Talk:Towson United Methodist Church/A-Class assessment

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A-Class assessment

Sorry for the delay. The article strikes me as being very good, although, if you notice the recent edits I've made to it, it strikes me as having contained a bit too few links to other articles. If there are other relevant articles to link to that I haven't added, they should be added as well. The first link in the "Previous ministers" section should probably be placed somewhere else. The lede is probably a bit short, as generally at least three paragraphs are wanted for the lede of an FA, and in this case the other could be used to more fully describe the history of the church/congregation. And remember everything should have a source indicated. The end of the first paragraph of "Community outreach", for instance, should be separately referenced. I'm not sure, but the material in the last sentence of the first paragraph doesn't look to be specifically referenced anywhere in the article, and probably should be. The question would be whether these concerns are sufficient to withhold A-class rating. Honestly, they could be, particularly with the comparative lack of referencing, particularly the unusual referencing of the "Previous ministers" section. Also, I personally would like to see the various sections of the history expanded a bit, although that is more of a personal opinion. But I don't honestly think that they necessarily are grounds for withholding A class, although I would expect them to very possibly be problems if FA were sought. Am changing the rating to "A". John Carter (talk) 16:18, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your review. I've now added two more inline cites in response (also have moved the free images to Commons). I'm a bit unclear about the link in the "Previous ministers" section. If you're referring to the inline cite (presently ref #17) which is the publication Consecration produced by the church, I don't see where else it should go? JGHowes ^talk 15:31, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That is the citation in question. Maybe after the last name it is used to reference? Alternately, and maybe more acceptable to the FA people, unfortunate as it sounds, maybe adding a citation after every name it is used to support would work best. John Carter (talk) 15:41, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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