Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Fountain of Time

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Fountain of Time

Passed --Eurocopter (talk) 18:01, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator(s): TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM)

I am nominating this article for A-Class review because I hope that WP:MILHIST values articles on peace memorials and can lend constructive criticism for this article.TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Query - how does this fall in our scope? :/ —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 05:07, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm guessing that the idea here is that it's effectively a memorial to commemorate a peace treaty. I'd think that probably qualifies, since we include normal war memorials as a matter of course. Kirill ^[pf] 05:18, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
QUERY Does anyone know of a category for memorials, sculptures or fountains that pay tribute to peace.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:52, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wandalstouring (talk) 12:01, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support This meets the A-class criteria. I do have some comments you might wish to consider though:
- The article's text is clear, but a bit choppy.
- The use of phrases such as "Some view" is discouraged as they're a form of weasel words
  - Rephrased.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:43, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- 'Gallery' sections are discouraged by MOS:IMAGES and WP:IG and the current gallery would be better placed on Wikicommons. Nick-D (talk) 23:19, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Galleries are not discouraged per se by WP:IG (MOS:IMAGES simply references WP:IG), but I'm not sure that this gallery really adds anything to the article. If there is a desire to keep the gallery, then at a minimum I would look to improve it as per WP:IG - as it exists now, a gallery that simply shows the subject from different angles is something that should really be moved to the Commons. Perhaps use the gallery to identify a number of the figures in the sculpture (and change the heading accordingly to something more descriptive). --Skeezix1000 (talk) 13:38, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
'Comments' (little stuff) Support
"Benjamin Ferguson's 1905 US$1 million charitable trust gift to "memorialize events..."

Not so sure about the link to US$, is it really necessary?

I piped it so it is just a $ sign.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 06:36, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

O.K., works for me. Changing vote to support.

"Designed without expansion joints, few outdoor sculptures have been made of similar materials since the 1930s ..." (section: Restoration)

The fountain was designed w/o expansion joints? Maybe it's just me (maybe go to sleep and come back in a couple hours?), but it's very difficult to understand this sentence.

I tried to address this complaint.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:05, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, pls reply to first comment.

A nicely written article. Icy // ♫ 20:26, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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