Talk:Eagles in Middle-earth/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 19:47, 22 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Another day another Middle-earth GA. I have placed this article on hold for now and left my comments below. Please ping me once sou have addressed these concerns so I will know when to reevaluate. Thanks!  𓃦 LunaEatsTuna  (💬) 20:41, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Many thanks! Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:17, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Likewise for your as usual fast response! I am now pleased to pass this article for GA status. Congrats!  𓃦 LunaEatsTuna  (💬) 22:27, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Copyvio check
Earwig says good to go. Only concern is a Wordpress blog site with material evidently plagiarised from Wikipedia. Quotations used in-line with WP:COPYQUOTE.
 * Noted.

Files
All files are relevant, good quality, and copyright-free:
 * : valid public domain rationale;
 * : CC-BY-SA 3.0;
 * : valid public domain rationale.
 * Noted.

Prose

 * In the lead, I do not think eucatastrophe has to be italicised.
 * Fixed.


 * Also in the lead, Eagle-messenger is spelled with a capital but its mention in Biblical messenger is not.
 * Fixed, should be capitalised.


 * "specialising in Old English" – wikilink Old English
 * Done.


 * "off the borders" – sounds somewhat whimsical/confusing to me. Is a more blunt word choice available, like "away from Gondolin's territory" (if that is what it means?).
 * Fixed.


 * "the longest of all Elven realms." – any chance this could be wikilinked somewhere or elaborated upon for extra context to readers?
 * Reworded.


 * "during the Three Prayers." – same concern as above.
 * Reworded.


 * "rescues Gandalf from the top of the tower there," – wikilink Gandalf as first mention in the body.
 * Glossed and linked.


 * The line "Eä, the World, was bounded by the Walls of Night, and the space above the Earth up to the Walls was divided into three regions;" reads fairly complex compared to the rest of the article. Anyway this could be simplified or explained a bit more? Possibly even an efn note could help.
 * Simplified.


 * Recommend changing "the World" to "Tolkien's fictional universe" or something more descriptive like that.
 * Done.


 * "writing on Script" – should it not be "writing for Script"? Ignore me if I am mistaken.
 * Tweaked. Either will do. Probably we Brits are more likely to say "on" but no matter.


 * Is a non-primary source available for the sentence starting "According to the fantasy artist Larry Dixon"?
 * I couldn't find one.


 * "Australia was named Gwaihiria in 1982." – the word/name Gwaihiria is mentioned nowhere else in the article.
 * Gwaihir is, though. Clarified.


 * "In The Lord of the Rings: War in the North," – recommend "In the 2011 video game The Lord of the Rings: War in the North," as to be more descriptive.
 * Done, much better.

Refs
All refs are RS. Passes spotcheck—no concerns with (primary) refs 1, 17–19 or (secondary) refs 4, 9, 14 or 15.
 * Noted.


 * Ref 14 is formatted strangely with its title. Also, the publication name is a URL.
 * Fixed both.


 * For "Tolkien, J. R. R. (1984b)" I do not see any other citations for Tolkien (1984).
 * 1984a and b are Book of Lost Tales vols 1 and 2, across the whole WikiProject; the citations use a shared template, ME-ref.
 * Oh I see. Yes that is acceptable then.

Other
Short description, infobox, navs, other templates and cats good
 * Noted.


 * Recommend adding template:Use dmy dates
 * Done.

- all done! Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:19, 22 January 2023 (UTC)