Wikipedia:Peer review/We Can Do It!/archive1

We Can Do It!
This peer review discussion has been closed. This fun and inspiring image has perhaps a surprising history including decades of obscurity before bounding into popularity. The article recently went to GA successfully but now I want to see if folks here have any ideas about improvements for FA.

Thanks in advance! Binksternet (talk) 23:23, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Brianboulton comments: Nice, short, slightly off-beat article about which I have only a few minor issues:
 * Recommendation: Consider reducing the lead image to 250px; it is just a bit overwhelming at the moment
 * "The model for the poster..." - this phrasing suggests the person rather than the original medium. I would rephrase: "The poster is generally thought to be based on a black-and-white wire service photograph..."
 * I was intrigued to see Ron Paul's name linked with Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton. While it's clear how the campaigns of the latter two might have used the poster, I'm at a loss as to how Ron Paul might have used it. Unfortunately the text gives no indication of this. What's the story?
 * "Today" should be time-referenced
 * As Miller was hired by Westinghouse Electric, why is it that the licencing for File:Any Questions About Your Work - poster.jpg refer to "a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government"?
 * The "Geraldine Hoff"  section  contains information that might be seen as padding, e.g. the information about Hoff's cello-playing and her transfer to a timekeeper's job.
 * "for her left hand" → "on her left hand"? (otherwise readers might think "as a substitute for her left hand")
 * File:We Can Do It water bottles.jpg Maybe extend the caption to indicate that this is one example of the commercial expolitation of the image.

That's all. Brianboulton (talk) 16:13, 3 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the review! I have instituted most of the changes you suggest. Regarding Ron Paul: his face was not put into the image. Instead, the woman in the poster was provided with an American flag background next to the phrase "Hope for America". Westinghouse was provided with federal funds to pay the artist; I made that more clear. Regarding padding in the Hoff section, I will take a longer look at it to see what might be taken out. Binksternet (talk) 18:10, 3 June 2012 (UTC)