Talk:William J. Murphy (Jesuit)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Vaticidalprophet (talk · contribs) 13:39, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Anticipating picking three of these up at once -- hopefully won't take too long for any, because I don't foresee having too many comments :)


 * the dramatic changes that Boston College underwent is a little awkward; if the changes are all as summarized in the next sentence, this thesis-statement-of-sorts doesn't seem necessary.
 * I've trimmed this.  Ergo Sum  19:56, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Understandable if there aren't, but are there any details on his parents' professions or his siblings that could be added? The early life section is very sparse at the moment.
 * None that I can find.  Ergo Sum  19:59, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * After his sophomore year, on September 7, 1914, Murphy entered the Society of Jesus and proceeded to the Jesuit novitiate of St. Andrew-on-Hudson, where he studied languages and literature from 1914 to 1917 is a long many-clause sentence, which is not necessarily a bad thing but did draw my eye as worth acknowledging.
 * Split the sentence up.  Ergo Sum  19:59, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * In 1920, he began his philosophical studies at Woodstock College. After his studies is repetitive, and gives the vague impression that this wording was chosen because he didn't graduate/complete them -- is that an intentional or unintentional implication?
 * Rephrased.  Ergo Sum  19:59, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The three sentences in quick succession beginning "After his studies", "He then", and "Afterwards" gives a minor version of the proseline effect. There may be a way to restructure these into more of a coherent whole than the current "he did X, then Y" where those things don't seem to flow into each other.
 * I've streamlined this section.  Ergo Sum  19:59, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Is there more detail on his decision to remove Ancient Greek as a requirement? It's an interesting note and one not uncommon at the time, and it would be worth giving some additional context on his motives, the college's pushback, etc if the sources permit it.
 * My institution says it was part of a general curriculum modernization prevalent in similar schools at this time, but I cannot find anything to that effect in the source.  Ergo Sum  20:01, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * In October 1941, Boston College also became doesn't require 'also'. In general, check for 'also' use -- there are several in this section that seem superfluous.
 * Removed two.  Ergo Sum  20:01, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Is there nothing on his cause of death or anything he did in his later pursuits?
 * None that I can find.  Ergo Sum  20:01, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

No other issues -- over to you. Vaticidalprophet 13:39, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your review.  Ergo Sum  20:01, 27 August 2023 (UTC)