is Bakshi's later claims) came from nowhere and nothing on the day of the screening. The author is known to be pro-Bakshi as he had already promoted two of his movies and tried desparately to get the main Ralph Bakshi article promoted to FA nine separate times over two years.
The original Featured Article candidacy, in 2007, barely had any discussion and the few reviewers did not notice these problems then, but they are quite glaring. Over two weeks, there have been no comments on these concerns on the talk page (as already said, the sole active editor is permanently banned). I believe this needs to undergo at least a FAR for these issues to be addressed. --Dagko (talk) 04:07, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- Comment Although I was too young to see the film in 1975, I'm old enough to remember the controversy that surrounded its release. I am amazed that Bakshi is virtually the only source cited in the article's "Controversy" section. Quite aside from its FA status, its potentially BLP-violating allegations about Al Sharpton should require reliable secondary sources. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 06:23, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Move to FARC. Nobody is working on it, and as it stands now, the BLP issues are still very unresolved, and may have to be removed. --Dagko (talk) 20:57, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
- Move to FARC per Dagko. --Laser brain (talk) 16:12, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
FARC section
- Concerns raised in the review section include sourcing, neutrality, and coverage/comprehensiveness. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:47, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Notified: Anomie, WikiProject Video games
Review section
This article's status currently states that this article is a featured article; however, there happen to be a lot of errors, most of which are unverifiable claims, tagged by [citation needed] and [unreliable source?] tags. I have not (yet) noticed any dead links, but this article has a lot of problems, so I am hoping that we could delist this article and leave it like that until we manage to complement it once again. Gamingforfun365 (talk) 03:47, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
- Comment - You notified yourself on the FAR and not the original nominator? Also, you didn't notify the Video Game Project. GamerPro64 13:44, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
- I must have rushed what I was doing, and, because this is my first time, I told for myself do something which is a not-to-do. I am sorry, and how do I notify the WikiProject of something? Also, am I in trouble for the clutter?
Gamingforfun365 (talk) 23:07, 20 October 2015 (UTC)- See Template:FAR-instructions on how to make an FAR. GamerPro64 23:21, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah, I already started doing so even after I had left the page.
Gamingforfun365 (talk) 23:28, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah, I already started doing so even after I had left the page.
- See Template:FAR-instructions on how to make an FAR. GamerPro64 23:21, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
- I must have rushed what I was doing, and, because this is my first time, I told for myself do something which is a not-to-do. I am sorry, and how do I notify the WikiProject of something? Also, am I in trouble for the clutter?
- Comment – Following references deadlink: 3, 8, 31, 42, 43, 44, 47, 85. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 23:33, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
- Pretty bad, it is.
Gamingforfun365 (talk) 23:41, 20 October 2015 (UTC) - Links 8, 42 and 43 repaired with archiveurl. Link 3 already has archiveurl. Link 31 is a print reference. Links 44, 47 and 85 load for me, do not appear to be dead. -- ferret (talk) 00:17, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- I can also confirm that 44,47 and 85 are working fine.--67.68.163.32 (talk) 03:16, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- Pretty bad, it is.
