Talk:Ada Baker/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Tayi Arajakate (talk · contribs) 01:16, 25 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello Aussie Article Writer, I will take up the review for this nomination and present it to you in some time. I hope you will find my feedback helpful and that I will learn something new in the process. Tayi Arajakate  Talk 01:16, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Absolutely! Thanks Tayi. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 04:03, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
 * hey, do you need anything further from me? - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 22:36, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * , sorry about the delay. I will complete the review and ping you sometime within the next 12ish hours, if that's alright. Tayi Arajakate  Talk 23:29, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * That’s ok, thanks for reviewing! - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 00:03, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * , I've completed the review and the article is generally close to the good article criteria. There are however some issues mostly in the section on "early life and career" which need to be resolved before I can promote it. I've listed them in the comments below, along with some suggestions which you can implement if you wish to. Good work on the article in general and apologies again for the delay. Tayi Arajakate  Talk 12:35, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I’ll work on these now. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 20:27, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * thank you so much for the review! You have picked up some things I absolutely missed, and I have corrected the article. It has definitely improved this article for the better! Thank you for you thoroughness. I have respect full disagreed with a few concerns, but I appreciate you raising them so I have considered them seriously but tried to explain my reasoning. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 03:11, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * , I've checked the changes and the primary issues are resolved, so I'm going to promote the article now. Thank you for developing the article to good article standards and congratulations on the successful nomination! Tayi Arajakate  Talk 09:37, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * thank you!! - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 09:48, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Comments

 * Regarding ref 2, if I'm not missing something, it just calls describes her father as "Mr. Baker of Pastoral Hotel" which doesn't quite make it clear that the hotel was purchased by him or that he was the manager or even that the family moved to Wagga Wagga.
 * provided a source - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 02:17, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * "At the age of 15 she started giving music classes ..." In the sentence, the use of "giving" sounds odd, I would suggest using "offering" instead.
 * done - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 02:17, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The pound symbol doesn't need to be wikilinked.
 * this was added because it refers to Australian pounds, which were different to British pounds. I have clarified with the notation AU. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 02:17, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Upon review, I’m wrong. The Australian pound was introduced in 1902. So it was still a British currency at that time. I have removed the wikilink. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 08:25, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * "She raised £50 for Wagga hospital and £24/15/6 to the Lord Mayor of Sydney for survivors of the shipwreck of the Ly-ee-moon off the Green Cape Lighthouse. This line should specify the year 1886 and come after the next sentence to be chronological, otherwise it sounds like she did it at 15.
 * Fixed. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 02:17, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Ref 5 could be used to expand the article a bit more, it states that she began her musical career at age 12 which isn't mentioned article and that she raised the money for the hospital donation through a concert, it also appears that the donations for the survivors and the one towards the hospital were the same one from it. Ref 3 is an advertisement so I wouldn't place as much weight on it.
 * the ref you mention is a public notice, I suspect required through law at the time, so it’s quite reliable. I have added the information you point out, I think that is quite valuable information! Inspired by this, I located the “Well done, Ada!” article it mentions and cited that. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 02:42, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * "According to Baker, Hall had married her reluctantly – she had directed her brother to "break his head" if he did not." There is a slight inaccurate in this, it should state that she had told Hall that her brother would "break his head", she doesn't say that she directed her brother do so. I think the line should also specify the context that this was stated in her divorce petition. The line also probably belongs in the paragraph on her divorce.
 * it appears this got altered in a copyedit accidentally, I have corrected. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 02:53, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * "... Maharajah's elephant." Maharajah is an archaic spelling, just Maharaja should be enough.
 * fixed - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 02:57, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * "In the era of at-fault divorce – Australian enacted no fault-divorce in 1975 – if neither party could prove fault in the marriage by the other, then it would not be granted." This line is not cited. The article should also specify the custody of their children.
 * not sure what needs citing, this is a fact and is wikilinked to. There was no reporting on child custody arrangements so I cannot add anything about it. I also think it better to note the circumstances of her marriage where we discussed her marriage. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 02:53, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I had another shot at this. In fact, the law around divorce only became established in 1853. I’ve updated to footnote. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 08:25, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I have added a footnote and a reference to clarify this. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 05:26, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * "During July and August of 1898 Rickards' Tivoli company, including Baker, played in Western Australia." Regarding this line, I would suggest using "toured" or "performed" instead of "played".
 * toured is indeed the better term, thanks! Fixed. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 03:01, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Hall, her estranged husband, had been living in Western Australia by that time. Despite Baker not arriving in Perth with him nor living with him, the Truth reported that "there seemed no regret for 'the man she had left behind her.'" This sentence isn't quite clear as to what it means, I would suggest rephrasing.
 * I respectfully disagree. The paper implied she had deserted Hall, despite the fact Hall left her for Perth. A few people have read this, and it’s fairly clear what it alludes to. I don't want to state their intent, because that might be considered OR. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 03:01, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I've read it again and I suppose it does make sense. Though, I would make one suggestion of placing it in the next section since Hall's whereabouts are not specified in the article and the sentence's placement in the section on her move to Western Australia can give the impression that she had deserted him for Perth. Tayi Arajakate  Talk 09:35, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * "Baker's enthusiasm when raising funds for the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children had her made a life governor in 1927." I would suggest adding "at the hospital" after "governor" in the sentence.
 * done - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 03:03, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * "... and in 1932 she raised a further £140 for that hospital." "The hospital" instead of "that hospital".
 * that would introduce ambiguity, because in the previous sentence she raised money for another hospital. This was picked up in copyediting. I am reluctant to change this to something that makes the text less clear. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 03:04, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * "Ada Baker Street in Forde, Australian Capital Territory is named in her honour." The year could be specified and I would suggest not keeping this line a separate paragraph.
 * done - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 03:06, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * In general, the article is almost entirely sourced from dated contemporary news pieces, which are somewhat primary sources (She has an entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography so notability isn't a concern). I understand that they might be the more abundant sources available for the subject but I would still suggest incorporating more modern secondary sources if possible.
 * Those are still secondary sources, we cite contemporaneous newspaper articles all the time. We have pretty much exhausted all more modern secondary sources that aren’t newspaper articles. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 03:06, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I have added another secondary source to a number of the references. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 04:44, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright, though I would state that while newspapers are considered secondary sources for current events, contemporaneous news pieces for historical content are treated more as primary ones (even if they are independent) especially on higher level articles. Tayi Arajakate  Talk 09:30, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Assessment
 Comprehension: The comprehension is good.

Verifiability: The article is verifiable.

Comprehensiveness: The article is comprehensive enough.

Neutrality: The article is neutral.

Stability: The article is stable. Illustration: The article is well illustrated.

