Talk:Stork Club/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 20:02, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Should finish this one within a couple of days, after I've got some other GARs out of the way! ☯ Jaguar ☯ 20:02, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry this one is taking so long - I have limited internet access. I'll complete this by tomorrow morning! ☯ Jaguar ☯ 21:02, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Has an appropriate reference section:

   B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Initial comments

• The lead summarises the article well and complies per WP:LEAD, so it meets the GA criteria. I would suggest (if you plan on FACing this) to include a little more on its interior and type of celebrities who visited (like mentioned in the Waldorf lead), but it's fine for this GAN!

Have added to this. We hope (talk) 18:26, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

• "just down the block from Billingsley's apartment" - this sounds a little informal (to me anyway), or is the term 'block' used in New York a lot? We don't use those words in ol' Hampshire!!

Changed this to just down the street We hope (talk) 16:33, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

• Should Stork Club be italicised all the way throughout the article? It is in italics at the begenning of the lead and History section, but never again throughout

I think I've made this consistent. We hope (talk) 17:10, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

• "Prohibition agents closed the original club on December 22, 1931, and it moved to East 51st Street for three years" - did the prohibition agents themselves move the club or did Billingsley?  Done We hope (talk) 16:28, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
• "City tax accountants soon investigated the Stork" - does 'the' need to be italicised here? It isn't called The Stork Club?  Done We hope (talk) 17:10, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
• "Billingsley's original plan for the Cub Room was for it to be a private place for playing gin rummy with his friends" - can this be linked? (If such an article exists)  Done We hope (talk) 16:26, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
• A little WP:OVERLINK in Clientele and image section, but it should be OK to let go as the majority of people listed there seem to be very notable

Have removed some double links. We hope (talk) 17:14, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

References

• No dead links, and the citations are all in the right places, so this meets the criteria
• Ref 88, Herald Journal leads to a disambiguation page (minor)  Done We hope (talk) 16:24, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

On hold

Sorry for the delay, it has never taken me this long to review an article as I have been having computer issues. Overall this is a well written article, I enjoyed reading it and that's the qualities of a Good Article. The comments I mentioned above were relatively minor, but I'll leave this on hold until all of the above can be addressed. Thanks! ☯ Jaguar ☯ 16:17, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

@Jaguar: Seems to have all been addressed by the good WH!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:46, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Close - promoted

Thank you both for improving the article! With no further ado I'll promote this. It it broad, well written and comprehensive etc. Another hotel GA ☯ Jaguar ☯ 21:34, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.