Talk:Main Quad (Stanford University)/GA1

GA review
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Reviewer: Bobamnertiopsis (talk · contribs) 15:01, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Hey! I'd be happy to take a look at this one. College articles are a favorite of mine and I know piteously little about West Coast schools. Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 15:01, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

1a

 * "Building 460 is Margaret Jacks Hall, named in 1980 for the daughter (who died in 1962 and left a very generous bequest to the university) of David Jacks." You mention in the source (ref #15) that "The bequest was, in 1962 when it was made, the largest single gift that the University had ever received aside from the founding grant." This latter fact is more objective than and more interesting than simply suggesting that the gift was "a very generous bequest"; I'd add the fact that it was the second largest gift ever (at the time? has it been surpassed?) into the article's prose.
 * It has been surpassed. Note there is the question of what it means to be biggest, is it in actual dollars or in value (10 million went a lot further in 1962 than today [I think the current largest single gift is over 150 million]).  In value, I suspect the founding grant is still the largest.  Note that the money went not just for the renovation of the building but also for several endowed professorships and other things; I considered the details more of side interest than contributing to the main topic of the article (plus I couldn't figure a graceful way of working it in). --Erp (talk) 17:09, 30 May 2015 (UTC)


 * "Memorial Church was also damaged but was repaired a bit more quickly via private donations." Consider removing "a bit".

1b

 * Make sure to italicize the titles of works of art, including Burghers of Calais and Gay Liberation.
 * "the Graystone Quarry in San Jose, California and transported to the building site" → Comma after California.
 * In the image caption for the map, you can remove the commas and periods; there's no need to format a caption like that in any sort of sentence style.

2a

 * Check your refs to ensure that all dates in them follow the same format, either DD Month Year or Month DD, Year.

2c

 * Ref #2, "J. Sebastian, B. Varghese and R.M. Jose (2015). Personal count. Retrieved 27 March 2015." definitely falls under the umbrella of being original research. Thank you for being forthright about it! However, policy is pretty strict about OR so any facts cited to this source (presumably the tree count) aren't gonna fly for this GA review. Sorry!

3a

 * You might just give a quick summary of what Full Moon is in the Current Use section.

Everything else looks good; article is stable and neutral with free images that are relevant to the content. Good job! With just a little polishing, this will be a Good Article! I'll put it on hold for a week. If you need more time, don't hesitate to ask. Best, Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 15:43, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Response
Thank you for your detailed survey! I think I have fixed most of these issues, except for the "full moon" expansion; I would like to work with User:Erp on that one. --MelanieN (talk) 17:16, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * The Full Moon thing isn't enough to keep this from being a GA (it was definitely the least pressing concern). I definitely encourage you and Erp to continue looking into clarifying it but this article now fulfills GA criteria so I'm happy to pass it. Great job! Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 17:54, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! --MelanieN (talk) 18:16, 30 May 2015 (UTC)