Talk:Who Killed Canadian History?/GA1

GA Review

Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch

Reviewer: Buidhe (talk · contribs) 06:45, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

• "Following its publication, the provinces Alberta and Manitoba implemented new history curricula" — needs to clarify, what did they change
  • Added info on this.
• Lead should clarify what Granatstein advocates changing about Canadian history writing and education. Is it more focus on military and diplomatic history, less coverage of indigenous people, more time devoted to history overall, or something else?
  • I added a sentence onto the first paragraph summarizing this.
• "shared past", a notion he finds specious" I would consider elaborating a bit or rewriting for clarity. After all, there's the criticism that a nation is "a group of people united by a mistaken view about the past and a hatred of their neighbours". Yet an idea can have power even if it's not historically accurate.
  • I elucidated on this with more from Stanley.
• There are some MOS:AWW issues in the reception section, flagged in the article.
  • I've changed it to mention the specific historians.
• "the provinces Alberta and Manitoba implemented new and expanded history curricula"—see above
  • Added info on this.
• The lead directly connects the book with founding Historica Canada, but the article doesn't support that contention
  • Added info on this.

Overall, quite well written, but needs some tweaks/fixes (t · c) buidhe 07:32, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks very much. I'm happy you're doing this review; I hadn't written a page on a book before, so when I started writing my original draft I used your GA The Pink Swastika as a handy guide. Tkbrett (✉) 17:47, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm flattered :) Having checked the criteria I am confident that this meets them. Great work! (t · c) buidhe 04:20, 30 May 2021 (UTC)