User talk:Willscrlt/Archives/2012-03

Pisco Sour

I noticed your comment on the article and would like to notify you that I have made some massive improvements to it. You can check them out at Pisco Sour. Given your expertise on the subject of cocktails (and my lack of it), I would appreciate any suggestions you may have towards further improving the article. I would like to at least take it into GA-status; if you could review it that would even be better. Thank you.--MarshalN20 | ^Talk 04:00, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Wow! That was an awesome job. :-) It makes me so happy to see an article that I worked on improve that much. Thank you. I do not have time to read the entire article (tons of homework that I am trying to plow through--only here right now because I am doing research), but I did skim it. The main problem I see with the article right now is a serious lack of inline citations, especially concerning the Peru/Chile status. For example, you state the the drink originated in Peru, but there is not one citation next to that claim. My experience with the article tells me that will be mercilessly edited and re-edited back and forth based on the nationality of the author. (My earlier research agrees with your statement, so there may be some inline references lurking in the history of the article back in 2007 that you can use.) Seriously, 10 different inline references scattered throughout the paragraphs may seem excessive, but the claims and counter-claims (usually unsubstantiated) by both sides can get really annoying. The more citations, the less likely someone is to dispute that (though they may well wipe out all of the citations they don't like contrary to NPOV and other policies here). As to my own expertise, it's really very limited. I just cleaned up and organized pretty much all the mixed drink and related articles here on Wikipedia. It was quite an education, but it's all book learning. I have very little practical experience in the topic. I will look at it again when I have more time (probably after this weekend). Feel free to ping me here again if you don't hear back from me. Once again, thanks! —Willscrlt ( “Talk” ) 09:13, 15 March 2012 (UTC)