User:Whiteguru/Novalis

GA Review
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Reviewer: Whiteguru (talk · contribs) 20:42, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

'''Starts GA Review. The review will follow the same sections of the Article. ''' --Whiteguru (talk) 20:42, 18 October 2021 (UTC) Talk:Novalis/GA1 

Observations

 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

HTML document size: 440 kB   Prose size (including all HTML code): 66 kB    References (including all HTML code): 176 kB    Wiki text: 95 kB    Prose size (text only): 35 kB (5694 words) "readable prose size" References (text only): 18 kB


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * In the lead, drop links to pen name, mineralogy, Hymns to the Night, Athenaeum, tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis, fragment. (Hymns is linked extensively in writings.)(First link to Athenaeum is in Freiberg: The Mining Academy)
 * Birth and early background: remove link to rhetoric;
 * Jena, Leipzig, Wittenberg: Legal Studies: remove link to law in the first sentence.
 * Freiberg: The Mining Academy: drop link to galvanism, alchemy, industrialization.
 * In 1798, Novalis's "fragments" → linking to fragments here is confusing; it appears you are linking to the document. If this is a document (apparently) then consider dropping that link and italicizing the text as per other text references.
 * As romantic poet: Reading reference 45 is not clear that MacDonald defined Novalis like so: also understood him as a poet of mystic desire. That particular reference has MacDonald consider Novalis a mystic poet. Consider. (Mystic desire is not a common term, nor is it theologically defined.)
 * Magical idealism: Linking to immanence is confusing as the subject is health, and not the immanence of divinity which this article is (mostly) about. Consider.
 * Religious views: drop the link to hymnals, Medieval, Catholic Church, logos, cosmopolitan.
 * Upon examining reference [2]: 46–47, I do not find any claim or statement that Novalis was Pietist all his life and up to his death. Consider this claim suspect and unfounded.
 * Political writings: we may drop the links to Prussia, Christendom.


 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):  d (copyvio and plagiarism):


 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):


 * Good work in the Writings section with links to Novalis's works: Poetry, Unifinished novels and Fragments
 * In Political Writings, there is a telling comment from Frederick Wilhelm III about the impossibly high standards.
 * Stoljar gives an interesting overview of magical idealism;
 * The Influence section is well curated with plentiful sources and references to Novalis.
 * It is challenging to deconstruct an author who used poetry to develop philosophy. However, this is carried off well in this article.


 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * NPOV is preserved in this article.


 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * Page created 23 April 2003 - a very old page.
 * Page has 1,267 edits by 357 editors
 * Cluebot NG has not been on the page, suggesting there has been nil vandalism
 * majority of edits (by year) have been in 2020 (700+ edits)
 * 90 day page views = 17,039 with a daily average of 187 views
 * Examination of page history shows steady improvement, no edit-warring


 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * File:Franz Gareis - Novalis.jpg =copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.
 * File:Schloss Oberwiederstedt.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license.
 * File:Hardenberg-Ns-Wappen.png = claimed copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
 * File:Sophie von Kühn.jpg = claimed copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
 * File:Novalisplaque.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
 * File:Weissenfels Hardenberg Novalis.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
 * File:Brooklyn Museum - Night (Die Nacht) - Philipp Otto Runge.jpg = claimed, the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.
 * File:Philipp Otto Runge 001.jpg = claimed, the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.
 * File:Caspar David Friedrich - Der Mönch am Meer - Google Art Project.jpg = claimed, the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.
 * File:Novalis.jpg = claimed, the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.
 * File:Novalis ms.jpg = the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
 * File:Weißenfels, Klosterstraße 24-20151105-001.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
 * All images have fair use rationales and suitable captions.


 * 1) Overall:
 * This is an old page, and it has gone in many directions, considering the Talk page. The hand of many editors over the years is apparent.
 * There is some overlinking; fragments and immanent can have some clarity.
 * I would like to see some clarity around the claim that he was a Pietist all his life.
 * With attention to these minor matters, the article will pass to GA. --Whiteguru (talk) 04:39, 27 November 2021 (UTC)