Talk:International Building (Rockefeller Center)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 03:50, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

It's another tour de force. The primary chore will be adding alt text to all the great images. It's a 7-day hold, but this shouldn't take that long. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:43, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Copy changes
The copy is nearly perfect.


 * However, no exhibits were ever installed and... Add comma after "installed". I created User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences to explain myself here.
 * Piccirilli's artwork on the Palazzo wing was boarded up — remove the "was" here because the sentence structure lends itself to having one subject and not being a compound.
 * Other tenants during that decade was the — "were"
 * broadcast network DirecTV DirecTV is not a network: I'd say "satellite television provider"

Source spot checks
I fixed a missing reference harv error on 16 (FWP) by porting the reference over from the British Empire Building page.


 * [6] ZoLa map backs up geographical claims and lot depth.
 * [12] AGF on book (though it is also confirmable by the map) saying IB is on the northeast corner of the complex.
 * [26] AGF on book.
 * [32] Architectural Forum Nov. 1935: Checks out in all three uses but to page 457, not 458.
 * [49] AGF on book.
 * [57] AGF on book.
 * [74] Adams p. 147 checks out for various descriptions.
 * [83] Adams p. 142 notes the four men representing different races.
 * [91] AGF on book.
 * [93] AGF on book.
 * [106] 1980 NYT article mentions cab donation to the Met.
 * [130] Raymond Hood editorial on gardens
 * [131] Curation by Hancock
 * [140] Formation of company for the Palazzo d'Italia
 * [195] Mentions Xerox to occupy offices on the 22nd floor
 * [210] Glancy 1992 p. 425 does not include this building in the landmark definition
 * [228] Checks out but should be p. 39. Daily News page numbers in newspapers.com are notoriously bad because of multiple editions.
 * [236] September 1998 approval of modifications to the windows as a compromise.
 * [242] Hiring of Gabellini Shepard
 * [245] Correctly quotes Goldberger on the form of Rockefeller Plaza

Other items

 * Earwig turns up entirely quotes and organizational names.
 * References are archived.
 * Alt text is needed for all of the images. All of the images are either by the nominator or appropriately licensed CC images ported from Flickr. Captions are adequate given the extensive descriptions in the mainline text.

Review in progress


 * Thanks for the review. I've fixed all of the prose and referencing problems and added alt text now. I see what you mean about the commas, although it sometimes is still a bit difficult for me to determine when a comma is needed. Epicgenius (talk) 16:21, 6 August 2022 (UTC)