Talk:Potter Building/GA1

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Vami IV (talk · contribs) 07:12, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Opening statement

Hello, and come what may from this review, thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. During the review, I may make copyedits, which I will limit to spelling correction and minor changes to punctuation (removal of double spaces and such). I will only make substantive edits that change the flow and structure of the prose if I previously suggested and it is necessary. The Nominator(s) should understand that I am a grammar pedant, and I will nitpick in the interest of prose quality. For responding to my comments, please use Done, Fixed, Added, Not done, Doing..., or Removed, followed by any comment you'd like to make. I will be crossing out my comments as they are redressed, and only mine. A detailed, section-by-section review will follow. –♠Vami _IV†♠ 07:12, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

[...] replace a former headquarters of the New York World, [...] Did they have more than one?
- Yes, there was the New York World Building that was built in 1890, a block north of this building. epicgenius (talk) 16:48, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Can you link that building with the text "a former headquarters"? –♠Vami _IV†♠ 22:35, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~The Potter Building was converted into apartments in 1979–1981 [...] This doesn't really work since this isn't a period of up to 12 months. Use "from 1979 to 1981" instead.~~
- Done

Site

~~Section is missing the address listed in the infobox.~~
- Done

Design

~~Charles E. Gibbs Who/What?~~
- Added He was another architect. epicgenius (talk) 16:48, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~[...] he formed a partnership with architect Charles E. Gibbs, which was headquartered [...] Who was headquartered?~~
- Fixed by nominee. –♠Vami _IV†♠ 19:34, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~The building is one of the oldest extant buildings with a light court. One of the oldest in New York City? I recommend changing the second "building" to "structure", also.~~
- Done
~~The Real Estate Record and Guide compared the light court to those of the New York Evening Post Building and the Mills Building. What did it have to say?~~
- Oops, I quoted the wrong thing. I wanted to quote the fact that the RER criticized the design of the court as making the building irregular. epicgenius (talk)
~~The Potter Building is among the oldest remaining buildings to retain architectural terracotta. Oldest among...?~~
- Added
~~[...] and the eleventh-story windows contain terracotta hoods. Have terracotta hoods.~~
- Done
Potter's original plans for the building were for the first floor to contain bank offices and the upper floors for other businesses. This second part is confusing. I surmise Potter meant to rent that space out to other businesses?
- Fixed Yes.

History

~~Are the money sums adjusted for inflation? They seem kind of ludicrous for the 19th century.~~
- I added inflation figures. epicgenius (talk) 16:48, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~The fire destroyed much of the block within a few hours, causing more than $400,000 in damage.[31][32] The fire ultimately killed six people, and it took a week to investigate the wreckage.~~[34] Condense.
- Done

GA progress

Pictures are free/tagged and are relevant to the article. –♠Vami _IV†♠ 07:12, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio scanner gave a 54.5% chance of copyright violation. I wasn't impressed by what I saw in the comparison and so I am ignoring that result. –♠Vami _IV†♠ 07:12, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References are reliable. –♠Vami _IV†♠ 07:12, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Vami IV: Thanks for the review. I have addressed all these comments. epicgenius (talk) 16:48, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article review progress box

Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV ()

3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()

Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

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