Talk:C. V. Raman/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 11:30, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

I'll give this a go. ♦ jaguar 11:30, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Lead

• Per MOS:LEADCITE, citations in the lead should be minimal unless it's covering challengeable material. There are an abundance of citations in the lead which unfortunately clutter it - I would be bold and remove the majority of these or move them into the body of the article, if they aren't already in there

Complied; three citations for specific claims are retained. Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

• "The next year he obtained an M.A. degree" - bachelor's degree was written out before this but Master of Arts isn't here. It's best to be consistent, at least in the lead

Master's degree is now spelled out. Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

• "The day is celebrated by the Government of India as the National Science Day every year" - would be better condensed as The day is celebrated annually by the Government of India as the National Science Day

Replaced "every year" with "annually." Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Early life and education

• "It was alongside Lord Rayleigh's paper on the sensitivity of ear to sound" - link John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

Linked. Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

• "The inspection revealed that Raman would not withstand the harsh weathers of England" - did Raman have any pre-existing medical conditions? This wasn't mentioned in his early life section

No specific medical condition is mentioned, but he was known be of frail health; so a statement Raman often had poor health and was considered as a "weakling" is added with citation. Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Career

• " [The most coveted service, Indian Civil Service (ICS) was at the time recruited in England.[18]]" - I'd remove this, it doesn't seem relevant here

Deleted. Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

• "The work inspired IACS to publish a journal Bulletin of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in 1909" - missing commas between 'journal' and 'Bulletin', and 'Science' and 'in'

Commas added. Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

• "The subsequent death of his father and funeral rituals made him remain there for the rest of the year." - forced him to remain there may be better

Changed to "compelled him to remain there". Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

• "as recorded in the meeting minutes" - missing colon

Colon added. Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Scientific contributions

• "published his findings quite prolifically " - remove 'quite'

Removed "quite". Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

• The first three paragraphs in the 'Later work' subsection begin with 'Raman', I would mix it up

Sentences revised with pronouns. Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Personal life

• "His wife later recounted (apparently jokingly) that their marriage was" - remove the brackets: His wife later jokingly recounted that their marriage was

Done. Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

• "(Married officers got additional INR 150.[26]) " - this bracketed sentences breaks the flow of prose, either remove it or rephrase it

Rephrased as The extra allowance refers to an additional INR 150 for married officers at the time. Mentioning this info may be important to understand the meaning of the extra allowance, which prompted the marriage. Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

• "It was because they were fascinated by St. John's Church, Kolkata that they frequently visited, Lokasundari for the music and Raman for the acoustics" - this reads awkwardly and could do with rephrasing

Rephrased as It was because they frequently visited St. John's Church, Kolkata as Lokasundari was fascinated with the church music and Raman with the acoustics. Chhandama (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Overall this is an engaging article which boasts a fitting comprehensiveness for an interesting figure. I enjoyed reading through it, and the scientific content was readable for a non-expert like me. I spotted a few minor issues with the prose, but nothing which may hold this article back. I'll leave this on hold until the above are clarified. ♦ jaguar 14:42, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

I see that the comments have been addressed - I've looked through the article once more and am content that it meets the GA criteria now. It is written to a good standard, the references all check out and is comprehensive. Well done. ♦ jaguar 22:36, 5 October 2021 (UTC)