Talk:Tolkien and the medieval/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 04:12, 4 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Claiming this. Will get to this either tonight or (more likely) tomorrow :)  𓃦 LunaEatsTuna  (💬) 04:12, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:14, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I appreciate that! Okay, it is now on hold, comments below, ping me, yada yada yada. Thanks,  𓃦 LunaEatsTuna  (💬) 19:25, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * , I think we're complete here now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:47, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Nice work on the changes! I am now happy to pass this article for GA status. Congrats!  𓃦 LunaEatsTuna  (💬) 22:03, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Copyvio check
Earwig says good to go.
 * Noted.

Files
All images are relevant, high quality and copyright-free:
 * : valid public domain rationale;
 * : valid public domain rationale;
 * : CC-BY-SA 4.0, uploaded to Commons by nominator;
 * : valid public domain rationale;
 * : CC-BY-SA 3.0;
 * : CC-BY-SA 4.0;
 * : CC-BY-SA 3.0;
 * : valid public domain rationale.
 * Noted.

Prose

 * I have an issue with the lead sentence, particularly the line "especially poetry, and made use of it in his writings both in his poetry" – just reads jaded by using "poetry" and "his" twice.
 * Edited.


 * Wikilink "the Middle Ages" or add the main article template to § The Middle Ages.
 * Linked. 'Main' wouldn't work here.


 * Wikilinking "By the sixth century, Anglo-Saxon England" to History of Anglo-Saxon England creates quite the sea of blue. Any alternative ways of linking available?
 * Done.


 * "Tolkien stated that when he read a medieval work, he wanted to write a modern one in the same tradition." – this reads a bit singular; could it possibly by rephrased to something like "Tolkien stated that whenever he read a medieval work, he wanted to write a modern one in the same tradition." etc?
 * Done.


 * "expression in his legendarium." – wikilink Tolkien's legendarium.
 * Done.


 * "but these are interwoven with classical ideas like Atlantis on the one hand, and modern cosmology with a round world on the other." – I could be incorrect but "on the one hard" sounds fairly informal to me.
 * I'd say it was quite standard, but I've reworded.


 * "like Christian angels" – could this not be wikilinked to Angels in Christianity? Granted that article is in bad shape :/ Also:
 * Done.


 * The sentence has a number of appositives that make it a bit hard to read; could it be rephrased?
 * Split.


 * "and northern courage" – northern courage?
 * Edited.


 * "In Tolkien as in the medieval epics" – this wording is kinda strange to me.
 * Edited.


 * The sentence starting "Scholars note that Tolkien went" is quite long. Could it perhaps be split?
 * Split.


 * "into the form of an animal, like Beorn" – already wikilinked in § Beowulf.
 * Gone.

Refs
All sources used are RS. Spotcheck—no concerns with refs 3, 4, 10, 20, 26 or 38.
 * Noted.

But I cannot seem to find what ref 16 is citing?
 * The elegiac tone, i.e. in Burns's case, the acceptance of downfall and death in Norse mythology ("the North").
 * I see!


 * All refs in Secondary use full stops whilst those in Primary do not; is there a reason for this?
 * No idea why that happens. Fixed.

Other
Templates, navs and cats good.
 * Noted.


 * Add a short description.
 * Done.


 * Recommend adding template:Use dmy dates.
 * Done.


 * Recommend adding WP:ALT text if you can.
 * Added.