Talk:Morgan House, Kalimpong/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: KJP1 (talk · contribs) 19:21, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Happy to pick this one up. I believe it passes the Quick fail criteria. It is a nice article on what looks to be a charming building but I'm afraid it doesn't meet all of the GA crtieria at this time. KJP1 (talk) 19:21, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Quick fail criteria assessment

1. The article completely lacks reliable sources – see Wikipedia:Verifiability.

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2. The topic is treated in an obviously non-neutral way – see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view.

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3. There are cleanup banners that are obviously still valid, including cleanup, wikify, NPOV, unreferenced or large numbers of fact, clarifyme, or similar tags.

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4. The article is or has been the subject of ongoing or recent, unresolved edit wars.

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5. The article specifically concerns a rapidly unfolding current event with a definite endpoint.

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All good. Main review to follow. KJP1 (talk) 16:47, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Main review

1. It is reasonably well written.

a (prose):

The prose is not currently GA standard. Some examples below:

Lead

• "British Colonial Mansion" - this isn't an architectural or historical term and shouldn't be capitalised.
• "Today this mansion..." - "Today, the mansion..."

Location

• "Morgan House is built on sixteen acres of land" - From the photo, the house doesn't cover 16 acres, does it mean the estate?
• "Ensconed in the mountain of Durpindara," - I think "ensconced" is meant, but, even then, it's not the right word.
• "it overlooks the valley of Relli, Kapher, Deolo and Labha" - Is this one valley or four valleys?

History

• "typical British architecture of Victorian rectory" - this isn't an architectural style. It could be built "in the style of a Victorian rectory".
• "due to sudden demise of Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru" - missing a definte article.
• "to general tourists round the year" - what are "general" tourists?

b (MoS):

• I think that the very extensive galleries of images used in the article infringe Wikipedia:Image use policy. It's important to understand that Wikipedia articles are not photo albums. The 24 images of flowers and birds found in the area, some uncaptioned, aren't relevant to the mansion.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

a (references)

• Significant parts of the text have no references at all. Examples include:

• "The property was used as a summer retreat and elaborate parties were hosted. It passed into the hand of trustees after Mr and Mrs Morgan died without heir. It was further handed over to government of India post Indian Independence. During 1962, after then prime minister Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru was taken ill, plans were made to convert this house into a government rest house."
• "However, due to sudden demise of Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru, this plan was abandoned and the estate went into a state of neglect and disrepair."
• "The lodge has been favored by diplomatic corps of various countries and noted American ambassador in India Chester Bowles stayed here."

b (citations to reliable sources):

Sources 2 and 3 are photographs, one of a newspaper article that might be from 2004 and one of an inscribed stone. I'm not sure that these constitute reliable sources.

c (OR):

• I see no evidence of Original Research.

d (No evidence of plagiarism or copyright violations):

• The Copyvio Tool comes up 0% and I don't see any evidence of too close paraphrasing of sources.

3. It is broad in its scope

a (major aspects)

• The house is nearly 100 years old but great, 30 year, periods of its history are covered in single lines. Other periods aren't covered at all. It's quite a long way from covering all the major aspects of the mansion.

b (focused):

• Its image galleries are not focused on the building. The Flora/Fauna is tangential, and the main gallery, while it has some attractive photos, doesn't inform me as to the building's important architectural and historical features.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy

• The article has some uncited statements which are very POV. Examples below. It's important to remember that Wikipedia's not a travel guide.

• "Morgan House due to its serene beauty and secluded charm..."
• "the estate went into a state of neglect and disrepair."

5. It is stable

• The article is Stable.

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):

• The images are tagged.

b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

• There are way too many of them, not all are captioned, and they make the article look like a photo album.

7. Overall:

Pass/Fail:

• It's an interesting building, and you have found some good facts about it, and taken some very attractive pictures. Well done for that. But it's not Good Article standard yet.