Talk:John Mylne (died 1667)

Ga Passed

 * Lead: "was the fourth and best known Scottish master mason of that name" is not very useful or enlightening. Also, when I first read "master mason" in the lead, I thought the article was referring to the Freemasonry title/position and not to just a really skilled, specially appointed stonemason (or was he also a freemason?). Perhaps the lead should make this distinction more clear.
 * Critical: What's the Scottish mannerist style? It mentions in the lead that he does work in this style, but later on in the Career section, nothing more is said about it.
 * Coverage: Early life? Is anything known? Who was his mother, where did he grow up, etc.?
 * Red Links: If some of those redlinks are not notable enough or unlikely to ever progress beyond stubs, please de-link them.

This is quite a bit, but given the narrow scope of the article it could all be done in a week.--Meowist 19:26, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Meowist, I will try to address your points. Hopefully the lead is now improved - At the time that Mylne lived, stonemasonry and Freemasonry were still more or less the same thing, so yes, he was a Freemason, but not in the modern sense. Will try to elucidate "mannerist" a bit better. I haven't found out much on his early life, but I think this is not unusual when dealing with 17th century tradesmen. Took out redlinks except William Aytoun and master Mason to the Crown of Scotland, both of which I intend to start. Edward Waverley 13:44, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Also now changed "Scottish mannerism" to "Scottish renaissance architecture", as the former term seems not to be that widely used. Summary of Mylne's style added. Edward Waverley 13:44, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

You've address all my concerns with the article and the GA criteria. It's GA. Suggestions for improvement: (obviously) more content and expansion (extremely hard to do given topic). --Meowist 23:39, 1 August 2007 (UTC)