- Hi Gamingforfun, looks like this nom missed the step of discussing problems on the talk page first. Thus, I'm going to put this on hold to allow for this to happen. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:43, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
- Relisted: The talk page discussion has concluded that "romhacking.net", which is used in the article as a source, is self-published by the main editor of the article and that it therefore probably does not qualify as a reliable source. DrKay (talk) 11:30, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
- Seems like a baby-with-the-bathwater situation to delist a FA on the basis that a single source is unreliable. Looking at the information it was referencing, I'm not convinced that I needed to know that level of detail about the technical specifications of the SNES. Could we just comment that stuff out until a more reliable source is found, if ever? Axem Titanium (talk) 23:00, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
- I agree that if the only remaining issue is with a soure covering a relatively minor part of the article it wold make more sense to remove the content than the featured article status.--65.94.253.160 (talk) 03:50, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
- Seems like a baby-with-the-bathwater situation to delist a FA on the basis that a single source is unreliable. Looking at the information it was referencing, I'm not convinced that I needed to know that level of detail about the technical specifications of the SNES. Could we just comment that stuff out until a more reliable source is found, if ever? Axem Titanium (talk) 23:00, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
- I think we've taken the wrong tack here. It's not that the romhacking.net link needs to be replaced but what the hell is going on in the "Technical specifications" section? It is a romp through jargon that is totally unexplained and unhelpful to the general reader. None of our other console FAs have anywhere near that amount of superfluous technical detail—no wonder we're having trouble sourcing it to a mainstream source. The goal of the section should be understanding the hardware in the context of its time, not listing every spec—that's for another (specialist) website and outside our scope. Indeed, the section has only collected more detail since 2007. Trim it back, I say. This is not "brilliant prose" as is. czar 05:03, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
Technical details have been purged entirely along with the unreliable Romhacking reference. This information already exists at Super Nintendo Entertainment System technical specifications anyways, apparently in exact duplicate. There are 3 new citation needed tags that were added when @Czar removed N-Sider. I am looking for replacement sources now. After that, all tags will have been addressed. -- ferret (talk) 15:31, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
- All unreliable, citation needed and deadlink tags have been repaired/addressed. -- ferret (talk) 13:29, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
- Keep as all issues have been addressed. 97.95.68.240 (talk) 22:30, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
- Comment What needs to be done for this to close? The major issues brought up, various tagging (Unreliable, citation needed and deadlink) in the article related to sourcing, have all been addressed. -- ferret (talk) 18:56, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
- Close Follow up to my comment above, I believe this can be closed now. -- ferret (talk) 19:32, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
What are your thoughts on the article as it stands now? Do you have concerns that are yet to be addressed? @Gamingforfun365 and Czar: Nikkimaria (talk) 16:49, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
- (Didn't get the ping.) My specific concerns have been addressed but there's still a fair amount of cleanup to be done. I don't have the time for a full review so I'm not opposing on this, but: (1) the lede is a mess—it's not a full summary of the article (and if it is, the article is missing a whole lot of detail), (2) specifically, one half of the lede is about the product's name! It needs to be pared down, footnoted, moved to another section. The lede is for introducing how the console is commonly known, not a catalog of how it is spelled in non-English speaking regions. See the Genesis article for comparison. (3) Many sentences are unsourced—those are simple fixes. (4) The emulation section has too much individual detail and not enough overview about how they were developed and used as a whole, which were most popular and why, etc. (5) The legacy section needs much, much more on how the console and its properties affected later industry prospects, how people continue to be influenced by the console, etc. It's essentially proseline as is ("X said it's the top Y"). That stuff doesn't matter and can be grouped together ("journalists from X, Z said it was among the best consoles")—we care about the broad arc of the console's influence. That many people called it the best is not nearly as important as the specific influence (with nuance) it had on people and the industry. czar 19:13, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
FARC section
- Issues raised in the review section include organization/coverage and sourcing. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:53, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- Delist. I had a look through this as I'm pretty knowledgeable about this console, but it needs way more work than meets the eye. Lots of sections need complete rewrites and additional research. --Laser brain (talk) 16:06, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Delist - Per Laser Brain. GamerPro64 15:15, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Fairy tale
- Notified: Goldfritha, AtticusX, User_talk:DavidOaks, WIkiprojects: Novels, Literature, Children's literature
