Talk:Portland Flats/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 20:00, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Not much to do other than tidy up the copy, fix a quotation issue, add alt text and archive the references. 7-day hold: ping me when done. An enjoyable, slice-shaped slice of DC history here. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 22:44, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Copy changes
In contrast to another GAN I did recently, you need some more commas to not have run-on sentences. ", and" is used to link separate sentences.

Development and construction

 * Comma after "early 1870s" (the part after the "and" is a complete sentence)
 * Comma after "received"
 * "Washington, D.C." para 3 twice is missing ending GEOCOMMA
 * Comma after "stated"
 * former US Representative and New York City Mayor decapitalize "representative" and "mayor"
 * Change comma after "expensive at the time" to a colon
 * Comma after "prominent citizens"
 * Remove colon after "included"

Later history

 * Comma after "amongst Washingtonians"
 * Comma after "until the 1920s"
 * Change the various "5th", "6th" to written out (and hyphenate when an adjective: fifth-floor apartment)
 * Comma after "around 1940" — remove the other comma
 * Comma after "stated"

Quotations
Per MOS:LQ, any fragment of an incomplete sentence should have quote-then-period. These need to be changed to conform:


 * Weston told a Post reporter that for the Portland Flats he would "spare no pains in its construction, and will pay particular attention to interior decorations." (Also this one should have its comma removed)
 * In 1888 the Post called the Portland Flats a "regular gold mine to its owner."
 * including "decorative carvings, glazed brick accents, elaborate belt courses and balconies, and an unusually gaudy fifth floor cornice that appeared almost to drip with ornamentation."
 * featured "rich ebony mantles, ornamental tile borders and hearths, and are surmounted by beveled mirrors." This one also has a surplus comma after "hearths"

All quotes should have a reference after them—presumably this means more citation invocations to existing references. There is one that does not:


 * Sentence starting with Weston told a Post reporter...

Source spot checks
I spot-checked five of the 18 refs:


 * [3] Includes many of the quotes used.
 * [6] Biography of Adolf Cluss backs the claim.
 * [9] indicates Lamar's 1906 residence there.
 * [12] has search results showing several people listed as living at "The Portland".
 * [17] NCCC ad notes parking on "Thomas Circle where Portland Hotel stood".

I also cross-checked Von Eckardt's quote and found it correct. I am presuming most of the Post quotes were reprinted in another source where they were then accessible to you. (In my case, I was able to find and add a ProQuest citation to the exact 1962 article, which I felt was merited because of the length of quote, and this source also checks out.)

Other

 * Earwig comes up with a surprising 70% similarity figure to the Streets of Washington reference, probably because it is the source of many of the included quotes (as well as a handful of unavoidable formulations) However, there are no real issues here.
 * The four images are PD or freely licensed. All images need alt text.
 * Archive references.

Thanks so much for taking the time to review the article. Sorry for the slight delay. Jury duty and other real life events are taking up a lot of free time this week. Let me know if there are any additional issues.  APK  whisper in my ear  07:45, 5 August 2022 (UTC)