Talk:Museum of Bad Art/GA1

GA Review

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I understand the need for haste with this nomination, so I'll get my thoughts together here asap. --Malleus Fatuorum 01:54, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

• "... 25 to 35 of which are on public display at either branch". Is that in each branch, or both branches together?

• "MOBA was founded by Scott Wilson in 1994, when he shared a painting he found in the trash with his friends Jerry Reilly and Marie Jackson, who suggested they start a collection." What does "shared" mean in this context? Was it founded when he shared it or after he shared it?

• "To complete the ambiance, bad music was piped out amongst the forest ...". Ouch! Can you rustle up a couple of dozen good copyeditors from anywhere? :lol:

• "Dedham Community Theatre". Is it really spelled "theatre", not "theater"?

• "... which was lifted off the wall and taken from the premises." How else would you steal a painting?

• "the Trash Collectors Union in Cambridge also donates what they have rescued from imminent demise as refuse." This just makes my ears bleed, They donate it as refuse? To say nothing of the grammar.

• "MOBA does not collect art completed by children," So it does collect art started by children?

• "Cash Peters identified five themes ...". Need to explain who Cash Peteres is, for instance: "Art critic Cash Peters ...".

• "More recently MOBA has been experimenting ...". More recently than what?

• "... the captions are mostly written by the Michael Frank and Louise Reilly Sacco". Is that a company name? Doesn't seem to make sense.

... more to follow. --Malleus Fatuorum 02:14, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Moni3's civil responses:

"share" in this context is like Barney the purple dinosaur likes sharing. Look at what I found? That's awesome! Thanks for sharing that with me!

For some odd reason, some places in New England are spelled with British spellings. This is why I do not live in New England. We civilized folk south of the Mason Dixon line have pork rinds instead.

Cash Peters is briefly introduced a couple paragraphs above.

... more to follow. --Moni3 (talk) 04:38, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Better if someone else reviews this I think. Good luck with it. --Malleus Fatuorum 04:49, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

More:

• "Within a year receptions held in Reilly's and Jackson's private home ...". As opposed to their public home?

• "... an aesthetic recently described as 'ramshackle'". Can we pin down "recently"? Described in 2008 as ... for instance?

• "Early in MOBA's tenure ...". Tenure of what? Does this mean "life" or similar?

• "... which has become one of the better known "thrift store" art sites." Probably need a citation for this.

• "four-panel piece showing as many renditions of a human digestive tract in various media". The "as many" bit doesn't make sense.

• Can we get any figures for number of visitors?

• Ref #50 looks a little strange and out of place with its "Date: June 2006:".

That's it now. Once these few little things are addressed you've got yourself a GA. --Malleus Fatuorum 18:38, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

• I addressed all except the figures for visitors. I will do my best to find a reliable number. --Moni3 (talk) 23:45, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm sure you will. I think this article now meets the criteria, so I'm listing it as a GA. Good luck at FAC. --Malleus Fatuorum 01:11, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

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