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Evaluating an Article Questions (John Napier):


 * 1) Everything seems to be relevant to the person and there was little that distracted me.
 * 2) The article very neutral.
 * 3) The beginning of the article mentions that he was mathematician, physicist and astronomer, yet only talks about his advances in mathematics. More could be said about physics and astronomy (assuming there is information available for that
 * 4) Yes - the links work
 * 5) The facts that are there seem to be reference well.
 * 6) Like I said above, I believe more could be said about his physics and astronomy
 * 7) There was some talk about overuse of hyperbole in one sentence.
 * 8) The article is C-Class and is part of WikiProject Biography/Science and academia and five others.
 * 9) N/A

Citations for Rudolph Koenig:


 * 1) Rudolph Koenig: Author: Stevens, W. Le Conte.
 * 2) Seeing a Voice: Rudolph Koenig's Instruments for Studying Vowel Sounds: Author: Pantalony, David

Luke's Drafted Material: Draft for Rudolph Koenig:


 * 1) Education
 * 2) In his early life, he received no special education. He attended his local school at which his father taught mathematics and physics. He then left for Paris when he was nineteen years old.
 * 3) Early Work:
 * 4) In 1859 he released his first work on acoustic apparatus. Koenig's instruments, not just his turning forks, are still used in the present day.
 * 5) Harmonic Motion:
 * 6) Koenig did not want to stop at just making instruments however. He would go on to study the graphic method for harmonic motion to which he devoted much time. He even further expanded to compound harmonic motion for both parallel and rectangular vibrations. These studies helped him to present his apparatus in London 1862 at an international exhibition. This marked the beginning of using the graphic method for other purposes besides just in laboratories.

Review by K8shep (talk) 18:32, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
1. What does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that described the subject in a clear way? Good job here. You've added good information. You make good points about his studies and work at the exhibition.

2. What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement? You could/should go more into some of the details. What other apparatus? Why did he go to the exhibition? Explain more about his work.

3. What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? You're doing very well! Don't forget to add citations after all of your sentences.

(I know you said not to do a bullet point format, but I wanted to organize it by topic. These topics are different from each other and will likely be placed into different sections of the article so I saw this way to be more fitting than just a straight paragraph format.)

Zach’s Drafted Material:


 * 1) Early Life/Education

1.  Koenig had interest in both acoustics and music from a young age.


 * 1) Later Work

1.  In the late 1800s Koenig found out that people were making cheap copies of his acoustical apparatus. He complained about these knock off instruments, stating that some even had his name on them despite the fact that he had nothing to do with their creation.

2.  Koenig showed exclusive dedication to his craft. He never married, and did all of his work from his apartment. His apartment had multiple rooms that served as laboratories or workshops for creating and adjusting his various instruments. He only employed a few individuals to help him; the majority of the work was done by Koenig himself.

Review by K8shep (talk) 18:32, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
1. What does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that described the subject in a clear way? You've got a good start here. You have pulled some good and notable information here, but I'd like to see you expand it.

2. What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement? Expand on your statements. What spawned his interest in music/acoustics? What source had the story about knock-off Koenig instruments? There's a story there! Tell it.

3. What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? Flesh this out. Cite your sources ALWAYS. Make sure you're expanding on those ideas!