Wikipedia:Peer review/George Taylor (photographer)/archive1

George Taylor (photographer)

I've listed this article for peer review because I'm having a hard time trying to present the information given from some of the sources into my own words, so it ends up being too similar to what is presented in the sources themselves. It failed as a GAN for this reason (you can see specific examples in the article talk page), and although I tried to address this issue I am unsatisfied with what I have so far and I've currently hit a roadblock. I'd like to eventually re-nominate it, but I first need to work on solving this issue.

Thanks, B3251 (talk) 17:39, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Comments from Z1720

Here are some tips on how to reword articles:

• Find as many sources as possible so that you are synthesizing information from many places. You can find sources at WP:LIBRARY, Google Scholar, archive.org, doaj.org, or your local library system.
• Only include information that is directly relevant to the article topic. For example, "George Thomas Taylor was born on September 6, 1838, in Fredericton,[2] a British garrison town in the colony of New Brunswick." How does the information about Fredericton ("British garrison town in the colony") directly relate to Taylor? If it doesn't delete it.
• Summarise the information into as few words as possible: this relates to the previous point. Books and articles will use flourishing language, but encyclopedic prose on Wikipedia doesn't require this (and sometimes discourages it because of POV concerns). If you shorten the sentences, and then expand it if needed, you might have different language.

Some other comments about the article:

• "and while working as a carpenter in the 1850s and 1860s, he continued to develop his photographic skills. He was also a self-taught painter, even though a 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment captain's wife gave him lessons." needs a citation.
• Suggest putting "retrieved on" information in all of the sources.
• Suggest archiving the sources using IA Bot
• The images are causing MOS:SANDWICH so I suggest spreading them out, removing some, or adding more information.

I hope this helps. Z1720 (talk) 16:36, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Hey there, thank you for your input. Unfortuneately, I don't think I can add any more information because I went all out in creating this article & I looked for any and every source I could use for it.

• I added the "British garrison town" part about Fredericton due to that being what Fredericton was at the time; he was born in colonial New Brunswick so at the least that is worth mentioning.
• the "and while working as a carpenter in the 1850s and 1860s, he continued to develop his photographic skills. He was also a self-taught painter, even though a 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment captain's wife gave him lessons." part is cited in the next paragraph, it's pretty wonky - I know.

Thank you B3251 (talk) 16:44, 23 September 2023 (UTC)