Talk:Hotel McAlpin

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Argenti Aertheri in topic GA Review

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: article not moved, there is no consensus to move it ~~ GB fan ~~ 09:41, 3 October 2010 (UTC)Reply



Hotel McAlpinHerald Towers — Example: The Westin Book Cadillac Hotel isn't under Book-Cadillac, its original name. Relisted. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 16:08, 28 September 2010 (UTC) Chaplin62 (talk) 23:03, 20 September 2010 (UTC)Reply

  • Oppose Most of the elements of the articles describe its history as the McAlpin while its current status is negligibly elaborated on as it's just become another New York condo tower. The former name should be retained if it's mostly about that iteration. Nate (chatter) 05:22, 21 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose. The notability of this building is in its history as the hotel, and the article is rightly focussed on that aspect of the building. Andrewa (talk) 18:25, 1 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk04:08, 30 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

 
Herald Towers, formerly the Hotel McAlpin

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:30, 28 November 2022 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:  
  • Interesting:  
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   @Epicgenius: Good expansion!   Approving in good faith due to offline citations. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:34, 28 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Hotel McAlpin/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Argenti Aertheri (talk · contribs) 08:34, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply


Review status

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Review last updated at 22:38, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Rate Attribute Review Comment
1. Well-written:
  1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct. See below
  1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
2. Verifiable with no original research:
  2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
  2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
  2c. it contains no original research.
  2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.
3. Broad in its coverage:
  3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
  3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
  4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
  5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
  6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
  6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions. See below
  7. Overall assessment.

Issues

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Lead image needs an actual caption.

The last three images convey the same general information, and aren't particularly high quality. Either replace them with better images (perhaps of the interior) or just ditch them. The seemingly random snapshots are distracting in an otherwise good article.

"When the hotel opened, it had 1,500 guest rooms and 1,100 bathrooms... At its peak, the McAlpin contained 1,700 rooms." What? Is that 1,500 guest rooms? The source technically says 1,700 moms, so something definitely went awry somewhere.

Everything else looks good!

@Argenti Aertheri: Thanks for the review. I've modified the lead image's caption and removed two of the last three images. The hotel had 1,700 guestrooms later in its existence, since some of the smaller rooms were split up, but these guestrooms have since been combined into apartments. Sadly, I could not find any good images of the interior. Epicgenius (talk) 22:58, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
Images and their captions look good! And my mistake on the number of rooms   Facepalm ~ Argenti Aertheri(Chat?) 02:16, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
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