Review section
I am nominating this featured article for review because, the article has descended from Featured article quality. In particular, the comprehensiveness of the articles is much lower than our standard for such a broad scope article: only two academic approaches being highlighted, one of which is almost entirely unreferenced, and verging on OR (or at least appears to be). I am also worried about the contemporary literature section: it only deals with two genres, and doesn't do so with much sophistication. Adaptation of fairy tales is quite heavily explored in academia, especially with the recent surge of television adaption work like Grimm and Once Upon A Time. Moreover, that section in particular, is very poorly written and organized. I really don't like demoting articles, but this appears to be one long overdue... it needs the attention of an expert, who really understands the field (and how it has changed since 2007!), Sadads (talk) 13:56, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Sadads, welcome to FAR. It looks like you've missed the first step of discussing the issue on the talk page? Nikkimaria (talk) 14:16, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
- @Nikkimaria: Thanks for highlighting the process. However, there has been no serious discussion on the talk page for years, and the article proper hasn't received any substantial edits other than vandalism reversion. There does not appear to be a community to notify via the talk. I escalated, with the assumption that no-one would see this as just a talk page discussion, Sadads (talk) 14:23, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
- Comments I think a deal of work is needed, possibly too much for talk page discussion - structurally it is now poorly laid out, with similar material either repeated or far apart - e.g. the Terminology section repeats material from Definition and History of the genre - its material should be split and merged to reduce and consolidate. The Cross-cultural transmission concerns origins so should be moved chronologically up the article. Association with children section is a bit all over the place - Disney material appears in two sections. Modern material should be organized into new representations of old material and new fairy tales. The motifs and the Interpretations sections should be further up the article as they are critical to the plots as it were. Also, I am a little surprised the article passed FAC with so many opposes. And then there is comprehensiveness - e.g. African/Asian material, synthesis into American culture (e.g Uncle Remus stories) - relations to myths etc. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:22, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
FARC section
- Issues raised in the review phase include referencing, comprehensiveness, and structure. Nikkimaria (talk) 20:25, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
- Delist. Quite a few major issues and no progress apparent. --Laser brain (talk) 16:10, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Enceladus
- Notified: Drbogdan, WolfmanSF, JorisvS, Volcanopele, BatteryIncluded, WikiProject Volcanoes, WikiProject Solar System, WikiProject Astronomical objects, WikiProject Astronomy
- WP:URFA nom
I am nominating this featured article for review because it's been tagged for update in the atmosphere section, which is very short. Readers are directed to a sub-article Atmosphere of Enceladus, but it seems to contain all the same information as the main article, and so appears somewhat pointless. In my opinion, the gallery section does not add much to the article, and a link to the commons category should be sufficient. DrKay (talk) 16:25, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
Review section
- comments from Graeme Bartlett
- I am looking into this. There do not seem to be many more writings on the "atmosphere", and most do not distinguish it from the plumes. I found one thesis modelling the atmosphere, but does a thesis count as a reliable source?
- One topic missing that I see quite a few papers about is the effect of Endeladus on the magnetosphere, but its own and that of Saturn.
- Another is related, the auroral hiss[7].
- referencing improvements required:
The Blondel, Philippe reference needs expanding with links.Satellites of the Outer Planets: Worlds in their own right needs an ISBN."Cracks on Enceladus Open and Close under Saturn's Pull" has author Bill Steigerwald56 and 67 have a bibcode but no doi (needs a check)Taubner R.S.; Leitner J. J.; et al needs some kind of link and et al should be expanded a bit."Ocean Within Enceladus May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity" should have publisher which is astrobiology, but this is a NASA press release, so there is probably a better source."Our Solar System and Beyond is Awash in Water" is also a NASA press release"'Jets' on Saturn Moon Enceladus May Actually Be Giant Walls of Vapor and Ice" needs author= Charles Q. Choi date=6 May 2015 publisher=Space.com"A Hot Start on Enceladus" needs date March 14, 2007"Atmosphere on Enceladus" needs standard format on date."Enceladus Life Finder" needs fixing, internal title is "ENCELADUS LIFE FINDER: THE SEARCH FOR LIFE IN A HABITABLE MOON" authors are J.I. Lunine, J.H. Waite, F. Postberg L. Spilker, and K. Clark, this is part of 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:03, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- I'll see if I can do something about the references tomorrow. As for theses, I'd say they need some external support (in the vein of other sources citing them) to work in and of itself.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 23:09, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- Update, done with a few notes:
- 56 and 67 does not seem to have a doi that I can find.
- The NASA press releases are the sources of the images in question; I've found an article on Nature here about the hydrothermal activity in the ocean.
