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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:31, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
Peer Review of Bran Castle
[edit]The Lead: The lead to the article had some interesting information pertaining to the castles history within literature and media. It sums up what the article has to offer which is pretty successful in that aspect. After reading the lead paragraph, I feel like the importance of this castle is its role as "Dracula's Castle". If this is the most important idea behind it, then its shown in the article. Article: Within the article there are two sections: History and "Dracula's Castle". The article offers a chronological timeline of the castle throughout its history. There are several points given about who was impacting this castle, from nobility to destructive or conquering nations. The structure of the article is laid out well. It discusses the overall history of the building in the first section and then it goes into its influence on literature and media in the section "Dracula's Castle". This is a very neutral article since it states facts and history. It doesnt try to persuade the reader into picking a side which is important in an article. The are several sources used for this article. A few are scholarly articles or sources specifically designed to discuss the castle like the official website for it. On the other hand, there are several that are newspaper articles, tabloids, and other times of articles that shouldnt be used. Most are probably used for the literature influences but they arent checked for correct information. Overall thoughts on the article: The article had good information about history of the castle but I feel like there isnt enough information offered about the building specifically. It doesnt offer the style of architecture used. It doesnt share specific or interesting design elements used in planning out the building. What is the scale of this castle? I think that the information collected on its role in Dracula myth is a nice special addition to this castles attraction but the article should have focused more on the building itself, since we are in "History of Architecture". Bryanlane4 (talk) 22:10, 10 December 2018 (UTC)