Talk:Walking Home: Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs) 03:05, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I'm reviewing this article as part of the June Backlog drive.
 * Many thanks! Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:32, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

A lovely article about what's probably a lovely book. I just graduated from an MA English program, so it's nice to read a WP article about poetry and a poet; makes me want to go out and buy this book and Armitage's poetry along with it. There is very little "wrong" with this article. It's a little short, almost too short for a GA, so I wonder if you could expand it? I will AGF that it's broad enough, though. The prose is sound and adequate for a GA. I also wonder if instead of one of the quote boxes, you could include an image of Armitage. Love the map. I have no problem with the tone; the article is neutral. No evidence of edit warring.
 * Thankyou.

I did go through and check the references I could access. I AGF about the references from the book.
 * Noted.

I found two ref problems:


 * He was born and raised in Marsden, West Yorkshire, a village on the Pennine Way near its southern end, and still lives nearby. Neither refs listed to support this sentence (refs 2 and 3) support that Marsden is on the Pennine Way and that Armitage "still lives nearby". Ref3, though, does state that he lives in West Yorkshire. I'm a real stickler for sources supporting the claims we make. Connecting that Marsden is on the Pennine Way and that Armitage's current residence, West Yorkshire, is nearby, even though I'm sure it's obvous, borders on Original research (see WP:NOR). I suggest removing the sentence, since I suspect its purpose is to demonstrate Armitage's connection to the Pennine Way. Of course, it you're able to find a source that supports it, by all means keep it in.
 * About the best-known thing about Armitage. I've added a ref to page 251 of the book, which states "'To Marsden'  ... I'm still living three miles from the hospital I was born in. And why I wanted to tackle the Pennine Way, which would return me to my front door". Page 253 continues: "'Marsden to Crowden'   However, after a night in my own house and in my own bed ... We ... set off up the slabbed section of path ... To say that I know this area like the back of my hand is probably an overstatement ... but I know it well enough, having wandered across these moors on hundreds of occasions".
 * I get that, but I didn't know that, not being familiar with modern British poets and the geography of Yorkshire. So it's pretty certain that others don't, either. Thanks for adding the clarification. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 22:29, 9 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Ref14 is broken.
 * Updated URL, though actually a newspaper article doesn't even need a web address.

Once you fix the refs, I will promote to GA. Nice job; keep up the good work. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:46, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for the review. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:32, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 * You're welcome, it was fun! Thanks for making these changes. I will go and pass to GA now. Best, Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 22:29, 9 June 2022 (UTC)