Talk:Guns into Plowshares/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 04:01, 9 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I will hopefully be able to get to this later today (UTC-wise) :)  𓃦 LunaEatsTuna  (💬) 04:01, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Told ya I would get to this today! Thanks for the fun read, I found this very fascinating. I left some comments below and will place this article on hold for improvements for a period of one week, although I doubt we will need that long :3.  𓃦 LunaEatsTuna  (💬) 23:40, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for the review, @LunaEatsTuna! This is all eminently doable, and I'll take a crack at it tomorrow! Brian (talk) 00:40, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @LunaEatsTuna Couldn't wait until tomorrow! I think all the changes have been made. Let me know if you think I missed anything. Brian (talk) 02:09, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Now that is the dedication that Wikipedia needs! Thanks for the quick response. I am very satisfied with these changes and now happy to pass this wonderful article for GA status. Congratulations! I hope to see more of your work around Wikipedia.  𓃦 LunaEatsTuna  (💬) 04:37, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Copyvio check
Earwig says good to go.

Files
Cheers for taking these, Bdhamilton!
 * : good quality, taken by nominator, CC-BY-SA 4.0;
 * : ibid.

Prose

 * I would remove the lone citation in the lead. ✅
 * The lead says that the sculpture was erected in Judiciary Square, but the third paragraph in History says near Judiciary Square. ✅
 * Is it possible to add a couple of more sentences to the second (history) paragraph in the lead? Perhaps summarise some of the background info prior to its 1997 construction. ✅
 * "The sculpture took three years and cost $125,000 to complete." > "The sculpture took three years to complete at a cost of $125,000." sounds better IMO. ✅
 * "early 2011" – sources say January 2011; it would be more helpful to readers to note this. ✅
 * "police evidence-control facility." perhaps change this to "police evidence management facility"? ✅
 * "where another of her notable sculptures" > "where another of Esther's sculptures" – also removing notable, which is a subjective word. ✅
 * Recommend changing "from 1965–1980" to "between 1965 and 1980" for formality reasons (these darn GAs, huh?) ✅
 * "no definite plans have been made to move it again." this line needs to be cited; does ref 7 not say this? ✅
 * "Esther Augsburger" – just "Esther" is fine here; she has been referred to numerous times prior throughout the article. ✅
 * Add WP:ALT text to the image. ✅

Refs
Spot check on refs 1, 7, 12 and 18 show no concerns—they all support the article's content. I had access to ref 18 via a preview on Google Books.
 * Small concern with ref 10: in "Much of her work, like Guns into Plowshares, attests to traditional Mennonite values, especially a commitment to service and nonviolence," I do not seem to see a mention in said source of nonviolence anywhere? ✅
 * Oh! That was my bad, I see it now!

Other
Templates (including coords) and cats all good.