Talk:John Stainer/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 15:32, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi Cwmhiraeth, I'll be glad to take this one. Comments to follow over the next 1-3 days. Thanks as always for your great contributions. -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:32, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for taking on this review. As it happens, John Stainer was my great grandfather, and my family co-operated with Jeremy Dibble when he wanted to write the biography. We were all given signed copies of the book when it was published. I didn't know much about him before but I know a bit more now! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:20, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Very cool. -- Khazar2 (talk) 19:43, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Just a few initial comments here; so far this looks like your usual quality work and ripe for promotion. Let me know what you think.


 * I'm not sure about British usage, but in US English, "deputised" means to make someone a deputy, rather than to act as a deputy. Does this need to be reworded?
 * In British English "deputised for" means "acted as someone's deputy in his absence". Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:20, 24 October 2013 (UTC)


 * "Stainer became the youngest ever successful candidate for the Bachelor of Music degree at Oxford" -- is this also covered by the Dibble p. 52 citation?
 * Added extra reference. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:20, 24 October 2013 (UTC)


 * "Stainer's skill on the organ was much respected, and he was regarded as "the finest organist Oxford had seen in many generations"." -- is this quotation on Dibble 73? The inline citation is far enough down that you might add a duplicate one at the end of this sentence.
 * Added extra reference. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:20, 24 October 2013 (UTC)


 * ""I am thankful he has been spared long illness and the weariness of old age, which he always dreaded"" -- is this on Dibble 309? Again, another citation might be added, as that one's rather distant
 * Added extra reference. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:20, 24 October 2013 (UTC)


 * " His evening canticles (Magnificat and Nunc dimittis) are occasionally revived" -- an 1891 source seems awfully old for this statement; it might be rewritten to reflect the age of the claim. -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:15, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Removed the statement as 1891 was 10 years before Stainer's death which makes it of little relevance. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:20, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Checklist

 * I missed an obvious one on my first pass--"According to Peter Charlton's biography, Sir Arthur Sullivan's tribute to Stainer was blunt and memorable: "He is a genius"." needs a page number.
 * This quote pre-dated my involvement with the article and I could not find a reliable source for it, so I have removed it. I have added the US copyright tag for the image. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:32, 25 October 2013 (UTC)