Talk:Minneapolis City Center/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Epicgenius (talk · contribs) 17:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

I'll review this article shortly. epicgenius (talk) 17:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Writing and coverage

Lead:

• with additional office space on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It occupies the bottom three floors of the 33 South Sixth office building - shouldn't "additional office space on Nicollet Mall" be mentioned after the 33 South Sixth sentence?

reworded

• The shape of the mall - what is the shape of the mall? Do you mean that the mall is built around the restaurant?

done – I hope you do not mind but I prefer your wording to mine so I changed it as so.

• Minneapolis City Center is currently anchored by Marshalls and Saks Off Fifth Avenue. One other anchor space sits vacant. - as of when?

added "As of 2020"

• Might want to include when the mall opened within the lead.

done

Rest of page:

• Minneapolis City Center first opened in 1983 in between the 6th and 7th Street blocks along Minneapolis' Nicollet Mall stretch - this sentence has a couple problems. I get what this is trying to say, but is it necessary to say "in between"? I feel like "between the 6th and 7th Street blocks" would be better. Also, is the word "stretch" necessary?

changed accordingly – I added "stretch" because I feel some readers unfamiliar with Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis might confuse it as an actual shopping mall, rather it is just a stretch of road open strictly for bus service

• Construction of the mall was estimated to cost US$37 million inflation?

added "As of 2019"

• such as Limited Express, Musicland, and more - you don't need "and more" since you have "such as". It's fine to say "such as Limited Express and Musicland".

done

• Do Limited Express and Musicland have links?

I linked both stores to their corresponding articles on Wikipedia, did you mean anything else by this?

• $15 million USD - "US$15 million" for consistency.

done

• Less than a year later, the location closed in addition to 140 other locations nationwide. - rather than "in addition to", I suggest "along with" or "as part of the closure of", to make it clear that this is a chain-wide event.

done

• Other tenants leasing space at Minneapolis City Center throughout the decade include - should it be "included"?

I think "include" is the better option since all of the mentioned stores are still in business as of this year.

• but shuttered all locations in 2017 - any reason why?

I added the reason provided by the article.

• Minneapolis City Center features elements of modern and brutalist architecture. - what are these elements?

done – added some.

• Minneapolis City Center also serves as a major hub for the Minneapolis Skyway System, serving as a connecting point for six skyways - "serve" is repeated. Probably best to replace one of these mentions.
• Is there any positive criticism of these designs?

From what I researched I cannot say I gathered any positive reception for the center.

• a record-breaking sale in Minnesota. - how so?

reworded – I explained what record in broke.

That's all the prose comments I have for now. epicgenius (talk) 15:23, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

• Minor content issue, is there a proposed date for the completion of the project? Seems like that bit is missig. --Prisencolin (talk) 19:48, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Prisencolin – Thanks for raising this point. Through my research I have not found an article/news release that announces an estimated completion date. I did, however, find a source that states the mall was about to announce new retailers, but I doubt any of those things will occur anytime soon now. Carbrera (talk) 00:59, 19 April 2020 (UTC).

Sources/notes

Preferably, reference 3 should have dashes in between the ISBN, but that is optional. epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

POV

So far, from a first read, I didn't anything that truly stuck out to me as being POV. epicgenius (talk) 17:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Overall

 On hold epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Epicgenius – I believe I have addressed all of your comments in this review. Thanks for your patience, let me know if there is anything else I can do for the next step. Stay healthy, Carbrera (talk) 23:47, 24 April 2020 (UTC).

@Carbrera: Thanks for the response. I have looked over this page and concluded that it is good enough to pass GA review. Congratulations, and stay safe. epicgenius (talk) 13:32, 25 April 2020 (UTC)