Talk:Mortara case/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Tim riley (talk · contribs) 15:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Initial comment
It isn't clear to me what this article is doing at GAN. In my view it belongs at FAC, but be that as it may, I am reviewing it against the GA criteria for now, though I expect (and hope) to see it at FAC in due course. I ought perhaps to put on record here that I am long familiar with Cliftonian's work and that both of us have reviewed several of the other's articles in the past.

I have corrected a handful of typos (which please check), apart from which I have precisely two queries:
 * There is a duplicate link to dowry
 * I was surprised at the spelling of "cruelest" in the Spectator quote, though of course am quite prepared to be told it is a correct transcription (or perhaps that I can't spell).

As a personal stylistic point I wonder about "captivated" in the first sentence. To me, "captivate" means to please extravagantly, to enrapture. Riveting the imagination of a critical public is not how I would use the verb. Perhaps just "captured the attention of" might do?

None of which amounts to a row of beans, and I have much pleasure in promoting the article to GA.

Overall summary
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria I learned much from this article, and am very glad to have had the pleasure of reviewing it. I found it fascinating.  Tim riley  talk    15:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
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