Talk:Currency Building/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Chipmunkdavis (talk · contribs) 10:28, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Will shortly give a full review to this. It is concerning to see so many short paragraphs and sections. If Metro lines are included in the infobox, they should be included in the relevant Geography and setting sentence as well. CMD (talk) 10:28, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

• Chipmunkdavis, thank you so much for your thoughtful and thorough review of this article. I will address your comments this weekend. Thanks again! — West Virginian (talk) 01:59, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

• Chipmunkdavis, I apologize for the delay! I am addressing your comments as we speak and hope to be finished today (EDT)! Thank you so much again for your review, comments, and suggestions! -- West Virginian (talk) 13:18, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Present text

• The lead has a clear gap from 1937 to 1994.

• The available sources do not provide much information on the building's use between the RBI's moving out and the plan to demolish it in 1994, other than that the CPWD used it as a storehouse at one time. I've modified a sentence in the lede to this: "The building remained in use, and was used at one time by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) as a storehouse. Authorities decided to demolish it in 1994." -- West Virginian (talk) 13:27, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

• The end of the Agra bank paragraph needs a source separate to those in the footnote. Not sure why the acquisition by the Currency department is relegated to the footnote either. Is the theory about date likeliness from a particular source?

• Some sources erroneously state 1886 as the year of the Agra Bank's failure, so I had attempted to explain why 1866 was the more likely date in the footnote. There is not a citation for this. Do you have any suggestions on how best to address this discrepancy in dates? -- West Virginian (talk) 13:27, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

• A bit more context/detail about the intersection of 1935 with the founding of the RBI would help explain the "first", although you'll need a new source.

• I've added some context for the founding of the RBI in 1935, as well as a brief statement of its intended function. Please let me know if this requires more elaboration in the meantime. -- West Virginian (talk) 16:20, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

• Was it the whole RBI that moved, or just the headquarters?

• According to the available sources, the building was used as the central office/headquarters for the RBI, and then that central office/headquarters relocated to Bombay/Mumbai. -- West Virginian (talk) 22:15, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

• The sentence on the end of renovation is unsourced.

• I've removed the unsourced sentence accordingly. -- West Virginian (talk) 22:15, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

• The first sentence of Later use seems quite a direct copyvio.

• Thank you for this catch! I re-reviewed the Later use section and there does not seem to be a direct copyvio any longer, so I must have rephrased this as part of adding more context regarding RBI. Please let me know if there is still an outstanding issue here, and thank you for highlighting it! -- West Virginian (talk) 22:15, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

• The Covid link should go to the more specific COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal

• I've modified this link in the text accordingly. -- West Virginian (talk) 13:27, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

• Probably worth mentioning exhibition entrance is free, in relation to framing as a public museum.

• I've added a mention of its free entry accordingly. Let me know if this works, and thank you for the suggestion! -- West Virginian (talk) 22:15, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Other issues

• The The Telegraph source covers an exhibition post-restoration but pre-museum inauguration, which seems like useful information.

• Thank you for this suggestion! I've added a mention of the National Jute Board's jute and silk exhibition. -- West Virginian (talk) 23:17, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

• This The Hindu notes the building was also used for paper money, which feels like it should be explicitly stated to establish it wasn't always used for coins.

• Thank you for this catch! I've added the mention of its use for issuing paper currency. -- West Virginian (talk) 23:17, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

• Some sources seem to use "Old currency building" as an alternative name.

• I've added this to the infobox. Let me know if this also needs to be in the article's prose. -- West Virginian (talk) 23:17, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

• Lonely Planet 2019 also notes the building was being used for ASI exhibitions prior to its dedication as an official museum.

• Unfortunately, I wasn't able to access that page. I will see if I can access from a different browser. -- West Virginian (talk) 23:17, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

• Sources such as the lonely planet book would be a useful bolster for the Geography section, which currently heavily relies on google maps.

• I've added some additional content from Lonely Planet! Let me know if this works! -- West Virginian (talk) 23:17, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

• Some updates since the GAN: [1][2]

• Thank you for sharing these additional references with me! I've included content from each under the Museum and event space section of the article. -- West Virginian (talk) 16:04, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

• Google books appears to have some interesting Lok Sabha sources, but they don't seem easily accessible so no harm to this GAN if they can't be accessed.

• I wasn't able to access these at the moment, but I can try from a few different devices/browsers to see if I can gain access. -- West Virginian (talk) 23:17, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Neutral, stable, and images are appropriately licenced. Problems seem addressable. Putting on hold. Best, CMD (talk) 14:10, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

• Chipmunkdavis, thank you for your patience as I made my way through addressing your comments. Once again, I appreciate all your guidance, expertise, and suggestions. Please let me know if there are any outstanding issues that I can address in the meantime! Thanks again, as always! -- West Virginian (talk) 23:17, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Great, above is addressed. On the Old Currency Building name, I don't think it's a former name, as it is in current use, although it certainly seems less common to include the "Old". However, I don't see an obvious place for inclusion in the article. Could you just add the Hindustan Times source to the infobox to verify? All the other names are extractable from the article body. I have a small concern about how choppy the History section is, with effectively three single paragraph subsections, but I won't hold the GAN on this if you don't have a better structure. Finally, can you add a mention of architecture to the lead? It's the only lv2 section not covered. CMD (talk) 06:10, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Chipmunkdavis, thank you so much for your re-review and for your final comments! I will work to address these today and will let you know when I’m finished. Thanks again, as always! — West Virginian (talk) 12:12, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Chipmunkdavis, thank you for your additional suggestions! I've added the Hindustan Times citation to the infobox for Old Currency Building, and wish the museum template had a separate section for alternative names but alas it does not. I made some slight adjustments to the history section, but unfortunately I was not able to find additional background/context to expand the sections using available resources. Let me know if this will work for GA. I also added a mention of architecture to the lede. Thank you again for your phenomenal review, suggestions, and expertise! I truly appreciate it, and let me know if there is anything else I can add in the meantime! -- West Virginian (talk) 23:19, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Why not just have one subsection for the three banking paragraphs? CMD (talk) 09:12, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Chipmunkdavis! I just merged those three subsections into one entitled, “Bank headquarters and currency office.” Let me know if this works or if you have another suggestion for the subheader. Thank you again for all of your efforts and guidance to improve this article! — West Virginian (talk) 10:06, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Seems reasonable to me. Happy to pass this article. Best, CMD (talk) 10:54, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

CMD, thank you again for your guidance and coordination throughout this process! I look forward to working with you again in the future! -- West Virginian (talk) 19:29, 6 April 2021 (UTC)