- I'll see about the auroral hiss and the magnetospheric effects later.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:17, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
- I have struck the confirmed fixed refs. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:58, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
- Replaced the press releases with that Nature citation too. The atmosphere will have to wait a bit, unfortunately.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 12:58, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
- Update, done with a few notes:
- Most images are missing alt= text. Please read WP:ALT before adding text though. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:47, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
- More checking word by word: (using tr "][()\t,.:;\"" " "| tr " " "\n" | sort -u )
There is inconsistent date format. Sometimes we have yyyy-mm-dd form, but it is mostly month dd, yyyy. This applies to access dates and publication dates. eg: 2007-04-15 2008-11-27 2011-12-17 2014-04-03 2014-04-04 2014-04-27 2014-12-17 2015-04-09 2015-04-15 2015-05-08 2015-09-17- There are a couple of nonprinting characters in the dimensions in the infobox "513.2 × 502.8 × 496.6" (surrounding the first and second ×) (these are halfwidth spaces, not a serious issue)
Inconsistent ISBN13, we have 978-1-4020-9216-9 978-1-4244-7350-2 and 9783540376835 (the last form is best)Cassini 's has a non printing character before apostrophe(due to use of {{'s}})Caption at internal structure " mantle/yellow and core/red" style should be " mantle (yellow) and core (red)"infobox mean radius uses Earths and Moons - probably should be Earth's and Moon'sE-ring should be E-RingWe have "g/cm³" (2 uses) as well as using superscript 3 g/cm3 (1 use, but I thought MOS said this one).Two uses of wrong spelling: kilometres(It was convert template doing it, spelling mistake avoided by using |sp=usUsing m/s² in info box instead of superfixed 2Abbreviated journal titles like "Orig Life Evol Biosph" should be expanded fully."Saturn׳s" has non-standard apostrophe" —called libration— " uses spaces as well as m-dash (should be no space?)- I suspect " UV–green–near IR images" uses the wrong kind of dash. It is an adjectival form. (actually it appears to use –) (others use / or ,)
- Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:13, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
- I think I got the issues except the inconsistent the dates (MOSUNITS does indicate the superscript standard; probably because it's easier to create that code than to create the superscripted number itself); will need a check on non-printing characters.
- Striking corrected (notice I added more issues after you started work) Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:54, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
- Did some more edits to resolve these issues, except for the dash and nonprinting character edits. I didn't find any "kilometres" in the source; I guess a template is causing these issues. Now, for the atmosphere I've to confess that other than using Calabozos and Cerro Azul (Chilean volcano) as templates I've never worked with FAs; is the atmosphere section of Pluto plus the magnetosphere and auroral hiss a good template to follow?Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:50, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
- Another inconsistency is the possessive form: Enceladus' versus Enceladus's. I prefer the second, but is that right? Many of the sources use Enceladus' Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:56, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
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- It can be either, but I too prefer the second, because I think it's clearer in written prose. DrKay (talk) 09:37, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
- I personally prefer the first; at least to me it was indicated to be proper grammar. I'll do some other work here in about a week, though.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:41, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
- You might like to read MOS:POSS and Apostrophe, especially the section Apostrophe#Possessive apostrophe, particularly sub-section "Basic rule (singular nouns)". It seems that a lot depends upon how the possessive form is pronounced. Corinne (talk) 03:31, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- It can be either, but I too prefer the second, because I think it's clearer in written prose. DrKay (talk) 09:37, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
- Comments from Corinne
1) In this sentence in the lead:
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- Enceladus has a wide range of surface features, ranging from old, heavily cratered regions to young, tectonically deformed terrains that formed as recently as 100 million years ago, despite its small size.
the phrase "despite its small size", because it comes at the end, sounds like it might apply only to the last clause, so is a little puzzling (if it does apply only to the last clause, I don't understand the connection between small size and relatively recent deformation of terrain). I believe you mean it to apply to the first clause, "Enceladus has a wide range of surface features". If so, I recommend putting the phrase at the beginning of the sentence:
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- Despite it small size, Enceladus has a wide range of surface features, ranging...
2) The first sentence of the second paragraph of the lead is:
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- Enceladus was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel, but little was known about it until the two Voyager spacecraft passed nearby in the early 1980s.
You haven't mentioned Voyager spacecraft before this, so saying "the two Voyager spacecraft" assumes that your readers know what they are. I recommend removing "the". You can, and I guess you do, go into more detail about the two spacecraft later, and who's to say there won't be more in the future?
