Talk:Vorontsov Palace (Alupka)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Arsenikk (talk · contribs) 14:13, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Comments

• The lead does not mention when the palace was built.
• Never write one-sentence paragraphs. (fixed)
• As both hectares and km² are metric units, the conversion should be to the corresponding imperial unit, acres. (fixed)
• Avoid forcing image sizes. For portrait-aligned images, use the "upright" tag. When there is a mix of image widths, the article will tend to look cluttery. There are also accessibility reasons for avoiding forced sizes. (fixed)
• Avoid linking countries unless it is a core aspect of the article (linking Ukraine is fine, but not England or Germany). In general, any geographic entity the size of a country or larger does not need to be linked, while anything smaller than a country should be linked. (fixed)
• Image licenses check out good.
• Avoid periods (full stop)
• Avoid repeating links from the lead in such a short article (in longer articles, it may be permissible towards the end) (fixed)
• The sentence "moved to conduct the construction work." is very awkward.
• "far away locations" is very vauge; could you be more accurate? From abroad, from outside Crimea, from other continents?
• Please check up the difference between a dash and a hyphen. Year ranges always use an endash (i've fixed this here). Also, avoid writing for instance "from 1830-1834". Dashes can be fine in tables and sometimes in names of seasons and the like, but should be avoided in general prose. In this example, the prose flows a lot better with "from 1830 through 1834".
• Rephrase "The plant life brought in over a 150 years ago still features close to 200 species of plant life." to only include "plant life" once.
• What has happened since 1974? Is the palace still in public ownership?
• Parts of the "architecture" section is not referenced.

Interesting and well-written article, although there are a few minor issues as noted. Placing the article on hold. Arsenikk ^(talk) 14:13, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

• Okay, I started patching up the article as you had suggested and added some more information. I'll complete it later on tonight/tomorrow --ddima (talk) 17:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

• Updated and expanded bits and pieces including the lead, added some more information, and added sources for the unreferenced info. Perhaps another copyedit is needed to make the prose flow better... --ddima (talk) 19:50, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

• Sorry for not responding. The article meets the criteria now, so I'll pass it. Congratulations, and I hope to see more at GAN soon. Arsenikk ^(talk) 19:20, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
  • No worries thanks for the help. And you sure will, I have a couple left that need to be cleaned up as well! --ddima (talk) 19:29, 10 March 2012 (UTC)