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Reviewer: 97198 (talk · contribs) 01:55, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Another interesting article on what sounds like an interesting work. I'll leave comments below as I review each section. 97198 (talk) 01:55, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lead
  • The year of publication is given inside the parentheses with the French title—since it is an important piece of information, can I suggest adding "first published in 1918" to the end of the opening sentence instead?
    • Cahnged to "25 Images of a Man's Passion, or The Passion of a Man is the first wordless novel by Flemish artist Frans Masereel (1889–1972), first published in 1918 under the French title 25 images de la passion d'un homme."
      • Great. I've added italics to the French title.
  • "... was the first wordless novel by Flemish artist Frans Masereel"—should was be is, since the book still exists?
  • "the work is also laden with religious imagery"—can you find a less subjective word to replace laden?
Background
Synopsis
  • This is a major nitpick, but this section uses the American spelling of "industrialized" whereas the rest of the article uses the British spelling of "mediaeval"—I'm not sure which style is more appropriate for a Belgian topic but it should be consistent
  • "... and drinks and whores with his coworkers"—not sure about the use of the verb whores here; is there a word missing?
    • Perhaps not the most common usage, but one meaning of the verb "whore" is "To engage the services of a prostitute." Off the top of my head I can't think of a phrasing to replace it that's not a mouthful. Curly Turkey ¡gobble! 04:16, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      • I've only ever heard the verb used in the context of prostituting oneself but hey, today I learnt something.
  • "He self-educates himself"—repetitive; maybe remove self-?
Style and analysis
General
  • Both images are in the US public domain
  • All information is adequately sourced and all references are reliable sources
  • Article history is stable

Overall, there is very little to fault with the article except for the very minor issues I've pointed out above. Once those are addressed I'll be happy to promote it to GA. 97198 (talk) 02:21, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    • No problem—all of the new images are fine. All of your changes look good (I've left a couple of responses above too) so I'm more than happy to go ahead and promote the article. Great work! 97198 (talk) 05:26, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]