Talk:Beatriz Michelena/GA1

GA Review

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Well-written

• Early life section.
  • In the second sentence, add "of their own." after "...singing careers".  Done Binksternet (talk) 22:29, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
  • For the last sentence, when did the Michelenas move specifically to San Francisco?  Done Binksternet (talk) 22:29, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
• Career section.
  • In the first sentence of the opening paragraph, when did Beatriz start singing specifically in the 1910s? For the second sentence, why did Beatriz resist the growing attraction of the motion picture industry? In the third sentence, change "...the San Francisco Examiner, Friendly Talks with Screen-Struck Girls, telling..." to "the San Francisco Examiner, called "Friendly Talks with Screen-Struck Girls", telling...".  Done Binksternet (talk) 22:29, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
  • For the first sentence of the second paragraph, "vivacious" is WP:PEACOCK - remove. In the second sentence, when was the St. Francis Hotel rebuilt? Specify.  Done Binksternet (talk) 22:29, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
• Career section - California Motion Picture Company subsection
  • In the second sentence of the second paragraph, change "...by four men but prefers a fifth..." to "...by four men, but preferred a fifth...". For the third sentence, add commas between "...but nationwide distribution..." and add comma after "scenery". In the final sentence, change "..in Overland Monthly, June 1915." to "...in the June 1915 issue of Overland Monthly."  Done Binksternet (talk) 22:29, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
  • In the last sentence of the third paragraph, how much is US$1250 in 1915 worth today?  Done Binksternet (talk) 22:29, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
• Career section - Michelena Studios subsection
  • For the lead sentence of the lead paragraph where it says "very little money", how much money did they purchase CMPC in 1917 and what is that money worth in 2010?
    • The most specific source I have says several thousand, so I quoted that bit. The cite for the quote was already at the end of the sentence. Binksternet (talk) 22:29, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
  • In the third sentence of the second paragraph, when did Middleton and Michelena stop making movies?  Done Binksternet (talk) 18:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
  • For that same sentence, change "...movies; she returned to her singing performances and he to his car sales." to "movies with she returning to her singing performances and he returning to his car sales."  Done Binksternet (talk) 22:29, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
  • When in the 1920s did Middleton and Michelena divorce as listed in the fourth sentence? Specify.
    • I have not found a source supplying this information. Binksternet (talk) 18:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
  • For the third sentence of the final paragraph, how much is US$200,000 in 1931 worth today?  Done Binksternet (talk) 22:29, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
• Further questions.
  • What happened to Michelena between the end of her film career in 1920 and her death in 1942? There is nothing in the article about this.  Done Binksternet (talk) 18:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
  • What did she do after the end of her film career? Specify.  Done Binksternet (talk) 18:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
  • How did she die? Nothing listed on her death.  Done Binksternet (talk) 18:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Factually accurate and verifiable

• Used WP:CITET to get sources in format acceptable to review.  Done Binksternet (talk) 18:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
• References that are dead and missing are number 6, 11, 12, 14, and 19.  Done Binksternet (talk) 18:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
• In the External links section, the Still photograph of Michelena at the Santa Cruz Public Libraries is not found.  Done Binksternet (talk) 18:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Neutral

• No issues.

Stable

• No issues.

Images

• One image shown, but it is a valid one.

Overall

• Hold. Needs work, but it can be done.

Reviewer: Chris (talk) 13:39, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Fixes in progress, I struck through the ones that have been addressed. Binksternet (talk) 22:29, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Okay! I have thrown a lot more stuff at the article. It comes from running into better sources while trying to track down the dead links, etc. The article now has extensive quotes, more images, better account of post-film days, and her death; all from good new refs. One big change is that I put her marriage some time in 1906 based on two different newspaper articles from 1910—prior to me seeing those articles, I had little evidence regarding her marriage, just a vague sense of them meeting in 1913 and marrying soon afterward, as represented by Geoffrey Bell in his 1984 book and by reporter Jason Walsh in his 2008 newspaper article. Now it is obvious from the 1910 articles that Michelena knew Middleton quite well already by the time 1913 rolled around.

Anyway, the dead links are either yanked out or revived and the prose is massaged, so I believe it ready for re-review. Binksternet (talk) 18:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Good job. GA earned. Chris (talk) 13:07, 15 April 2010 (UTC)