Talk:Anthony Esolen/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Doctorg (talk · contribs) 15:58, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

@Display name 99:I am now starting this review. Thank you for the time you have put into this article and your work towards expanding Wikipedia’s quality content. I will add my comments into each of the following sections. Doctor^G  (talk) 15:58, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

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

1. It is reasonably well written.

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

   Use of prose, grammar, and spelling are consistent with Wikipedia policies and common practices. Looking at the early life and career section, the use of "he" and "his" makes the prose feel stale. I suggest you change the last sentence to start with his name instead of "he".

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

   Article is well cited throughout and backed up by quality sources. The position held at Furman college still seems to be incomplete, but it isn't contentious, so I don't think the GA submission should be failed for this.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   The article is broad enough and includes work, career, and early life

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   NPOV looks good and content is well balanced. Editors have included content regarding disagreements at previous college in a neutral fashion.

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   This article is stable and there are no apparent edit wars.

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   Sole image in use is properly licensed. Are there any other images of him lecturing that can be included in the article?

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Doctorg, thank you for doing this review. I agree with your comments about the opening section of this article, and added Esolen's name to it twice. I was also able to get an image of him from 2016 and place it in the article. However, I was not able to add any more information on his tenure at Furman. The only two things that truly distinguish Esolen more than an average college professor is (1) his Divine Comedy translation and (2) his social commentary, the most notable of which happened in 2016. There's very little information on him that I've been able to find that goes beyond these two things. As you indicated, his teaching career at Furman was most likely fairly normal. So I can't really add anything else. Display name 99 (talk) 20:31, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

After a careful review and some minor changes from the editors, I believe this article meets the standards for a GA class article and am passing it. Thank you, @Display name 99: for your work and submission.