Talk:Peter Schöffer the Younger/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Extraordinary Writ (talk · contribs) 00:37, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Glad to take a look. Everything seems to be in good shape; a few suggestions below: Hopefully this is helpful. An interesting article—thanks for your work on it! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:37, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Capitalize "Bible" and "Anabaptist" (MOS:GOD)
 * Done.
 * Wikilink Mensural notation, Octavo
 * Done.
 * the Tyndale Bible, the first mass produced English edition of the New Testament, and the first complete German Protestant translation of the bible – this sounds like you're describing three different works. Consider "the Tyndale Bible, which was the first...", or perhaps you could put "the first mass produced...of the New Testament" in parenthesis.
 * Done.
 * "Mass produced" needs a hyphen.
 * Done.
 * where he married Anna Pfintzner – any idea what happened to Katharina?
 * I think all that is known is that she died before he married Anna. I've found a source that makes an explicit guess that she died in Worms.
 * also used in his brother's workshop and traded also – one "also" too many
 * Done.
 * combined own translations – combined his own translations
 * Done.
 * Do we know whether Schöffer was an Anabaptist himself?
 * From what I can gather, he certainly wasn't opposed to them, but printing their books and pamphlets may have been more of a business opportunity than something religious to him. The modern sources seem to avoid saying something too definite here.
 * Do we have any information about why he kept moving from place to place? I think I saw one source saying that he left Worms when the Anabaptists were expelled—might be worth mentioning if true.
 * Mentioned the expulsion of the Anabaptists.
 * The article is definitely on the shorter side—that's not a problem per se, but is there anything else that can be added? For instance, does this chapter ("The Songbooks of Peter Schöffer the Younger and Arnt von Aich: A Typographical Assessment") have anything useful? I don't read German, but does this have anything of value? It would be nice if the article had a bit more detail about his printing style, his later life, etc., although I certainly understand if the sources don't allow it.
 * I've added a little bit. I haven't fully exhausted the available literature on his printing of music, but I think I'm giving enough of an outline now.


 * Thank you for the helpful comments! I may need to do a bit of research to address some of your points (but that should be worth it). I can't make any promises when I'll be finished with that right now, though (me & the rest of the family are down with COVID, so my limited energy may be needed elsewhere in the next few days). I hope it won't be too long. —Kusma (talk) 09:35, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Not a problem: take as long as you need, and feel better soon! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 18:25, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Mostly recovered now, and I have worked on the article, hope I haven't messed it up too much :) Let me know what you think! Also, I'd like to ask you whether you think this image (see bottom of page) of "Sch[o]ef[f]er's workshop" is worth adding, even though it most likely is depicting his father's or brother's workshop? It certainly is a 16th century illustration of printing. Thanks again for the helpful review and for digging up two new sources! —Kusma (talk) 20:50, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Looks good! For the image: you'd need to replace one of the current pictures (maybe the Haus zum Korb one?) because there's not enough space for four, but I think it would be a useful addition as long as the caption is clear—perhaps "Illustration of printing in a Schöffer family workshop" or something like that. Anyways, this is a pass for me: it's well-written, reasonably broad, fully cited, copyvio-free, and otherwise in accordance with the criteria. Thanks again for all your work on this! Cheers, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:32, 17 July 2022 (UTC)