Talk:Annie Smith Peck

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Dating of the Second Picture

It is almost certainly misdated, the description reads 1878, likely due to the source, but this is almost certainly wrong, considering as the article reads she didn't take an interest in mountain climbing until 1885, 7 years later. She also looks much older than 28 in the picture. The 1878 date likely just refers to the date she graduated, as the University is the source, while the picture was taken later. I tried to find when, but all I could find was a more zoomed out picture? The picture is apparently a studio shot from the outfit in which she climbed the Matterhorn in 1895 (Women of the Four Winds, 13) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.129.207.154 (talk) 10:18, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi @Rosalina523: excellent contributions thus far! Something that I noticed was that the lead could be longer and more informative. Particularly, the phrasing "She was an ardent suffragist and noted speaker" could be considered somewhat peacock-esque, and "She lectured extensively for many years throughout the world" is a bit vague. Other feedback:

Peck's accomplishment would have bested Fanny Bullock Workman's ascent of the Himalayan Pinnacle Peak, at 6,930 metres (22,740 ft) is was the world record for highest altitude climb; however, Workman challenged Peck's claim of the new world's highest altitude record during her Huascarán climb. there's an odd grammar thing happening here with the successive "is was" (do you mean "it was"?)--additionally this is a comma splice, so break into two sentences or use a semicolon
Peck, an ardent suffragist, when she reached the top of Coropuna, Peck placed a "Votes for Women" banner at th summit this should be rephrased. Something like "An ardent suffragist, Peck placed a "Votes for Women" banner at the summit of Coropuna"
the further reading section should go after your references but before your external links (MOS:LAYOUT)
The citations look good--pretty much everything is cited or has a cn tag already, though I noticed this claim is also uncited As Peck began to climb, lecture, and explore in Latin America, she also promoted Pan-Americanism (peace between the Americas) and geographic education through her lectures, and publications.
Is the "Dr." title part of the school's name? (Dr. Stockbridge's School for Young Ladies) if not, you should remove the Dr. title per MOS:DOCTOR
Make the convert templates consistent. Some of them display altitudes in feet first, while others are in meters. An easy way to do that without manually reordering the units is to add the parameter "order=flip". Because this is a non-scientific article about an American, it should have ft first and m in parentheses (WP:UNIT). The templates also switched back and forth between abbreviated and non-abbreviated units. Because these are common units of measurement used multiple times, you can use the abbreviated ft and m each time (MOS:UNITNAMES)

Overall, a great job. I really had to dig for some little nitpicky fixes! I think once the citations are sorted out and the lead expanded, you should nominate this for GA! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 04:43, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]