Talk:2008 World Science Festival/GA1

GA Review

Hi. I'm going to review this GA Nom. Intothewoods29 (talk) 16:34, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I reviewed this, and everything seems fine, but I just want to ask a few questions, so I'm putting this on hold.

1. Is the World Science Festival going to happen every year? If so, what do you think about changing the name to something like "World Science Festival, 2008" or "The First World Science Festival"? I don't know; it's just a thought... <:)

2. Also, IMO the section on the first day (the 2008 summit) should be moved towards the top of the article, thus putting the section on the 2008 festival in chronological order. Just another thought.

3. I don't know if it's possible, but you don't really say why they decided to put on a festival. That might be relevant!

Thanks. Please read over it and tell me when you've responded. :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 18:51, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Intothewoods29, thanks for taking the time to review this article. Regarding your questions:

1. The Festival is planned as an annual event. At the present stage, I think that it makes sense to have a main article "World Science Festival" and include a section about the 2008 Festival. Once there have been more World Science Festivals, I think it might make sense to create spin-off articles and use summary style in the main article, the way things are handled at, say, the Sundance Film Festival article. But I'm hesitant to start that way right off the bat.
2. I've moved the summit to the top, as per your suggestion.
3. That's a tough one. There is material in the SciAm interview I used as a source for much of the History section, but most direct quotes would very probably run afoul of Wikipedia:NOTADVERTISING. I've tried and added what is hopefully a suitably encyclopedic summary: "Inspired by a visit to the 2005 Festival della Scienza in Genoa, where Greene had been invited to speak, the two decided to that a similar festival in New York City, with events that would conform to the production standards of a professional TV or theater production, would be both a worthwhile science communication project, and also an opportunity to combine Greene's skills as a scientist and science communicator and Day's as a journalist and producer."

Markus Poessel (talk) 20:31, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Great! That's great! I think everything has been addressed. It's organized and clear, plenty of reliable refs, stays on topic, NPOV, stable, and all pics have tags! I'm going to promote this to GA! Hopefully I didn't miss anything; feel free to keep improving this article and other articles also! Intothewoods29 (talk) 00:48, 7 August 2008 (UTC)