Talk:Music House Museum/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 19:50, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Will be reviewing this article as part of the GAN Backlog Drive of April to May 2020. MWright96 (talk) 19:50, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Background history

• "David Stiffler (an architect) and Dean Junker (a mechanical engineer)" - reword this portion of text without using parentheses

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:06, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

• "started a hobby in the 1970s of collecting and restoring antique musical instruments." - began a hobby of collecting and restoring antique musical instruments in the 1970s.

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:06, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

• "as a venture for the collecting, restoring and displaying of antique musical instruments." - how about collection, restoration and display

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:06, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

• "In 1979, they decided to create a formal display to show off their hobby to friends and others." - for friends and others to see their collection.

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:06, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

• "in the summer of 1983." - try not to use seasons per MOS:SEASON

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:28, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

• "in the fall of 1983." - same issue as above

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:28, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

• "It eventually opened in May 1984 to the general public" - to the general public in May 1984 might be better

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:28, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

• "Work was then started in remodeling the 12,000 square-foot" - use the convert template on the text in bold

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:28, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

• "The granary originally was where the farm’s workers lived and slept. They called the granary the old farmhouse, from which the music museum received its "house" name." - think these two sentences can be made into one and shortened accordingly

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:28, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Current museum

• Theatre organ doesn't need to begin with a capital letter

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:35, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

• "that is thirty feet wide and eighteen feet high." - use the convert template in the words in bold

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:35, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

References

• Reference 2 is missing the access date

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:49, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 5 (City-data.com) is a blacklisted source that should be replaced with another reliable source that cites the information it verifies

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:49, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address/query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 17:16, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

@MWright96: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:49, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Coldwell: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 20:47, 22 May 2020 (UTC)