Talk:Wadsworth Jarrell/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 23:36, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: five found and fixed.[1] Jezhotwells (talk) 23:41, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Linkrot: none found. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:42, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

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

   The lead fails to accurately summarise the article, please see WP:LEAD

   The lead has been rewritten by Sarah and copyedited by myself. There is, however, one problematic sentence remaining: "The figures within his paintings are abstract and inspired by the masks and sculpture of Nigeria, two mediums that have influenced his bright and bold—at times tribal—sculptures." There are just too many ideas jumbled up in this sentence. I'm not sure how to rewrite it, however, so I'll leave it up to Sarah. Maybe it could be split into two sentences. Thoughts? Kaldari (talk) 01:58, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

   Thank you for the copyediting Kaldari. I've broken the sentence down, I hope it's a bit better. I tend to get a bit descriptive in my writing, as if we didn't notice that by now :) (Blame the curatorial training...) SarahStierch (talk) 03:37, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

   Looks good to me. If you want to go ahead and prepare the article for an FA nomination as well, you'll want to add a stronger assertion of notability to the lead sentence. I would consider that extra credit for GA, but it's Jezhotwells's GA review so I'll let them decide :) Kaldari (talk) 18:53, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

   Good point, please consider this if you wish to go to FAC. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:10, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

   All three of the Jarrell boys would work at the furniture store, where a young Jarrell would learn to cane chairs. His father's artistic ability and mother's skill as a quilt-maker would contribute to the entire family's love for art. "would" is inconsistent with the rest of this paragraph, which is mostly simple past tense.

   It was there where Jarrell was encouraged by his teacher,... "there where"?

   He attended a private Baptist school starting in the seventh grade only to transfer to Athens High in the tenth grade "only"?

   Closer more so to his mother than his father, their relationship became closer as his father and one of his brothers left to work at a shipyard during World War II? Very poor prose. Try reading it out aloud/ I will only continue reviewing the prose after it has been given a thorough copy-edit.

   ''Georgia blacks were not allowed to visit museums until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. Thereafter the Chicago museums made quite an impact on Jarrell. This implies that "Georgia blacks" were not allowed to visit "Chicago museums". Is this what you mean?

   I don't think I wrote that, but, I have attempted to change the language. It really sounded poor! SarahStierch (talk) 00:38, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

   Fine Jezhotwells (talk) 22:10, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   The History makers website requires registration, so the citations should say so. What makes this a reliable source?

   I am unfamiliar with the tag to show that the source is only for registered users. It is published transcribed oral history, and while that is a primary document, I selectively use the oral histories and verify them with secondary source. Even if I burnt myself out with copyediting this article, I'd never risk my scholarly reputation in my career by utilizing untrustworthy non-reliable sources. (I know that's dramatic, but, it's something I take quite seriously!) SarahStierch (talk) 13:41, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

   THe tag in a citation template is "|format=Subscription required£ or "registration required". It is not a Ga requirement, but is good practice, to alert readers. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:15, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

   @Jezhotwells: There is no requirement for references that require registration to say so—they are treated just like other references. As WP:V states: "The principle of verifiability implies nothing about ease of access to sources: some online sources may require payment, while some print sources may be available only in university libraries." To answer your question about why HistoryMakers is a reliable source, it seems that they are an established 501(c)(3) non-profit archive and have contributed to educational PBS television programming and collaborated with Carnegie Mellon University among other activities. Kaldari (talk) 07:14, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

   Accepted. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:15, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

   @Sarah: If the citations refer to audio or video content, you can use the "at" parameter in the template to specify a time marker, for example "at=00:13:48". If you're just taking information from a transcript, however, this isn't necessary. Kaldari (talk) 07:31, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

   Likewise with ref #21

   Assume good faith for offline source.

   The whole article relies on three sources. Can you not find anymore?

   The best sources related to Jarrell are published scholarly publications - the Pomegranate book (they published the majority of the books researchers for articles about African American artists), the Black Studies Center and that oral history interview. The majority of content is limited or self-serving as its published by AFRICOBRA. I wrote this article in conjunction with research for the inaugural exhibition of a museum I work for. SarahStierch (talk) 13:41, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

   Fair enough. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:15, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Appears to satisfy these criteria

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   yes

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. 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):

   File:Jae Jarrell Revolutionary Dress.JPG actually has a Creative Commons license )Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0), so should have that license's tag not a non-free use rationale.

   File:Senoufo mask-romanceor.jpg should be used in the section where it is discussed, i.e. African influences. I also note that Commons suggests using File:Senoufo mask-romanceor.png instead. Done

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   OK, on hold for the above issues to be addressed, most importantly a thorough copy-edit to render it into reasonably well written plain English. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:07, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

   OK, just the lead to be addressed, also one problematic sentence above. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:15, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

   All appears to be in order, an interesting article and an important contribution to the content on Afro-American culture. Congratulations! Passing as GA. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:10, 13 July 2011 (UTC)