Talk:The Compleat Housewife/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Tim riley (talk · contribs) 10:41, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Another delightful article on cooks and their books. I have taken the precaution of breakfasting substantially before reading. A few comments


 * Book
 * "receipts" – younger readers and those not from these islands may puzzle over this word. Do you think a link to recipe, or [recipes] in square brackets, or a footnote might be helpful?
 * "…preventing readers from using their recipes successfully.[4][5][1]" – refs ought to be in numerical order. (I tried to remedy this, but got in a tangle).
 * Approach
 * Not sure readers are likely to find the blue links to tongues and oysters of great value.
 * Reception
 * "William Carew Hazlitt" – duplicate link
 * "20 London editions in fifty years" – mix of figures and words for numbers looks a bit odd.

Please consider these points, but there's nothing there to stand in the way of promotion to GA, so:

GA review: summary
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * A. Prose quality:
 * B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
 * 1) Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
 * A. References to sources:
 * B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
 * C. No original research:
 * 1) Is it broad in its coverage?
 * A. Major aspects:
 * B. Focused:
 * 1) Is it neutral?
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
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 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
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I much enjoyed this article. (Having a taste for typography and a fourth-form sense of humour I have copied the Battalia Pye image into my commonplace book.) I think I ought to stand back and let someone else look at The Experienced English Housekeeper nomination, but will look in again in a few weeks to see if anyone has. –  Tim riley  talk    10:41, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. I'm working on an English cookery template for these articles - suggestions welcome, and the English cuisine article too will need substantial "revision" as it has almost no history. (Shame about its name). All help welcome! Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:49, 3 April 2015 (UTC)