Talk:Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dr. Blofeld (talk · contribs) 11:41, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

I'll review this tonight.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:41, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Lede

• Wasn't he primarily known as a socialite? You might add "and socialite".
• "he also spent time in hunting " Not sure "in" hunting is right here.
• at Tranby Croft, in Yorkshire..

Early

• "The big-game hunter, Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming, was his uncle; and the travel writer Constance Gordon-Cumming, his aunt." The punctuation looks awkward here, can you reshuffle to reduce it?
• "At age eighteen" -at the age of eighteen?
• "He also found time for independent adventure, hunting in the Rocky Mountains", in the US...

Royal scandal

• "The trial opened on 1 June 1891 and entry to the court was by ticket only". Where was this?

Later life

• "felt his wife ", considered his wife I think would work better

Private

• "Gordon-Cumming was also a womaniser," you can drop "also" here I think.

Lot of sparse areas biographically but you can only go by what sources exist on him. You might approach Charles Matthews and see if he can find any further sources of value. Worth a try, but if to no avail, not a problem preventing it from being promoted anyway, although of course it could never go to FAC.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:41, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

All done. You're right on the FA route as it stands: there's just not enough information to get close to it, unfortunately. I've done some extensive searching for sources, and the only one that I haven't used is an autobiography by WG-C's daughter: a typed version exists in private hands and it was never published, so would be a dubious source, even if it was obtainable! Many thanks for looking this over, and if there's anything else that needs working on, just let me know. Cheers. - SchroCat (talk) 10:44, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Looks adequate given the sources which exist about him. Good job.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:49, 24 May 2014 (UTC)