Talk:Grant Park Music Festival/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Adabow (talk) 10:54, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

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

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

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Comments

Some issues, I have described them by criterion and section, specifying which paragraph in the section the issue occurs.

Well written

Prose

Some minor capitalisation and spelling problems

• Lead (infobox): "classical music festival" → "classical music festival"
  • I don't see your point. They look the same.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:34, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
    • Whoops, I meant change to "Classical music festival" Adabow (talk) 00:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
      • Fixed.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:43, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
• 'Funding' section (third paragraph): "Grammy-Nominated" → "Grammy-nominated"
  • Good eye.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
• 'History' section (final paragraph):
  • "(Made in Chicago)" → "(made in Chicago)"
    • This is actually the name of a music series, so I put it in quotes. Since it is a proper noun, I think the caps are correct.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:38, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
  • "Cuban Classical and jazz clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera" → "Cuban classical and jazz clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera"
    • Thanks.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:41, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
• 'Performances' section
  • First paragraph: "Harris Theater hosts an occasional Grant Park Music Festival events." → incorrect grammar, a rewording may be needed
    • Fixed.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:43, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Second paragaph – 1930s: bariton → baritone
    • Fixed.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:44, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Third paragaph – 1940s: "Other performers included sopranos Claire," – Claire who? Explain.
    • It is standard to refer to someone by last name who has already been linked by full name earlier in the article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:46, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Penultimate paragraph – 2000s: "Other performers include pianist Valentina Lisitsa, soprano Jonita Lattimore, baritone Nathan Gunn, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore." → "Other performers include pianist Valentina Lisitsa, soprano Jonita Lattimore, baritone Nathan Gunn and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore."
    • Fixed.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:51, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
• There seems to be a inconsistency in lists of whether a comma is included after the penultimate item. Pick one format and stick with it. (eg. "One, two and three." or "One, two, and three.")
  • O.K.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:55, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

MoS

Pretty good, however the infobox uses contains hyphens, and should instead contain spaced en dashes, and there are some dab links to fix

• I think it is now correct.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:58, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Accurate/verifiable

References

No major issues

Reliable sources

Citation 6 is dead—try to find an archived copy or a replacement reference

• I have swapped in refs from the Harris Theater (Chicago) article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:25, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Original research

No major issues

Coverage

Broad coverage

Detailed on history, funding and performances. Is there enough material to create a section on public reception or popularity?

• I can probably put something together.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
  • I have not found much critical reception. I could add a lot of stuff from the local newspapers, which say that you can't miss this, but I don't think that is really important. Will keep my eye out for more.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:11, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Focused

The 'performances' section is quite detailed. I am supposing that the festival is set to continue in the future, and this section could become quite large. It would be good to start to write a List of Grant Park Music Festival performances, to relieve some of the pressure on this section.

• I think that is a highly unusual list for a performing venue. What this section means to do is briefly highlight each decade. The problem may be that going foward each year gets as long of a summary as the prior decades. I am not a scholar of classical music and not qualified to winnow down each decade list to the true highlights, but I hope for help from other wikipedians in this regard.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Neutral point of view

No major issues

Stability

No edit warring, no frequent vandalism

Images

Image tags/copyright

• Infobox's image needs author information (link)
  • I sent an email to the woman who emailed me the photo. She is the publicist for the Festival (or at least she was in 2008).--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:11, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
• File:ItzhakPerlmanWhitehouse2.jpg is missing author info
  • I had nothing to do with this image and do not know anything about its author, however, for images from whitehouse.gov, often just white house photographer or white house staff photographer is considered acceptable. I am not sure what should be done in truth however.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:21, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
    • I am supposing that, as it has the {{PD-USGov}} tag, the {{PD-user-en}} tag is not needed. Adabow (talk) 00:25, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
      • Removed {{PD-user-en}}
        • The email for the contact at the Festival's publicist who sent me the image is no longer valid.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:50, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Image captions

Very good captioning

Final comments

I have placed the review on hold, and will allow seven days for the issues outlined above to be rectified. Good luck improving the article! Adabow (talk) 10:54, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

I have passed the article. Congratulations! Adabow (talk) 06:24, 8 May 2010 (UTC)