Talk:Moria, Middle-earth/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: JavaHurricane (talk · contribs) 17:03, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

As a fan of J. R. R. Tolkien's wonderful creations, I'd like to GAN-review the article for Moria. -- JavaHurricane 17:03, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks. I hope you will find the article to your liking, though the style must inevitably be neutral rather than enthusiastic! I am able to respond quickly to review comments and am used to working through issues (even on occasion substantial ones) with reviewers. I look forward to your comments. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:07, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Chiswick Chap, sorry for the delay! I've been busy lately, but I did go through the article for starters. A few inevitable things here and there, but I hope everything can be fixed. I'll put up my comments shortly. JavaHurricane 09:44, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

I'll fix whatever needs fixed promptly. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:51, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Status

Good Article

Criteria

• Well-written:

• the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct:

• it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:

• Verifiable with no original research:

• it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

• 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):

• it contains no original research:

• it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism:

• Broad in its coverage:

• it addresses the main aspects of the topic:

• it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):

• Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:

• Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:

• Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:

• media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:

• media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

Comments

• Could you add a link to "Balrog" in the lede, separately of Durin's Bane?

Done.

• "Scholars have identified likely sources for Tolkien's Moria: He had studied a Latin inscription [...]" - fix capital after colon.

Done.

• "The West Gate that crashes closed behind the Fellowship recalled the Wandering Rocks of Greek mythology, and Odysseus's passage between the devouring Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis." - mention that it is the critics who opine so.

Done.

• "Its multiple levels of tunnels and halls served, too, as the basis for a variety of computer and board games." - Have served - many such games are still around.

Done.

• "Their genesis lay in the Poetic Edda, with which Tolkien was familiar; the protagonist in the Skírnismál notes that his quest will involve misty mountains, orcs, and giants." - I think that this sentence should be in "Origins" rather than "Geography".

Moved.

• Wikilink to Durin VII in the paragraph above "Architecture" redirects back to Moria.

Removed, like his article.

And that's all I have an issue with. On hold temporarily, but I think we can pass this shortly. -- JavaHurricane 11:10, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

All done to date. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:52, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

That's it, the. Passing as a GA. A very good read, congratulations! -- JavaHurricane 12:20, 10 April 2020 (UTC)