Talk:Tolkien's monsters/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:34, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Taking a look in a few hours...you know the drill....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:34, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Many thanks as always. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:35, 30 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Lead looks choppy - avoid one sentence paras.
 * Closed up.
 * Link Cockney
 * Done.
 * Might be a dumb question, but why are we using the word "monsters"?
 * He used the word himself, not least in "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics", and all the scholars do too; I've cited several to that effect. Joan Acocella commented in her New Yorker article that he preferred the monsters to the critics (he certainly did).
 *  Tolkien realized that some of the decisions he had made in his 1937 children's book The Hobbit, showing his goblins (orcs)[1] as even slightly civilised, and giving his animals the power of speech, clearly implied sentience; this conflicted with the more measured theology behind his Legendarium - umm, o-kay, so how do we know this? what did he say about it? This is an important point that should be expanded upon if possible
 * Extended.
 * Yeah this bit is good. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:22, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:32, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

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5. Reasonably stable?
 * No edit wars, etc. (Vandalism does not count against GA): all looks in order now. Normally I'd think it should be a bit longer but am aware there are several daughter articles so this slots in nicely. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:50, 30 January 2022 (UTC)