Talk:The Dorchester/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 20:44, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

I'll take up this review. Initially this looks like a well referenced and well written article, so hopefully there shouldn't be a lot of point to make! I will read through this article and give my first initial comments tomorrow. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 20:44, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

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:

   It is well referenced.

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   Yes, 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:

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

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

This appears to be a well written and much applauded article - it gained 3214 views last month[1] and the subject itself is very famous. I will mainly focus on copyediting issues.

Initial comments

Construction

• "The upper eight floors were erected in just 10 weeks" - perhaps 'ten' weeks would suit this sentence?

I prefer to use digits for numbers above nine, that's an accepted and common form to use.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:39, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Exterior

• "The architectural style adopted by Green, largely based on William's design..." can you mention that the person in question is William Curtis Green?

Mentioned in the beginning of history but I've written the full names again for reference.

1931-1945

• "Cabinet Ministers such as Foreign Minister Lord Halifax and Duff Cooper stayed there" - who was Duff Cooper? It explained who Halifax was (his position in the Cabinet), but not Duff Cooper? I think this problem appears in the lead too, other than that the lead would be fine!

Ambassador to France from 1944.

• "Bostonian Sherry Mangan of Time was one of several American correspondents who stayed at the hotel during the war" - I take it that refers to the Time Magazine? Or something else? It's just that it might confuse new readers if they do not know if it was referring to the magazine...
• Time is mentioned again in another sentence "In March 1945, Ernest Hemingway and Time correspondent and lover Mary Welsh stayed at the Dorchester"

Yes it's Time magazine. I've linked in the first instance to clear it all up.

Interior

• "Between 1988 and 1990, the hotel was completely renovated by Bob Lush of the Richmond Design Group at a cost of US $100 million" - wouldn't it be good to convert US dollars into British Pounds using a currency conversion template? For example {{To USD|100|GBR}}?

I agree but your template didn't work so I reverted back. Ideally it should list the value in 1988.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:42, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

References

• Ref 56 The Promenade has a dead link.
• Ref 6 Sir Francis Towle is a dead link, but that could just be me?

Both sorted.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:51, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

On hold

This is a well written and referenced article, when I first looked through it I thought that it could pass with ease and I was not wrong. The problems with this article (if you can count them as 'problems') are a couple of dead links and some very minor copyediting issues. The lead looked fine and complied per WP:LEAD. Overall it is a modest article that attracted some 3214 people a month but I must congratulate all the work that has been put into it! I will put this article on hold for a maximum of seven days. Once these very minor issues have been addressed I be happy to grant this GA status! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 23:53, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, all points addressed except the currency converter.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:51, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Close - promoted

Since all those minor (mostly copyediting) issues have been addressed, I will be happy to give The Dorchester its well deserved GA status. The whole article complied per the GA criteria. Don't worry about the currency converter, I looked myself and couldn't find anything that would convert Pounds into US Dollars... but other than that, well done on building another Good Article! From the start I knew that this one would easily pass. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 13:49, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the review.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:40, 23 December 2013 (UTC)