Talk:Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 01:48, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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A handful of copy changes and, if possible, the book cover would cap this GA off. That's about it. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:48, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

• The stories are arranged alphabetically by author, and then chronologically for each author Comma not needed. See User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences (CinS)
  • Done. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
• a list of anthologies the stories have been reprinted in Maybe avoid prepositional ending by writing a list of anthologies in which the stories have been reprinted
  • Done. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
• one for motifs and themes, containing entries like "High civilizations of the past, non-human" and "Mad scientist, motivations, purposes", one for titles, and one for authors The last two commas should be semicolons, as the list entry ending in "purposes" contains a comma.
  • Done. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
• He nevertheless found himself inspired by the book to revisit some of the more obscure works discussed, and suggested readers Remove comma (CinS). "He" is the subject on both sides.
  • Done. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
• ...the book "An essential companion... Consider "[a]n essential to conform it a bit better to the sentence grammar.
  • Done. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Spot checks

I selected three sources to spot check at random:

• 1: Gunn review in Utopian Studies, which is used ten times. Y
  • Quote reproduction is accurate.
  • Praise for the magazine section.
  • Amazing Stories as the first SF mag.
  • Preface: preface and the introduction in which Bleiler puts the scholar's task and the period into perspective...
  • each story summary is followed by a one-phrase evaluation
  • story descriptions occupy the first 522 pages
  • These are reinforced by a list of the anthologies in which these stories have been reprinted, a valuable motif and theme index, a title index, and an author index.
• 8: Y
  • "detailed plot summaries ... each summary hundreds of words long"
  • Appendices; the sample indices are mentioned here.
  • Silverberg's quote is accurately reproduced.
• 9: Are Booklist blurbs typically written by the author? This would at least be a reliable source for the claim, drawing from This provides summaries for each of the 1,835 stories in early American and English science-fiction magazines. Y
  • I don't know if they typically are, but this one is apparently written by the younger Bleiler. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Images

• An image of the cover of this work would be an appropriate fair use addition if it is available.
  • I'll admit to lacking the know-how for this. I also don't think it would add much—the images I am able to find online are of rather poor quality and the cover is just black text on a red background anyway. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (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.