Talk:And Still I Rise/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 18:28, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi Christine, I'll be happy to take this one. Thanks for your continued work on these! -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:28, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

As usual, I've made a few copyediting tweaks as I went; as usual for your nominations, this seems excellent so far and essentially ready to promote. Remaining quibbles below. I'll do spotchecks of the sources and a "main aspects" check tonight or tomorrow. -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:55, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

• "is author and poet Maya Angelou's third volume of poetry" -- I'd suggest cutting "and poet" here; clear from the three volumes of poetry

Done.

• "perhaps to capitalize on her popularity following her reading of her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993" -- it's not clear to me why Random House would select this volume of poetry for The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou as a specific result of the inauguration reading; the "perhaps" here also makes me think this might need citation as an interpretation/inference

Hmm, this is the third of Angelou's poetry books and the first time someone's given me this feedback. I changed to wording to make it appear, um, less "interpretative". ;)

Ha, yeah, I'm pretty sure at least one of the other reviews is from me. If I missed it last time, sorry about that. -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:32, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

• Was the full title of Cosmopolitan at the time Cosmopolitan Magazine? It seems like this should probably be written Cosmopolitan magazine.

Done.

• "Angelou skillfully engages" -- the "skillfully" here probably needs to be more directly attributed to a speaker for NPOV reasons

I added the quotes before the word in question and after "engages".

• " Neubauer and literary critic Harold Bloom" -- is it correct to attribute this to Harold Bloom here? The citation goes to Lynn Z Bloom. Bloom could be summarizing Bloom, but I thought I'd better doublecheck.

Nope, I was must missing a ref. Thanks for the catch; I added it.

• "African-American scholar " -- this phrase is slightly ambiguous as to whether she's Af-Am or studies Af-Am culture/lit. Could it simply be dropped, or shortened to "scholar"?

Shortened to "scholar".

• "The first part, entitled "Touch Me, Life, Not Softly", has been called "joyful"" -- needs its own inline citation--is this from Lippmann? -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:55, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes, added citation. Thanks so much for the feedback! Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 22:19, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Okay, all changes look good. Going to do a few last checks now, but I expect I'll be passing this very shortly. -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:32, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Checklist

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
	2c. it contains no original research.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
	7. Overall assessment.	Pass as GA