Talk:Statue of Industry/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Eddie891 (talk · contribs) 18:23, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

I'll review this one in the coming days. Looks fascinating! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 18:23, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, the lead image isn't pd based on the tag as far as I can tell? We'd want to wait until Jan 1? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 02:25, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

I was going off of U.S. rules, which may have been a mistake. Do you know which template/rules would apply for the UK? If PD-UK-unknown, would ln't that still be okay, at 70 years? --Usernameunique (talk) 04:35, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

I guess you're right. I thought newspapers were under copyright with or w/o copyright notices, but couldn't find anything on that Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:36, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Sources all seem reliable and well-formatted. I will do a spotcheck later. Pity there aren't more scholarly sources, but what can you do. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 02:32, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

• "after the Second World War, Maryon went on a second career as a conservator at the British Museum, where his work on the Sutton Hoo ship-burial led to his appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire" While interesting, is this really relevant background to this article?

• Not strictly, but it's arguably what he's most notable for—I think worth at least a sentence in a "Background" section. --Usernameunique (talk) 04:37, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

• I added one conversion factor, is there a reason other figures don't have them?
• "Maryon began by creating a small sketch model of the statue. He began" any way to avoid the double repetition of 'began'?

• Changed the first to "started". --Usernameunique (talk) 05:38, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

• Is there anything about the choice to make a sculpture/the selection of the sculptor/payment?

• Unfortunately no. Presumably Maryon was chosen because it was a fair about local abilities and he was the Master of Sculpture at the nearby college, but that's just guesswork. --Usernameunique (talk) 07:49, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

• ""like an Epstein fright"" Is there anything you can link to Epstein here?

• Linked to Jacob Epstein. --Usernameunique (talk) 06:05, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

• "By October 1929, several statues had been defaced" I don't think it's clear whether you mean statues at the exhibition or broader. You may als owant to add "recently"?

• Clarified that the others were in London. A bit more ambivalent about "recently", given that the chronology begins four years earlier. --Usernameunique (talk) 05:45, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

• "Two months later, in December, three students at King's College tarred statues as part of a rivalry with University College, and in the process inadvertently poured tar on the school's war memorial. They were ultimately suspended two terms—until the following October" Is this really relevant to this article?

• Directly so; I've added a line to clarify why. "According to The Sunday Sun, "it was deemed essential that strict measures should be taken" due to the spate of recent raggings, including against Statue of Industry." --Usernameunique (talk) 05:57, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Overall, a really nice read, just a few minor suggestions. Not wedded to any of them. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 03:09, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Spotchecking: 8,16,18,25,30,37,43,48,55,62.

Can't find the designer of the memorial in FN 18

Citations seem to me to suggest that Rima was tarred and feathered on the 9th not the 8th?

Changed to on the night of 8 October 1929. It was discovered in the early hours of the 9th, but would have been tarred at some point before. --Usernameunique (talk) 04:42, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Everything else looks good to me. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 02:26, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Eddie891. Responses above. --Usernameunique (talk) 04:43, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.