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- Enceladus was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel, but little was known about it until two Voyager spacecraft passed nearby in the early 1980s.
3) The last sentence in the lead is:
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- Its resonance with Dione excites its orbital eccentricity, which tidal forces damp, resulting in tidal heating of its interior, and offering a possible explanation for the geological activity.
(a) I was confused by the clause, "which tidal forces damp". It is true that "tidal" is an adjective, so "forces" ought to be a noun; however, "damp" is more often an adjective or noun than a verb, so "forces" jumped in as a verb. It took a re-reading to realize that "damp" was the verb to the phrase "tidal forces". To a non-scientist, even one who knows what the verb "to damp" means, the combination of "tidal forces" and "damp" is so unusual that it is hard to comprehend. I'm wondering if another verb could be found other than "damp" to make this more comprehensible for the average reader. Perhaps "suppress", or "counteract"?
(b) Also, for the average reader, the word "tidal" suggests, of course, "tides", which in turn suggests the presence of a large body of water (or other liquid). The previous paragraph mentioned "a subsurface ocean of liquid water", but no connection between the tides and that body of water was made. If the "tidal forces" are related in some way to the subsurface body of water, that connection should be made clear. Since no surface body of water (or liquid) is mentioned here, the reader will look for it later on. In the section "Orbit and rotation", "tidal deformation" is mentioned in the second paragraph, but no body of liquid is mentioned. If these "tidal forces" and "tidal deformation" have nothing to do with a body of liquid, that ought to be made clear, also.
4) The first two sentences in Enceladus#Orbit and rotation are:
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- Enceladus is one of the major inner satellites of Saturn. It is the fourteenth satellite when ordered by distance from Saturn, and orbits within the densest part of the E Ring, the outermost of Saturn's rings.
I think the wording of the clause "when ordered by distance from Saturn" could be made a little clearer for the average WP reader. "When ordered" sounds like "ordered from a catalog", "ordered in a restaurant". I think it would be clearer if it were worded something like this:
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- It is the fourteenth satellite in order of distance from Saturn, and it orbits..."
5) In the second paragraph in "Orbit and rotation", can you put the conversion so that distances in miles are given?
– Corinne (talk) 04:17, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- 2) Without "the", it suggests that there have been more than two Voyager spacecraft, which is untrue. Any possible futute Voyager 3 would be crystal ball.
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- I don't agree. Saying just "until two Voyager spacecraft passed nearby" is just introducing the spacecraft since you haven't mentioned them before this. It does not suggest that there were, or will be, more. It is really not good to use the definite article until you have first introduced or mentioned them. Corinne (talk) 18:09, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
- 3) a) I think saying it in the passive does the trick. b) Tidal forces also act on a solid body. The effect is only much stronger if they act on a liquid. For example, solid Mimas has been tidally locked to Saturn; in fact, none of the small regular moons of Saturn are known not to be tidally locked.
