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Reviewer: Rosiestep (talk · contribs) 02:10, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
I'll review this one in the next few days. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:10, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
- Lead
- Citations are discouraged in the lead section.
- Has been moved to history
- Needs to be expanded with a bit re: architecture, school, museum, etc.
- Done - unless you think more is needed?
- "...most of the present building is the work of Sir Charles Barry, the architect of the Palace of Westminster" - of/of/of/of
- Reworded.
- An image caption states "A vista from the house includes the gardens and the sea" - which 'sea' should be addressed in the lead
- I've made Dornoch Firth clearer.
- History
- "... with unusual vaulted ceilings." - what makes them unusual?
- I really don't know, to be honest. Canmore, ref 2, describes them as such in quite a prominent fashion, so I thought it was important.
- It is their number which is unusual, i.e. that there was a vault on every floor. Normally only the basement would be a vault, with the upper storeys having suspended timber floors. Have clarified this. Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 14:35, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
- I really don't know, to be honest. Canmore, ref 2, describes them as such in quite a prominent fashion, so I thought it was important.
- "In the 17th century, the keep was extended with the addition of a large house, built around a courtyard to the south-west." - Not a fan of a 1 sentence paragraph; perhaps expand it or merge it?
- Done (by Jonathan)
- "the 17th Earl..."; "the 18th earl..." - caps?
- I'm not quite sure which it should be - I'll find a similar article and go by that. Different sources seem to do it differently.
- It's now upper case in all but one, where lower case is correct.
- I'm not quite sure which it should be - I'll find a similar article and go by that. Different sources seem to do it differently.
- "The Gordons quickly recaptured the castle, and captured Alexander and placed his head on a spear on top of the castle tower." - bit clumsy
- Reworded.
- "Between 1835 and 1850 Sir Charles Barry remodelled the castle into the Scottish Baronial style for 2nd Duke of Sutherland." - add 'the' before '2nd'
- Done.
- "Between 1835 and 1850"; "In 1915"; "Since 1973" - add comma after year per MOS:COMMA
- Done.
- Image caption: "Entrance (west) front of Dunrobin Castle" - bit clumsy
- Photos redone.
- boarding school - name?
- There's tons of info at http://www.dunrobinschool.co.uk/ if you think more would be good. I'll add it as an EL in the meantime.
- Architecture
- "There are 189 rooms within the house, making it the largest house in the northern Highlands." - house/house; re-word?
- wl - parterres
- Gardens expanded
- "In the entrance hall is a frieze of armorials of the old earls of Sutherland." - bit cluncky
- Reworded
- 16th and 17th-century; eighteenth-century - doesn't need the hyphen; also "eighteenth" should be 18th
- Fixed.
- header - consider changing it to "Architecture and fittings" as the content addresses books, portraits, chairs, etc.
- "Interior" is now subheading.
- gardens - the gardens/grounds appear to be extensive per the image so suggest addressing them in their own section
- Done.
- Present use
- I'm not sure if this is a necessary section vs. incorporating the various sentences into the other sections.
- museum - Mention in the lead
- Done.
- gardens - They're mentioned here, too, but again, I think gardens/grounds/courtyard would be better handled in a separate section, i.e. "Grounds"
- Headings are now much more logical.
- References
- Reflist|2 would be an alternative to all the white space.
- Done
The article needs a bit of work so I'll put this on hold for the usual 7 days. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:24, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
- Is it reasonably well written?
- A. Prose quality:
- B. MoS compliance:
- Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
- A. References to sources:
- B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
- C. No original research:
- Is it broad in its coverage?
- A. Major aspects:
- B. Focused:
- Is it neutral?
- Fair representation without bias:
- Is it stable?
- No edit wars, etc:
- Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
- A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
- B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
- Overall:
- Pass or Fail:
Nicely done! --Rosiestep (talk) 02:56, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review. Jamesx12345 16:07, 28 January 2014 (UTC)