Talk:The Compleat Housewife/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Tim riley (talk · contribs) 10:41, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Another delightful article on cooks and their books. I have taken the precaution of breakfasting substantially before reading. A few comments

• Book
  • "receipts" – younger readers and those not from these islands may puzzle over this word. Do you think a link to recipe, or [recipes] in square brackets, or a footnote might be helpful?
  • "…preventing readers from using their recipes successfully.[4][5][1]" – refs ought to be in numerical order. (I tried to remedy this, but got in a tangle).
• Approach
  • Not sure readers are likely to find the blue links to tongues and oysters of great value.
• Reception
  • "William Carew Hazlitt" – duplicate link
  • "20 London editions in fifty years" – mix of figures and words for numbers looks a bit odd.

Please consider these points, but there's nothing there to stand in the way of promotion to GA, so:

GA review: summary

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   Well referenced.

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   Well referenced.

   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:

   Well illustrated.

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

   Well illustrated.

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

I much enjoyed this article. (Having a taste for typography and a fourth-form sense of humour I have copied the Battalia Pye image into my commonplace book.) I think I ought to stand back and let someone else look at The Experienced English Housekeeper nomination, but will look in again in a few weeks to see if anyone has. – Tim riley talk 10:41, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I'm working on an English cookery template for these articles - suggestions welcome, and the English cuisine article too will need substantial "revision" as it has almost no history. (Shame about its name). All help welcome! Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:49, 3 April 2015 (UTC)