- I have copy-edited the article based on several other points. --JorisvS (talk) 12:31, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
- Atmosphere section
DrKay's original concern was with the Atmosphere section, which I just removed. I'm not totally sure about it, so see my rationale on the talk page and let me know if you agree. A2soup (talk) 12:31, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
- As we've established, it was not possible to expand the section and I think short sections should be merged into others, which is essentially what has been done here with the material positioned in the Cryovolcanism section. DrKay (talk) 11:33, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
- Move to FARC. The prose is poor, using an unnecessarily repetitive and unidiomatic style that is also indicative of structural problems in the article. Because relevant material is deliberately excluded, the subject is not placed in its context rendering the topic non-comprehensive and difficult to follow without following links to other articles. Attempts to address these problems are reverted. DrKay (talk) 17:27, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
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- If by "relevant material is deliberately excluded", you mean the atmosphere apart from the plumes, I have to disagree. That's more a case of "relevant material is not yet known". No argument on the other points, though. A2soup (talk) 17:55, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- No, I mean for example that the article says Enceladus is "sixth-largest", "one of the major inner" and "fourteenth" moon of Saturn, but we are not told how many moons there are or how many of those are "major inner" ones. DrKay (talk) 18:27, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- The problem there is that Saturn has a difficult-to-define number of moons. There are spherical moons, but Moons of Saturn gives 62 moons with confirmed orbits, of which 53 are named. Of course, what's a moon or not is ultimately subjective - the rings are made of zillions of "moons", and how can we define when a chunk is big enough to be a moon? Saying Enceladus is "sixth-largest" with no absolute number specified is actually an elegant solution to this problem. I have addressed the other two concerns you raised by given content for "one of the major inner" and removing "fourteenth". Do you have any other prose concerns? A2soup (talk) 16:39, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
- No, I mean for example that the article says Enceladus is "sixth-largest", "one of the major inner" and "fourteenth" moon of Saturn, but we are not told how many moons there are or how many of those are "major inner" ones. DrKay (talk) 18:27, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- If by "relevant material is deliberately excluded", you mean the atmosphere apart from the plumes, I have to disagree. That's more a case of "relevant material is not yet known". No argument on the other points, though. A2soup (talk) 17:55, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
Comments by Dunkleosteus77
FARC section
The instability leads me to move here. Concerns about prose, which can be difficult to balance between exactness and accessibility in these articles. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:41, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
- What "instability" do you mean? There was one recent not-quite-edit-war (both editors made varied changes that ultimately led to improvement, rather than flat reverts). Also, can you point out specifically what prose concerns you? A2soup (talk) 16:42, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
- The fact that they are not edit-warring does not mean there is consensus. Prose is a pretty major issue to try and get right and moving it here means we're not closing this as a "keep", that is all. Further work and continue before editors comment on whether the article should retain or lose FA status. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:58, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
- Lack of consensus is not a stability issue if the article text is stable. But I'm more interested in what specifically the prose issues you see are - I would love to try to address them. A2soup (talk) 03:16, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
- @A2soup: Calling DrKay about these prose issues.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 11:32, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
- Lack of consensus is not a stability issue if the article text is stable. But I'm more interested in what specifically the prose issues you see are - I would love to try to address them. A2soup (talk) 03:16, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
- The fact that they are not edit-warring does not mean there is consensus. Prose is a pretty major issue to try and get right and moving it here means we're not closing this as a "keep", that is all. Further work and continue before editors comment on whether the article should retain or lose FA status. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:58, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
Banff National Park
- Notified: MONGO, WikiProject Geography of Canada, WikiProject Protected areas, WikiProject Canada, WikiProject Geography, WikiProject World Heritage Sites, WikiProject Alberta, WikiProject Geology
Review section
I am nominating this featured article for review because it's a 2006 promotion, and I don't think this still meet the criteria. Like I mentioned at talk page, there's still some paragraph lack footnotes.--Jarodalien (talk) 00:44, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
- I'll mention it to the primary author...all I did was nominate it. You could of course look for some references yourself and help out, as I mentioned on the article talkpage back in May. Some things are generally common knowledge that wouldn't need an inline ref.--MONGO 02:38, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
