Talk:Marquis Theatre/GA1

GA Review[edit]

Passed. simongraham (talk) 13:26, 29 November 2021‎ (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: Simongraham (talk · contribs) 10:16, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like another well-researched article on the theatres of New York by Epicgenius and is therefore likely to be close to Good Article status already. I will start a review very shortly. simongraham (talk) 10:16, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments[edit]

This is a stable and well-written article. 93.8% of authorship is by Epicgenius. It is currently ranked C class and a DYK nominee.

The article is of appropriate length, 1,784 words of readable prose, plus a referenced list of notable productions and an infobox.
It is written in a summary style, consistent with relevant Manuals of Style.
Citations seem to be thorough.
References appear to be from reputable sources.
Images have appropriate licensing and public domain or CC tags.
Earwig's Copyvio Detector identifies a 35.5% chance of copyright violation with what looks like the theatre's own website 46thstreettheatre.com. This does not look like a violation.
Both "theatre" and "theater" spellings are used.
- "Theater" is the U.S. spelling, used to refer to a building. However, "theatre" is used here only when it's a proper name. There are some venues in the Theater District, like Hayes Theater and Ed Sullivan Theater, that use the "proper" spelling, but these are relatively uncommon. Epicgenius (talk) 16:51, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - Fascinating. simongraham (talk) 13:20, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"The ground-level box office is decorated with black marble with brass railings." Recommend replacing one of the "with".
- Done. Epicgenius (talk) 16:51, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Instead, the wings are 20 feet (6.1 m) wide, a modification approved by the New York City Planning Commission." Suggest "in width" rather than "wide".
- Done. Epicgenius (talk) 16:51, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"In addition, the fly space is about 58 feet (18 m) above the stage, shorter than in comparable theaters. There is no freight elevator to the stage." Suggest rewording to avoid the repetition of "stage".
- Done. Epicgenius (talk) 16:51, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"The first major production at the Marquis, the long-running Me and My Girl, was followed by a series of short-lived productions in the 1990s and 2000s." "The theater advertised its productions through the hotel's in-house television channel. Hotel guests could buy tickets to a production and have these ticket fees added to their regular hotel bills." Suggest replacing one instance of "production" with a synonym in each sentence.
"The production closed at the end of 1989 to make way for the musical Annie 2, only for that production's Broadway run to be canceled in early 1990." Suggest replacing at least one instance of "production" with a synonym (it also occurs in the previous sentence).
- Done. Epicgenius (talk) 16:51, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"The Marquis's other events included a choir performance in October 2001 to celebrate the release of the Windows XP operating system,[76] as well as performances to benefit charities." Suggest replacing one instance of "performance".
- Done. Epicgenius (talk) 16:51, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"This was followed by Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure (2011), Follies (2011), Evita (2012), Jekyll & Hyde (2013),[and Il Divo – A Musical Affair: The Greatest Songs of Broadway (2013); a limited holiday engagement of The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream had also been planed for 2013 but was canceled." Due to the size of the sentence, I suggest replacing the semicolon with a period. Also I believe it should be "planned".
- Fixed both. Epicgenius (talk) 16:51, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I see no other obvious spelling or grammar errors.

@Epicgenius: Another good piece of work - and a smaller article than the last few I have looked at. Please ping me when you would like me to take another look. simongraham (talk) 10:20, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

simongraham, thanks for taking a look. Yeah, it's a bit shorter because it's also pretty new, with only 30 years of history to look at, rather than the 90 to 120 years of all the other theaters. I have addressed all your comments now. Epicgenius (talk) 16:51, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Epicgenius: Excellent work. It is great to see this addition to our knowledge of theatreland. I'll start the assessment now. simongraham (talk) 13:20, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment[edit]

The six good article criteria:

It is reasonable well written.
the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct;

it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead, layout and word choice.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
it contains a reference section, presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;

all inline citations are from reliable sources;

it contains no original research;

it contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism;

it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail.
It is broad in its coverage
it addresses the main aspects of the topic.

it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
It has a neutral point of view.
it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to different points of view.
It is stable.
it does not change significantly from day to day because of any ongoing edit war or content dispute.
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
images are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content;

images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.

Congratulations, Epicgenius. This article meets the criteria to be a Good Article.

Pass simongraham (talk) 13:25, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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