Talk:Shimer Great Books School/GA1

GA Review

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Well-written

• History section
  • In the third sentence of the fourth paragraph, put "of" between "end" and "1973".

Y Done.

• • For the box comment in this section, put in quotations.

See response below.

• • In the fifth paragraph's fifth sentence, change "in the black" to "was making a profit." In the next sentence of the same paragraph, change $ to US$ and pipe in.

Y Done.

• Academics section
  • For the block quote listing by Adler, use {{cquote}} instead to show quotation marks. Also put quotation marks in the box quote.

I used quote box instead based on this discussion at FAC. Given the strong aversion to cquote there, I would prefer to leave the box quotes as they recommend. That examples both there and here also omit the quotes inside the box, so I feel like I should imitate that practice.

• Academics section, Curriculum subsection, Core Curriculum sub-subsection.
  • In the second paragraph, is political philosophy the same as political science? Elaborate if possible. Also on linguistics, it that the same as foreign languages and if so, what languages are taught?

Good questions. Political philosophy is not the same. It is basically political theory, which is often taught as part of political science. Linguistics is the theoretical study of language, not languages themselves. I do talk about language study under electives, but there are no standing language offerings. It seems that what is taught varies quite a bit. Since the mentions here are part of a quotation, I am struggling to figure out how to clarify them without mangling things. I linked the terms in question. Do you think that makes it clearer?

• Academics section, Admission subsection.
  • Put WM after Washington Monthly and USNWR after U.S. News & World Report.

Y Done.

• Governance section.
  • Who said the quote that was listed at the start of the second paragraph? No mention was made of this.

Y Done.

Factually accurate and well-written.

• WP:AGF assumed on references that are not online.

Thanks .

• Ref #22, Specify year and page of that reference.

Y Done.

• Several references listed did not have valid access. These were 24, 88, 96, 97, and 98.

They links are valid. At least they work for me. A subscription is required, however. Reading here, that should not be a problem. I have made note of it in all the citations where subscriptions or fees are required. In this case, they are archived on ProQuest, which is available through most public libraries and universities for free.

• Ref #31 was done on April 20, 2010 and not March 20, 2010.

Y Done.

• Internal Server Error was reached when accessing Reference #102.

Y Done.

Broad.

• Covers all aspects of the college. No issues.

Neutral.

• No issues.

Stable.

• No issues. Last edit prior to review was on June 11, 2010.

Illustrated.

• All images are valid. No issues.
• Captioning for all images must include years when they were taken, if possible.

Y Done.

• For Adler's caption in the Academics section, change "holds forth" to "speaking".

Y Done.

Overall

• Hold. Despite the complexity of the article. It is a good one. Needs a little work to get it to GA.

Reviewer: Chris (talk) 14:35, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the thorough review and helpful comments. I believe I have a addresses all of the issues, but please let me know if you have further comments. --Nasty Housecat (talk) 02:19, 17 June 2010 (UTC)