Talk:Mission House (Stockbridge, Massachusetts)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Cdtew (talk · contribs) 16:12, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

I will be happy to undertake the review of this fine subject. I will attempt to knock it out in full by this evening.  Cdtew  (talk) 16:12, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Comments:
 * Overall, a very good article, and appearing to meet all of the qualifications for GA status without too much tweaking.


 * "Before the arrival of British colonists in the area that is now southern Berkshire County, Massachusetts, it was inhabited by communities of the Mahican tribal confederation." - I almost feel that this would be better put as "Before the arrival of British colonists, the area that is now southern Berkshire County, Massachusetts was inhabited by communities of the Mahican tribal confederation." I'll leave that up to you, though.
 * Reworded.  Magic ♪piano 01:16, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * "a township of six square miles" - this likely needs a comparative conversion to metric, but since it's in word form I didn't want to throw in a numerical template. I'll leave that up to you.
 * Added km2.  Magic ♪piano 01:16, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * "She wanted to live outside the village, so Sergeant had a new house, the subject of this article, built on Prospect Hill, overlooking the village" -- I can't decide whether I think breaking the fourth wall in an article -- and mentioning that this is in fact an encyclopedia article in the text -- is my new favorite thing, or something that will rain down derision from other editors. What the heck, I like it, and it's very reminiscent of 18th century expository writing anyways.
 * I normally don't, but I wanted it to be clear which of the two houses was the one being focused on here.  Magic ♪piano 01:16, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * "Jonathan Edwards, a famous minister during the Great Awakening" - Not sure how I feel about this. I think this sort of down-plays his role in the GA a little -- like saying "George Washington, a famous general during the American Revolutionary War..."
 * I rephrased this; while there are a significant number of people who know who Edwards was, there are probably many more who don't.  Magic ♪piano 01:16, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

No other issues present themselves at the moment. This is basically ready for promotion at this point, but I'll leave this open for a day or so in case you wanted to respond. Great article, and I'll have to visit this place when I'm in MA next year!  Cdtew  (talk) 03:03, 16 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for taking the time to review (and enjoy your visit to MA when you make it).  Magic ♪piano 01:16, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

P.S.: What do you think should be done about Mission House? It seems like there are enough Mission Houses to need a disambig. I mean, just off the first page of results, there's Mission Houses Museum, Mission House (Mackinac Island), Moravian Brethren Mission House, Old Mission House, First Mission House, Hermannsburg Mission House, Bodden Town Mission House, Grand Cayman, Mission (station), etc. I mean, I'm sure Mission House in New Zealand is important and all locally, but it seems like Mission House should be a disambiguation page, or there should at least be some hatnotes. I don't mind making the disambig, just figured I'd get your thoughts first.  Cdtew  (talk) 03:11, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I had'nt even noticed that Mission House (disambiguation) doesn't exist.  It's also probably debatable about whether the existing Mission House should have primacy, but I'm willing to concede it in the interest of countering systemic bias (it appears to be a nationally significant property, similar to this one, and both get similar low amounts of traffic).  Magic ♪piano 00:41, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Great job, and thanks for humoring me. Keep up with the great work! Articles like this make me wish there was still a more active "general" history WikiProject; I stick to MilHist only because of the sense of community.  Cdtew  (talk) 03:19, 17 June 2013 (UTC).