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Reviewer: DannyS712 (talk · contribs) 09:36, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
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- Should her mother be referred to as "Barbara" (first name basis)?
- And father - George HW?
- Lede
was the second child and eldest daughter of the
rephraseAfter she was born in California, her family soon relocated to Texas, where Robin lived most of her life.
rephraseAs she was given very little time to live, her parents flew her to New York City for treatment, where she spent the next six months.
rephraseDespite doctors' efforts, she died two months before her fourth birthday.
efforts to do what? her death was expected (see preceding text in the same paragraphHer death prompted them to establish a foundation for leukemia research.
who is them?
- Life
Then an oil field equipment salesman for Dresser Industries, George H. W. Bush lived in various places around the United States with his wife, Barbara (née Pierce), and their young son, George W.
when is then? rephrase this sentence. suggest strikingyoungsonIn 1949, they moved to Compton, California; by then, Barbara was pregnant with the couple's second child.
rephrase - by then?On September 23, 1949, Pauline Robinson Pierce, Barbara's mother, was killed in a car accident, which also injured her father, Marvin. Since she was very late into the pregnancy, Marvin advised Barbara not to make the journey to New York, so as not to hurt the baby.
why is this needed? make it shorter, so much so that, later in life,
rephrasehaving a "sweet soul".
need a source for this specific quotethe family quickly became involved in their new town.
why is this needed? eliminate
- Illness & death
stating that she "may go out and lie on the grass and watch the cars go by"
need a source for this specific quoteBarbara believed Robin had come down with what her mother had referred to as "spring fever", as, up until that point, she had been "as rowdy and healthy" as her brothers.
rephrase, suggest splitting into 2 sentencesThe child was taken to the family's pediatrician, Dorothy Wyvell, who took a blood sample and told Barbara to return later that afternoon with George H. W.; Barbara had not yet noticed the bruises on Robin.
- "the child" - name
- "George H. W.; Barbara" - confusing, suggest 2 sentences
- what bruises?
Her advice for them was to not tell anyone about the child's illness, and to take her home, "make life as easy as possible for her, and in three weeks' time, she'll be gone." Neither parent had ever heard of leukemia, and, in the 1950s, not much was known of it; consequently, it was nearly always fatal.
- Her - unclear pronoun
- "the child"
- split 1st sentence into 2
- 2nd (now 3rd) sentence should be rephrased
from the country club were
what country club? wasn't explained earlier. Don't link country club to general definition, link to specific club...
I'm going to stop here for now. This article needs a major copy edit before I proceed --DannyS712 (talk) 00:18, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
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[edit]- Please note here when you have fixed the issues noted above, and once I confirm that I will strike them. Please do not just remove them yourself. --DannyS712 (talk) 20:58, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Alexcoldcasefan: reminder ping --DannyS712 (talk) 01:08, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.