Talk:Vlastimil Koubek/GA1
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Reviewer: Thine Antique Pen (talk · contribs) 22:24, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
I shall review this article. ⇒TAP 22:24, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Feel free to strike the below when done or commenting on it.
- Lead
- Entire
Please remove references 4 and 5 from the lead as they are used in the article. Per 1b.With references 6 and 7, they are only in the lead. The information should be mentioned in the article, if possible."Modernist" ⇒ "modernist"?"Postmodernism" ⇒ "postmodernism". Also, could link to postmodernism.
I think its common to see capital letters for this. Request a third party to comment on it.
- Early Life
- Paragraph 1
Short, but grand.
- Paragraph 2
"of Allied-occupied" ⇒ "of allied-occupied".
- Paragraph 3
"Emery Roth" -> "Emery Roth". Link to correct section on article.
That's not essential but I will do so.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:12, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
- Career
- Paragraph 1
- "in Clinton, Maryland" ⇒ "in Clinton, Maryland"
- Rosslyn
- Grand.
- Other works in the 1960s
- "that was the first skyscraper in the city" — unlink skyscraper, linked in lead.
- Its customary to link in lead and then once in the body.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:39, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
- "The first major office building to be constructed on the Georgetown waterfront in 50 years,[34] it formerly housed the Henry J. Kaufman advertising firm" — new sentence in middle?
- No, the citation is in the middle of sentence after the comma.
- Works from the 1970s
- "By the end of 1975, the New York Times was reporting that Koubek's firm had designed roughly half the office buildings built in the District of Columbia since the 1950s" — link NYT article fully; The New York Times.
- if you look at the pipe link it already does this.
- The Willard renovation
- Critic Paul Goldberger, writing for New York Times declared the renovation ingenious" — {{when}}?
- 1986. Added
- Other 1970s projects
- Grand.
- Works of the 1980s
- "He also designed Shockoe Plaza (now known as Shockoe Slip), a seven-building ..." ⇒ "He also designed Shockoe Slip (formerly Shockoe Plaza), a seven-building ..."
- Changed.
- Final works
- Fine.
- Other activities
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- " In 1990, Czechoslovakian President Václav Havel appointed Koubek to a ..." — delink Czechoslovakian President, no need.
- Changed.
- Later years and death
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- Grand.
- Design philosophy
- Fine.
- Legacy
- Bit of a list, could be rewritten.
- Well, it is a list of notable works really so I think its appropriate.
I shall put this on hold until the issues above have been addressed. Thanks! ⇒TAP 18:28, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
- Is it reasonably well written?
- Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
- A. References to sources:
- B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
- C. No original research:
- A. References to sources:
- Is it broad in its coverage?
- A. Major aspects:
- B. Focused:
- A. Major aspects:
- Is it neutral?
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- Is it stable?
- No edit wars, etc:
- No edit wars, etc:
- 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:
- A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
- Overall:
- Pass or Fail:
- Pass or Fail:
Thanks! ⇒TAP 15:41, 26 June 2012 (UTC)