Talk:The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

Lead
Lead. To meet GA criteria 1(b), which relates to specific manual of style guidelines, the article needs to comply with the advice in WP:LEAD. That is, in addition to being an introduction, the lead needs to be an adequate overview of the whole of the article. As a rough guide, each major section in the article should be represented with an appropriate summary in the lead. Also, the article should provide further details on all the things mentioned in the lead. And, the first few sentences should mention the most notable features of the article's subject - the essential facts that every reader should know.

Issues: The view of and quote from his daughter May are not in the main article. Indeed, it appears that almost nothing in the second half of the lead is mentioned in the main article. There is a lot of information contained in the article that is not mentioned in the lead, such as initial critical reception, later influence, the publishing history, etc.  SilkTork  ✔Tea time  11:05, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I've sent an email to my collaborator on this article. He's been having health issues, but hopefully he'll be able to chime in on this. I mostly helped with copy editing and referencing, but I'll see what I can do to address these concerns in the near future. INeverCry  18:44, 31 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Any of us can write a summary of the article in the lead section, which is certainly a bit short. The second part of the lead probably just needs to be moved into the article body really. I don't see this as anything too major. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:02, 31 January 2013 (UTC)


 * The lead certainly did need to be brought in line with WP guidelines, and I've now made an attempt to do that. If anyone can see how to improve it further I hope they'll go right ahead.  Thanks for the input, everyone. --Antiquary (talk) 00:14, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Wagner
The section referring to "his eventual decision to write the poem may have also been influenced by his knowledge that Richard Wagner was bringing his own Volsung epic to completion" needs better sourcing. The only source provided talks about Morris's response to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, but doesn't make the connection between that and Morris writing this poem.  SilkTork  ✔Tea time  11:27, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I've removed the speculation so the statements at the moment are neutral and factual. It can be adjusted later if sources are found.  SilkTork  ✔Tea time  11:32, 31 January 2013 (UTC)