Talk:Evelyn Nesbit/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Accedie (talk · contribs) 21:18, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	The prose is extremely florid and subjective, often veering into speculation about the internal motivations of Nesbit and the people in her life. Just one example of recurring inappropriate subjectivity and non-encyclopedic tone: "Although he was still a part of her life, over time Nesbit came to realize that she had no future with Stanford White. She also knew her entanglement with White had compromised her reputation; if the extent of their involvement became common knowledge, no respectable man would make her his wife. She also harbored some resentment towards White, faulting him for never being candid with her about Thaw’s excesses and derangement." I've tried to tone this down a bit with a copyedit, but this article needs a substantial rewrite.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.	Quite a bit of editorializing with phrases like "Unhappily, Mrs. Nesbit was thrust into the role of managing her daughter’s career" and "It is conjectured the Thaws promised Nesbit a comfortable financial future...", as well as peacock prose, e.g., "White—a notorious womanizer known as "Stanny" by his close friends and relatives (...) A practiced voluptuary, White was a calculating seducer who used intermediaries to disarm the girl he had marked as his new conquest". Generally fails Words to watch.
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.	Quotes are sourced, which is good.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).	Many paragraphs include facts or assertions that are not cited (as well as subjective material/conjectures that are impossible to ascertain), and there is over-reliance on primary sources: most of the material comes from one book, which itself relies primarily on Nesbit's own memoires.
	2c. it contains no original research.	Quite a bit of original synthesis, e.g.: "She pressed for the defense to follow a compromise strategy; one of temporary insanity, or what in that era was referred to as a 'brainstorm'" and, before I removed it, "Nesbit's mother was unable to provide either the business acumen nor the vigilant, proactive guardianship required to ensure the best interests of a teenage girl working as a studio model—Mrs. Nesbit was the antithesis of the archetypical 'stage mother.'"
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.	Yes.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).	Too much focus on the "Trial of the Century," which probably merits its own article instead.
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.	Too sensationalized and fictionalized – this would make a fine novel/short story, but it's not an encyclopedia entry.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.	Yes.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.	How is this, this, or this own work?
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Yes.
	7. Overall assessment.	Requires a substantial rewrite to comply with Manual of Style conventions for neutrality and encyclopedic tone. Images need to be properly licensed to indicate authorship and fair use rationale, if applicable. More scholarly, factual sources are strongly recommended.