Talk:Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 19:28, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

I'll be glad to take this one. Comments to follow in the next 1-5 days. -- Khazar2 (talk) 19:28, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Initial comments

This appears at first pass to be your usual excellent work. I have two suggestions below, but this is seems ripe for promotion. I'll do some final checks in a moment. As usual, I've made some minor tweaks as I went; please check that I haven't accidentally introduced any errors, and feel free to revert anything you disagree with.

• "The family name was originally spelled without the final "e"; Melville chose to add it" -- not a necessary point for GA, but you might consider moving this out of the regular references and into an explanatory footnote.
• "homely features of Arrowhead into several stories" -- "homely" may be a mildly confusing word to use here; its most common definition is "unattractive", but I'm guessing you mean something like "domestic" here. Perhaps you might just say "features" and avoid the issue altogether. I don't think this is a problem for GA status, though. -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:01, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Noted, thanks. I usually don't bother with separate "Notes" sections if there are only one or two short footnotes. Thanks for reviewing! Magic♪piano 14:48, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

My pleasure. I made a trip to Arrowhead about fifteen years back, and had a great time; it was a nice surprise to see it pop up on the list. -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:50, 23 May 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.	Spotchecks show no evidence of copyright issues.
	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