User:JasperFLugo/Fuquay-Varina Woman's Club Clubhouse/StaceySmithOSU Peer Review

Prof. Smith comments on first Wikipedia draft
Hi Jasper,

Here are my comments on your first draft of your Wikipedia article.

Lead

I think that this is the part of the article that needs the most work. I like that you reference the significance here in the lead, but remember that the main purpose of the lead is to give the reader the most important basic information about the topic before you delve into more complex subjects. It will work better to write something like this: The Fuquay-Varina Woman's clubhouse is a historic craftsman style building located in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. The Varina Woman's Club constructed the building in 1937 and it became a National Register of Historic Places location in (add date here). Then I would maybe say a sentence about the significance.

Content

What was the General Federation of Women's Clubs? Be sure to explain to the reader. I would also add hyperlinks into your text to related Wikipedia articles. You can do this by highlighting the text and clicking on the chain link icon at the top of the editing panel. This will bring up a list of all related Wikipedia articles to which you might want to link. I would do this for all of the topics in the article text that might have a Wikipedia page, such as Fuquay-Varina, craftsman style, and etc.

Can you say anything about how the building is used today? Is is still an active clubhouse? How big is the club?

When and how did the building get put on the National Register of Historic Places?

Style

Be sure to polish and proofread carefully before submitting. This is advice that I am giving all students. I see some instances of passive voice scattered throughout the article that could use some work.

References:

These generally looked good, but I would love to see if you could find some additional local newspaper articles on recent activities, preservation or restoration efforts, etc.