Talk:Children and Television: Lessons from Sesame Street/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: J Milburn (talk · contribs) 21:37, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

It's awful that you've had to wait this long for a review. Some thoughts to follow. J Milburn (talk) 21:37, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Ok, first thing's first- there's no way that non-free images of Lesser or Sendak are justified. We do not need to know what they looked like in order to understand the book- that's a flagrant violation violation of NFCC#8. They need to be removed.
 * "Gerald S. Lesser was a Biglow Professor" Was the, surely?
 * "Davis credited Lesser's "informal, unpretentious, and collaborative" [11] manner with the creation of that close relationship." Move the ref to the end of the line?
 * ISBN for the Morrow book?
 * Check citation- "Thirty yYars"?
 * Fixed the above; thanks for the catches. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:57, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

You have here a very well-written article giving the background of the early years of SS and what seems to be a solid synopsis of the book. However, you have next to no responses to the book. Now, finding reviews would be very difficult for a book this old, but Google Scholar suggests that it's very well-cited- do any of the works which cite it perhaps mention anything about it? It's value, any inaccuracies, any absences? Has it become dated, or does it remain a valuable resource? Does the author develop the ideas in subsequent publications? Ideally, I'd want to see a little more about responses to the book, whatever their form. J Milburn (talk) 22:01, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, J. Sorry it's taken me several days to respond.  I expect to address these concerns in the next few days, so thanks for your patience. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:40, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Update: I was able to address the bullet-points above, but your second request may take me a little longer. For some reason, I'm unable to access from home the university library where I work during the school year.  I'm going to try and do some editing on campus, but due to RL stuff, it may take me a few days to get there.  Please be patient with me and please don't fail the nom until I can resolve them.  Thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:20, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. I'm happy to wait. J Milburn (talk) 10:03, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Good, I'm glad, thanks for your patience. I was able to get access to the library (Go Vandals!), and so I've been able to add the reviews you requested.  I, like you probably will be, was surprised at how few I was able to find.  But that's what was there.  Yes, the book has been mentioned often in some articles, but it was mostly to refer to the origins of The Show, and nothing specific about its influences.  My personal belief is that it's due to the fact that other than die-hard fans of The Show (like me), it hasn't proved to be all that important.  I wanted its inclusion in the WP canon on Sesame Street because I think that it's an important piece about its history and development.  I hope that it's enough.  Again, thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 21:59, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Great- better than I anticipated. I'm going to go ahead and promote this one now. J Milburn (talk) 19:07, 10 July 2013 (UTC)