Talk:Dark Archives/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Premeditated Chaos (talk · contribs) 14:38, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Dibs also &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 14:38, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

You're familiar with the schtick so here we go.


 * Maybe link Medical library since it's not necessarily common knowledge that that's a notable concept in its own right
 * Have linked.
 * I might split the first sentence of para two, then revise the second clause to lead with the common misconception before going into the "well actually"
 * I think publication belongs in the first paragraph of the lead, not lumped in with critical reception
 * I tried to revise the lead, but it looked...worse :P I ended up with a very crowded first paragraph when moving up the publication. I'll see about the misconception split.
 * No worries. If it doesn't work, it doesns't work.
 * The caption for the image needs a citation, since neither the book nor the library are mentioned in the body
 * Have cited.
 * "particularly popular amongst doctors" I won't die on this hill but the "particularly" makes it seem to me like it's saying "this was really popular, with doctors most of all".
 * I notice you've left Anthropodermic Book Project unlinked here, but redlinked it on its later appearance. Intentional?
 * An oversight -- I've moved the redlink up and removed it in the synopsis (I don't dup redlinks, because they're editor suggestions rather than navigation aids).
 * Same with medical ethics - it's linked in para 5 of the synopsis, but first mentioned in para 2
 * I looked at this and thought "huh, I remembered linking that earlier". Double-checking, it is linked in para 1, but I hadn't noticed I'd duplinked it in two paragraphs in the same section. I've removed the later link.
 * Otherwise, pretty much minimal griping with the synopsis (but boy howdy I bet postmortem tattoo preservation would be a fun redlink to unred)
 * Tweaked a few sentences near the end of synopsis and at the beginning of research & publication
 * It's weird that the publication details are crammed in at the end of this section, like an afterthought. I think it might flow better to open with them
 * Publication details are hard. I just sort of put them here for lack of a better spot. I'm not sure they work better at the top of the section -- it confuses the chronology.
 * Not a hill I'll die on, but my thinking was that yes it's odd but you get the minor details out of the way and get into the meat of the thing. The way it is now, you've got all the meat and then at the end "oh by the way!" which distracts you from the meat you were just reading. Eating. Whatever.
 * You mention multiple reviewers noting a "dark academia" sensibility, but don't really expound on what that means. For the fortunate souls among our readership who don't hang out on Tumblr, could you explain what they mean a bit?
 * Will think of a way! It's tricky, because the sources also assume familiarity and I don't want to OR too much in assuming exactly what elements they reference, but yeah, you're right.

Another weird, interesting article. Well done! Mostly minor gripes that should be fairly easy to address. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 06:24, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * , I've done a few of these now, just a couple left to look at. I do have one query -- do you have any recommendations on how to structure the tannery sentence? I kind of hate how it turned out, and want to fix it before FAC, but there don't seem to be many good ways to put it, and putting it some way is probably worthwhile given how it comes up in reviews. Vaticidalprophet 18:17, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm assuming you mean the one about French Revolution tanneries? Honestly, I think it's fine as-is. You could maybe ditch "or bound" and just leave "made", I'm sure the readers can make the small assumption. As a side note, I noticed you mention Nazis and French Revolution rumors in the synopsis but not the serial killer rumors. I don't recall how much detail she gets into about those in the book, but since you mention it in the lead, it might be worth in the synopsis. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 20:23, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * It's the one under "Research and publication" (To this end, Rosenbloom visited a tannery to discover more about the process of leatherworking, describing in the book its intense smell and gory surroundings). It's a bit...editorializing, or ugly, but I'm not sure how else to put it. I think I've clarified dark academia now, and I couldn't find any other way to handle the lead. Vaticidalprophet 20:58, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, no, I think it's fine. You're making it clear it's her description of it, so I think you're ok on the borderline-editorializing issue. Yeah, I think we're good here. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 21:47, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * No CV/close para issues, images are fine, no concerns on the spot checks. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 21:49, 7 August 2023 (UTC)