Talk:Shrub's Wood Long Barrow/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: J Milburn (talk · contribs) 14:21, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Happy to offer a review. Josh Milburn (talk) 14:21, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

• I think sub-trapezoidal is a little jargony for the lead.

• I see your point, but I'm not quite sure what we could use as an alternative. We have "sub-trapezoidal" on the Jacket's Field Long Barrow article. Maybe "roughly trapezoidal"? Midnightblueowl (talk) 15:29, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

• Stour long barrows or Stour Long Barrows?

• I'll ensure that it's capitalised throughout, if just to match the capitalisation of "Medway Megaliths". Midnightblueowl (talk) 15:35, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

• "Stour long barrows are another regional cluster in Sussex, while a solitary long barrow is known at Badshot Farm in Farnham, Surrey." Any names/links?

• Ah yes, there is: Badshot Lea Long Barrow. (I started the article a few weeks back). I'll add the Wikilink into the article. Midnightblueowl (talk) 15:29, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

• "There is evidence for side ditches" Of?

• That reads better. Changed. Midnightblueowl (talk) 15:29, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

That's all that jumps out at me. Please check my edits. There's a sense in which this site is perhaps - incredibly - only borderline notable, but you seem to have done a great job with the article. Josh Milburn (talk) 14:55, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Josh. I lean towards the view that all surviving long barrows probably warrant articles. In cases like this, where no excavation has taken place, obviously there isn't a great deal that can be said, but once that excavation occurs then hopefully a great deal more information will come flooding in that can be used in this article. Midnightblueowl (talk) 15:35, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

I do think "roughly trapezoidal" is a little better than "sub-trapezoidal", but I'll leave that to you. Either way, happy to promote - this is surely the fewest comments I've had on a GAC in years! Josh Milburn (talk) 20:40, 3 April 2019 (UTC)