Talk:Gould Memorial Library

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Epicgenius in topic Edit request 16 June 2023

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk10:12, 15 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

 
Gould Memorial Library

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 16:32, 11 June 2022 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Incredible work on this one @Epicgenius: I like hooks ALT0, ALT2 and ALT4 best, but they're all good imo. BuySomeApples (talk) 22:37, 13 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Gould Memorial Library/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 00:34, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply


I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:34, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Images are appropriately tagged; sources are reliable; Earwig finds no issues.

  • The link in the lead and body to oculus goes to a dab page.
  • "Additionally, the university installed numerous busts of artists inside the library during the 1920s and 1930s. NYU built additional campus libraries": repetition of "additional/ly"; I think you could just cut the first one.
  • "The Hall of Fame was designed to conceal the Gould Memorial Library's foundation; the portion of the colonnade next to the library is circular in plan": the two halves of this sentence are presumably related since they're glued together, but I don't see the connection.
  • "it is superseded by the Bronx Community College Library, which opened in 2012." Suggest either "it has been superseded by the Bronx Community College Library, which opened in 2012", or "it was superseded by the Bronx Community College Library in 2012".
  • "The library, as well as the adjacent buildings, are all clad with": "as well" is redundant with "all"; suggest "The library and the adjacent buildings are clad with" or "all clad with".
  • "The arrangement of the building, with its dome and porticoes, was reminiscent of the University of Virginia's Rotunda." Why "was"? If this is because the similarities were noticed by contemporaries when it was built, I'd make it something "was considered reminiscent" with a date; if it's still true I'd make it "is considered reminiscent".
  • Suggest linking or glossing "ambulatory".
  • "counting clockwise of the main entrance": unless this is AmEng I'm not familiar with I think this should be "counting clockwise from the main entrance"
  • In the seating discussion you're using some digits and some words for numbers; I can see you consistently use digits for seat count, but that probably doesn't comply with the relevant style rules. How about getting around it with a rephrase, like so: "Radiating from the center were eight long and eight short tables; the short tables seated four people, and the long tables seated eight people"?
  • Suggest linking brutalist.
  • "The formerly residential area surrounding Washington Square Park had evolved into a commercial neighborhood by the late 20th century": presumably should be 19th century?
  • "asking the architect if he would be interested in examining plans for NYU's Bronx campus": just checking that "examining" is the intended verb -- it implies that there already were plans for the campus before White's involvement, but we haven't said that, and the following sentence implies that the "original" plan is White's.

Spotchecks:

  • FN 41e cites "The balcony on the fourth level, above the colonnades, contains a plaster balustrade with openwork motifs, interrupted by 16 plaster pedestals with Tiffany glass mosaics." Verified.
  • FN 100 cites "The library was also used for ... a showcase of old maps of the Bronx": verified.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:45, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the review. I've fixed the remaining issues now. Epicgenius (talk) 22:03, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Fixes look good; passing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:16, 10 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Edit request 16 June 2023

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Please add the following text to the end of the third paragraph of the "CUNY use" section (immediately after the sentence "BCC began restoring the library in the early 2020s"):

Gould's dome and oculus were restored at a cost of $18.3 million, and an exit stair was added for $2 million; both projects were completed in May 2023.[1]

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  1. ^ "Ribbon-Cutting for Completion of Two Projects on Gould Memorial Library's Renovation at Bronx Community College". Bronx Community College. May 30, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

I now have a COI which did not exist when the article was created. I'm aware that this is a primary source, but unfortunately few better sources exist (these sources are also primary sources). – Epicgenius (talk) 13:20, 16 June 2023 (UTC)Reply


Please also add the following template to the top of the page (just after the {{short description}} template and just before the {{use mdy dates}} template). I'm systematically adding {{Use American English}} to articles about NYC landmarks, per MOS:TIES.

{{Use American English|date=June 2023}}

Thanks. Epicgenius (talk) 15:31, 23 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Epicgenius: I have reviewed the edit request and suggest that you go ahead and make the changes yourself. Thanks. Lightoil (talk) 13:12, 25 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for looking at this edit request Lightoil. I've made these changes accordingly. Epicgenius (talk) 20:26, 25 June 2023 (UTC)Reply