User talk:Sewinginthepast

Act (drama)

 * If you want it, grab it -- I already added it to the list of potential articles, but you aren't the only one who looked at it Etherfire (talk) 19:56, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Art and World War II

 * Clearly a good choice. Might be a good chunk of work but the task here is pretty clear, I think Etherfire (talk) 19:56, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Donald Duck Universe

 * Even longer than the previous one but a similar kind of task. I'm going to add this and the previous one to the list of available articles. Etherfire (talk) 19:56, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Horrible Histories (book series)

 * Same deal! You're good at finding these :)

Junie B. Jones

 * And again!

Kudos for finding articles with clear issues. I'm going to add them all to the list of available articles. Grab whichever you want.Etherfire (talk) 19:56, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

March 2018
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Ways to improve List of Horrible Histories books
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Boleyn (talk) 12:32, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Welcome!
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GA nominations
Hi! I noticed that you nominated Horrible Histories and Art and World War II for Good Article status and wanted to point you towards the Good Article criteria. My biggest concern at the moment is that the articles won't meet criteria because the tags at the top of the articles may still be valid, so this criteria list should be helpful in smoothing out any issues. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:39, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * In the future, I would also recommend on focusing on just one article, as the bar for Good Article status is fairly high as this status is given to articles that go far, far above and beyond the average. Just about every article that is nominated requires a lot of scrutiny and work to resolve any potential issues, even articles that may not seem like it would have any issues. You've nominated all three articles, which is a lot of work for you as far as the process goes. Offhand I'm not sure that Junie B. will pass, as the article is still on the light side and could be seen as not having all of the information it could. It also has several areas that need citations, although that specific part isn't something that would necessarily disqualify it. It's not a stub, but it's still kind of skeletal as far as information goes. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:51, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Let me thank you for your work on Children's Literature pages and would like to echo and expand upon what User:Shalor (Wiki Ed) wrote. I have started reviewing GA nominees and so was excited to see two new nominees in my main editing area. I can tell you just by scrolling through the page and not really reading much of any of it that Junie B Jones is probably not close to the level needed. This is not a comment on your editing of the article - skimming through the difference in the article from when you started editing it and now it's a much better article than it was before. Horrible Histories is actually closer, again through a very preliminary skim, but also has the cleanup tags. If you feel like the cleanup tags have been addressed I would remove them - if a reviewer sees those tags there's a good chance that they will WP:quickfail the article. This possibility exists for Junie B Jones as well. The other likely scenario is that they sit there unreviewed indefinitely as GA reviews are quite time consuming and no reviewer will want to take on those articles. I don't want that to happen so if after a couple weeks if no other reviewer has claimed those articles I will likely claim them but only to confirm that they do indeed meet the WP:quickfail standard.

That's the bad news. The good news is that I don't think all is lost. I would agree with Shalor that thinking about having one article that you're really trying to get to Good Article first. I would look at Good articles/Language and literature and specifically the Children's Literature heading to see examples of GA articles, though some of these articles might not pass the stricter threshold now used. I would also strongly recommend doing a WP:PR as you could get helpful ideas that way. Bringing either, and eventually both, of these articles up to GA standards is eminently doable and hopefully you're the one to do it. If they can get closer know that I will be happy to do the review necessary to grant them that status. I will not be monitoring this page so please ping me if you want my attention. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 14:51, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you, this is really helpful! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, I spoke with a colleague and I think it would be best for you to remove the nominations from the three articles, as all three of them need a huge amount of work before they would really be ready for GA status. As stated by and myself, it's best to work on bringing one article to GA status. I think that it would be best for you to remove the nominations and work on improving the Horrible Histories article more before nominating it, as I don't really think that it's at GA status yet. It needs some work on sourcing, but the main issue I saw was that parts of the article are too casual in tone and need to be re-written to remove things like slang and phrase things better. The other two are less likely to be approved, as Junie B. needs further expansion and Art and World War II still needs a fairly substantial overhaul to really meet GA status as it has several unsourced claims and needs to have the world view and essay tone dealt with.
 * One of the main things I have to stress is that a GA nomination can take months of work, as it's not really something that can be nominated and left. The implication with nominating an article is that the nominator will remain with the article to improve it, which can take a fairly long time. It's a pretty big time commitment, so I want to make sure that you're aware of what goes into placing the tag. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:33, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi and  - Thank you so much for your advice and comments on my articles. Nominating the articles for GA status was something that I thought was part of the assignment, but ended up being a total misunderstanding on my part. I will remove the nominations. Thanks again! Sewinginthepast (talk) 14:36, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
 * No worries! I would recommend improving the Horrible Histories page, though - I think that it definitely has potential to pass GA status with some work. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:33, 2 April 2018 (UTC)