- If they were common knowledge, then this should be very easily done.--Jarodalien (talk) 06:04, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- Looking at your meager contributions to en.wiki, you are not only too lazy to assist but also too lazy to list the issues. Looks like trolling to me.--MONGO 10:42, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- Wow... good for you.--Jarodalien (talk) 14:36, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- Come up with specifics troll or be gone. Surely you can come up with specifics....no? That should be easy shouldn't it?--MONGO 16:27, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- Wow... good for you.--Jarodalien (talk) 14:36, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- Looking at your meager contributions to en.wiki, you are not only too lazy to assist but also too lazy to list the issues. Looks like trolling to me.--MONGO 10:42, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- If they were common knowledge, then this should be very easily done.--Jarodalien (talk) 06:04, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Guys, enough of the sniping here. Jarodalien, can you please specify which of the criteria you feel are not met and why? Nikkimaria (talk) 14:48, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
- Already add cn tags more than 5 months ago, and mentioned at talk page. Lots of paragraphs have no inline citation at all.--Jarodalien (talk) 15:18, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you for that, but just so we're clear - your only concern with FA status here is the state of the article's sourcing? Nikkimaria (talk) 04:20, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- Sourcing is my main concern, but shince you mention it, I also hope infomation like "As of the 2005 census, the Town of Banff has a population of 8,352, of which nearly 7,000 are permanent residents", "Climate data for Banff", "with 3,927,557 visitors in 2004/2005", "with 32 wolf deaths along the Trans-Canada Highway between 1987 and 2000, leaving only 31 wolves in the area" along with other data could least update to 2010s. Thank you.--Jarodalien (talk) 07:19, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you for that, but just so we're clear - your only concern with FA status here is the state of the article's sourcing? Nikkimaria (talk) 04:20, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Weak close.I have fact checked the entire history section, finding no problems.Consequently, although the geography and geology sections are not fully sourced, I'm inclined to believe that the content of those sections is also verifiable. There don't appear to be any statements in the section that are controversial.Other editors have done some updating of the figures, and I've done a copyedit and review of the images. DrKay (talk) 16:12, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
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- For the issue related to climate data, it is from 1971–2000 and there is none from 1981–2010 since the weather station closed in 1995 so only 15 years of data from 1981–1995 using the 1981–2010 data. Environment Canada did opened an automatic weather station from 1997 until the present (Banff Cs) though no climatological normals for that station is published so manually calculating the normals from that station would run into WP:OR. It would be impossible to update the data to 2010s for it if the weather station closed in 1995. Ssbbplayer (talk) 22:26, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, I noticed that too. I've asked for help at WikiProject Geology for the geology section. Pinging User:MONGO and User:Aude. DrKay (talk) 09:12, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
- For the issue related to climate data, it is from 1971–2000 and there is none from 1981–2010 since the weather station closed in 1995 so only 15 years of data from 1981–1995 using the 1981–2010 data. Environment Canada did opened an automatic weather station from 1997 until the present (Banff Cs) though no climatological normals for that station is published so manually calculating the normals from that station would run into WP:OR. It would be impossible to update the data to 2010s for it if the weather station closed in 1995. Ssbbplayer (talk) 22:26, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
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FARC section
I have moved to FARC mainly because of the Geology section needing cleanup. Comments on prose also invited. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:13, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
Delist. Geology section needs clarification, citation and cleanup per Talk:Banff National Park#Possible FAR. DrKay (talk) 10:25, 15 January 2016 (UTC)DelistPer unsolved problems. --Jarodalien (talk) 02:44, 20 January 2016 (UTC)- Hold delisting for 2 weeks please and I'll attempt to address the issues.--MONGO 11:36, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
- Keep MONGO has made a considerable effort to bring this article back to the high standard demanded of a featured article and I consider he has succeeded. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:38, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- @DrKay: and @Jarodalien:, given there's been some work by MONGO, just wondering if you feel your concerns have been addressed? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:37, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- I added specifics to the talk page so that other readers may help with fixing. The geology section needs major cleanup, imo. Even without a background in geology, editors inspecting the article should question mixed up facts, mountains trend this way then that, mixed up times, difficult geography (in and out and around the park), sensationalist claims about research unsupported, and other problems in a featured article.
- There is no way I can edit it, because it is too difficult to follow, but, also, no one can be an effective editor once ownership of an article is established by calling other editors trolls for raising issues and pointing out problems. 2601:283:4301:D3A6:DC63:FC39:86B3:6D1E (talk) 14:36, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- I can continue to address some of your concerns and from what you posted at the article talk page there do appear to be some issues yet to address.--MONGO 18:18, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Can we move your comments from the article talk page to here?--MONGO 18:40, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Go ahead. I think it is better on the article's talk page, personally. Also, I have worked with you before on Western forest fire articles, and I think you're a good editor, so you can probably do this, but I think an outline of geological date and place, then moving from there in the writing to finer details would make it easier to write and wind up with something understandable. 2600:380:985F:CE86:C9B7:33E4:EA8:F7CF (talk) 18:44, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Also, if you do it this way, I am willing to correct errors as I catch them, but it's too jumbled up right now. 166.173.58.255 (talk) 19:01, 13 March 2016 (UTC)