Talk:Aid climbing/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: Aszx5000 (talk · contribs) 23:31, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 04:25, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Oo this looks interesting! Will review within this month. Template:LunaEatsTunaSig (talk), posted at 04:25, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Well that was a lie – sorry. I am going to start the review by tonight though, now that I have the free time. ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), writing articles since 2017 – posted at 20:44, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Ga review

• This article switches between metre and meter, make sure to use one for consistency.

 Done. It is written in British English, but some of the American quotes have "meter", but I have changed them for consistency.

• There is no need for the bullet points in the § Equipment or § Techniques sections; they can easily be converted into paragraphs without hindering readability. They do make a lot of sense in § Grading though.

What you say makes sense, although I did it to try and make these 'technical' sections easier to navigate (i.e. you knew what each paragraph meant as it was a bullet with a label)? However, if you think it does not help, I can change it to paragraphs. Aszx5000 (talk) 17:16, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

@Aszx5000: Well, I think it just looks a bit non-standard. I am pretty sure we generally reserve bullet point lists only for short listings of items, i.e. WP:BULLETLIST says "they are not appropriate for large paragraphs". I really like your reasoning though, but I reckon it will not be too technically challenging for most who make it that far, given your writing style is really helpful and makes things easy to understand for non-climbing experts. :) ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 23:01, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi @LunaEatsTuna, I have only just seen this now! I wonder given that each of these bullet points have a 'heading' (e.g. 'Fixed placement equipment'), should they be sub-sections? Would that be more natural? Sorry for being a pain about this, but I have other articles that use this format for the 'equipment' and 'techniques' sections (e.g. Big wall climbing). thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 08:55, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

@Aszx5000: Why not try it and see how it looks? :3 ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 22:31, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

@LunaEatsTuna: I have made the change to those two sections (converting bullets into sub-sections). What do you think? Are they too small to be sub-sections? thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 10:27, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

@Aszx5000: I do really like that! Great idea on your part. Also, I have left (what should be) my final comments below. ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 16:02, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

@LunaEatsTuna:: Great, I think it looks much better than bulleting - thanks for that :). Have made those changes below? thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 17:10, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Perfect! I am now ready to pass this fantastic article for GA status. Nice work and congrats! Good luck on your future articles :3 ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 11:51, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Description

• "Traditional aid climbing" no need for the quotation marks.

 Done

• Same for "Clean aid climbing" (and its many instances).

 Done, except if left 'clean aid climbing' on its first mention to note that it is a term?

• "which the second removed as they followed after the lead climber" – confusing sentence.

 Done changed to ";these are then removed by the second climber as they make their own ascent."

• I would rephrase ""Clean aid climbing" avoids" to something like "This method avoids" to avoid repetition with the previous sentence.

 Done changed to "This method therefore avoids"

• "and has been advocated by some as" – would just do "and has been advocated as" since mentioning some seems unnecessary.

 Done

• Recommend changing "world-famous" to "renown" or similar to sound less sensationalised.

 Done

History

• "axles of the Ford cars" > "axles of Ford cars". Also:
• Wikilink Ford to Ford Motor Company.

 Done both changes

• "in big wall aid climbing, with the" – the comma is not necessary here. But:
• I would add a comma to "in one section, he drilled" but this is more optional.

 Done both changes

• "Reinhold Messner wrote a now famous" > "Reinhold Messner wrote a now-famous"

 Done

Equipment

Low-key I have no concerns with this section.

Techniques

• "into which they will attach aiders and ascend" > "into which they attach aiders and ascend" to simplify a bit.

 Done

• "easier with the passage of time (as later teams could use the fixed placements of earlier teams)" > recommend "easier over time as later teams could use the fixed placements of earlier teams." :)

 Done used "can" instead of "could"

• Is there a reason ""tenuous"" (lol) has quotation marks?

 Done agreed :)

• The section explaining the process of "Using aiders" will look better split into two (or perhaps more) sentences instead of one long one.

 Done agreed, I have re-worded this so hopefully it is clearer?

• IMO the sentence beginning with "Unlike free climbers, aid climbers "weight" all their placements" is not really necessary. Also:
• The rest of the section is a bit confusing for me (maybe I am just being dumb here, but compared to the rest of the fantastic article I find this one harder to grasp). Could you simplify/change around the wording a bit?

 Done agreed for both, and I have re-worded this so hopefully it is more straightforward to read

• "This is in contrast to traditional climbing where the second (or belayer)" > remove "or belayer" since it is already mentioned earlier.

 Done used "the second climber"?

That looks great! ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 22:32, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Grading

• "Aid grades can change materially over time due to improvements in aid equipment but also due to the impact of" > "Aid grades can change materially over time due to improvements in aid equipment and the impact of".

 Done

• Chicken bolts?

 Done, added an explanation in brackets.

• "McNamara says" – would do "McNamara argues".

 Done

• I would change instances of "vs." to "as opposed to" as I have not seen a Wikipedia article use "vs." before.

 Done

• "an intermediate "+" grade" > "an intermediate plus (+) grade" to describe it a bit better.

 Done

• "specific tricky or strenuous" – remove 'tricky'; I think 'strenuous' does enough justice to the sentence.

 Done

• "American Alpine Club (republished in 2013)" > "American Alpine Club" because the publication date for it was already mentioned above.

 Done

Milestones

Good.

In film

• The line for The Inner Wall needs citing.

 Done

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