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GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 18:59, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Going to review for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 18:59, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Infobox

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  • The hyphen in the address field can be replaced by an en dash (–)
    •  Fixed
  • Clinton & Russell's article does not have the & symbol in it
    •  Fixed

Lead

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  • "The building served as the headquarters of the Munson Steamship Line from 1904 until 1921, and the company owned the building from 1919 to 1937." - repetition of "building"
    •  Fixed

Site

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  • The second paragraph does not need to begin with exactly the same phrase as the first paragraph
    •  Fixed

Design

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  • "1 Wall Street Court was designed by Clinton and Russell in the Renaissance Revival style.[9][11][3]" - refs in numerical order please
    •  Done
  • "1 Wall Street Court is one of a few buildings in Lower Manhattan that are shaped like a flatiron," - any specific number of buildings?

Facade

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  • "The windows on each side are arranged into bays, with six bays each on Pearl and Beaver Streets and three on the rounded corner." - close repetition of "bays"
    • minus Removed
  • Wikilink cornice and revolving doors for the uninitiated
    •  Done
  • Wikilink fire escape and mezzanine
    •  Done

Features

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  • Wikilink vestibule to Vestibule (architecture)
    •  Done
  • " As built, the building also had two 300 horsepower (220 kW) boilers" - 1 Wall Street Court
    •  Done
  • "One magazine said upon the building's completion that 1 Wall Street Court contained possibly" - which magazine?
    • plus Added

Construction

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  • Clinton & Russell article's does not feature the & symbol
    •  Fixed
  • "One such project was headed by the Century Realty Company," - led
    •  Done
  • "The Remington Construction Company was hired as the contractor. The building was planned to cost $600,000." - consider merging these two sentences together?
    •  Done
  • "During construction, some of the workers went on strike," - why did the workers go on strike?

Munson Line use

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  • "Frank Munson bought the Beaver Building in July 1919," - who was Frank Munson?
  • Also I cannot see any explicit mention of Frank Munson in the source provided

Cocoa Exchange use

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  • "described at the time as the world's largest cocoa market," - described by whom?
    • plus Added

Later use

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  • "British developers London & Leeds acquired the Beaver Building, at which point about 70% of the space was vacant." - the percent symbol is to be avoided per MOS:PERCENT
    •  Fixed
  • "London & Leeds renamed it One Wall Street Court and renovated the interior. The lobby, elevators, and electrical and HVAC systems were refurbished." - I think these two sentences can be merged together
    •  Done
  • "The building was purchased by Cocoa Partners in 1994." - Maybe expand briefly what Cocoa Partners is?
  • "the commercial space was occupied by a "massive store" called" - think the text in quotation marks can be reworded
    •  Done

Critical reception

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  • "The writer Herbert Croly was one of the proponents of such decoration." - what magazine was Croly writing for at the time?
    • plus Added
  • "1 Wall Street Court was made a New York City designated landmark on February 13, 1996." - who gave out the designation exactly?
    • plus Added

References

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  • Reference 35 "The Planning and Construction of High Office-buildings" the publisher "J Wiley & sons" the word "sons" can begin with a capital letter
    •  Done
  • Although not deemed unreliable or possibly unsafe, I think Reference 55 can be replaced by a higher quality source where possible that states that a sushi restaurant was opened at the building's base in 2005

Overall, a nicely written article. Will put on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 10:36, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: Thank you for the review. I've addressed all of these points, though I could not solve a few of them. epicgenius (talk) 14:01, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Epicgenius: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 15:03, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]