Talk:Dunrobin Castle/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Rosiestep (talk · contribs) 02:10, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

I'll review this one in the next few days. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:10, 23 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Lead
 * Citations are discouraged in the lead section.
 * Has been moved to history


 * Needs to be expanded with a bit re: architecture, school, museum, etc.
 * Done - unless you think more is needed?


 * "...most of the present building is the work of Sir Charles Barry, the architect of the Palace of Westminster" - of/of/of/of
 * Reworded.


 * An image caption states "A vista from the house includes the gardens and the sea" - which 'sea' should be addressed in the lead
 * I've made Dornoch Firth clearer.


 * History
 * "... with unusual vaulted ceilings." - what makes them unusual?
 * I really don't know, to be honest. Canmore, ref 2, describes them as such in quite a prominent fashion, so I thought it was important.
 * It is their number which is unusual, i.e. that there was a vault on every floor. Normally only the basement would be a vault, with the upper storeys having suspended timber floors. Have clarified this. Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 14:35, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * "In the 17th century, the keep was extended with the addition of a large house, built around a courtyard to the south-west." - Not a fan of a 1 sentence paragraph; perhaps expand it or merge it?
 * Done (by Jonathan)


 * "the 17th Earl..."; "the 18th earl..." - caps?
 * I'm not quite sure which it should be - I'll find a similar article and go by that. Different sources seem to do it differently.
 * It's now upper case in all but one, where lower case is correct.


 * "The Gordons quickly recaptured the castle, and captured Alexander and placed his head on a spear on top of the castle tower." - bit clumsy
 * Reworded.


 * "Between 1835 and 1850 Sir Charles Barry remodelled the castle into the Scottish Baronial style for 2nd Duke of Sutherland." - add 'the' before '2nd'
 * Done.


 * "Between 1835 and 1850"; "In 1915"; "Since 1973" - add comma after year per MOS:COMMA
 * Done.


 * Image caption: "Entrance (west) front of Dunrobin Castle" - bit clumsy
 * Photos redone.


 * boarding school - name?
 * There's tons of info at http://www.dunrobinschool.co.uk/ if you think more would be good. I'll add it as an EL in the meantime.


 * Architecture
 * "There are 189 rooms within the house, making it the largest house in the northern Highlands." - house/house; re-word?
 * wl - parterres
 * Gardens expanded


 * "In the entrance hall is a frieze of armorials of the old earls of Sutherland." - bit cluncky
 * Reworded


 * 16th and 17th-century; eighteenth-century - doesn't need the hyphen; also "eighteenth" should be 18th
 * Fixed.


 * header - consider changing it to "Architecture and fittings" as the content addresses books, portraits, chairs, etc.
 * "Interior" is now subheading.


 * gardens - the gardens/grounds appear to be extensive per the image so suggest addressing them in their own section
 * Done.


 * Present use
 * I'm not sure if this is a necessary section vs. incorporating the various sentences into the other sections.
 * museum - Mention in the lead
 * Done.


 * gardens - They're mentioned here, too, but again, I think gardens/grounds/courtyard would be better handled in a separate section, i.e. "Grounds"
 * Headings are now much more logical.


 * References
 * Reflist|2 would be an alternative to all the white space.
 * Done

The article needs a bit of work so I'll put this on hold for the usual 7 days. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:24, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * A. Prose quality:
 * B. MoS compliance:
 * 1) Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
 * A. References to sources:
 * B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
 * C. No original research:
 * 1) Is it broad in its coverage?
 * A. Major aspects:
 * B. Focused:
 * 1) Is it neutral?
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:

Nicely done! --Rosiestep (talk) 02:56, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review. Jamesx12345 16:07, 28 January 2014 (UTC)