Talk:Alfred Döblin/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Maclean25 (talk · contribs) 18:55, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Good article review (see Wikipedia:What is a good article? for criteria)

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 (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   For "major aspects" I am expecting to see a biography of his life, analysis (writing style/themes), reception/legacy, and a bibliography.

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, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   8 images

   Tagged as public domain: File:Alfred Doeblin 1930.jpg, File:Doeblin, Alfred Signature.jpg, File:Kirchner Stiftsfräulein und der Tod.jpg, File:Kirchner - Bildnis Dr Alfred Döblin.jpg, File:Wang lun.jpg, File:Wadzek.jpg, File:Alaizeidorizn.jpg

   Tagged as Creative Commons File:Gedenktafel Kaiserdamm 28 (Charl) Alfred Döblin.JPG

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   Overall, this is a well-researched article. Add the page numbers to the Notes ("Bernhardt 2007", "Sander 2001") to complete the citations and it will be at GA level.

Comments

• Why is "Gymnasium" and "Abitur" italicized WP:ITALIC?
  • Seemed like the best way to mark them as foreign words not commonly used in English. Would you recommend quotes instead, or no special formatting? Sindinero (talk) 19:23, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
    • Ok, italics is correct then. maclean (talk) 00:56, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
• In "1900–1914", His most important literary work of the prewar period was his novel The Three Leaps of Wang Lun (Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun), which he completed in May 1913 and published in 1916. - this is an opinionated claim: cite it (who says it was his most important) or be more factual (say why it was important rather than say it was important, like it won an award).
  •  Done
• Criteria 2b. Per Wikipedia:Citing sources, the Notes section should contain page numbers in the books cited. See James Bryant Conant#Notes as an example.
  • Weird. They all do have page numbers (look at the citation templates in-text that show up when you edit the page), and until very recently, showed up as such. The Harvnb template must have been changed. Any suggestion for how to fix this easily? Sindinero (talk) 19:23, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
    • Wow, I totally didn't see them in the code. I thought it was odd that this level of research was put into the article but skipped the page notations. I checked the template page and it seems only p= is necessary, rather than page=. maclean (talk) 19:43, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
      • I wonder if that's a recent change in the template parameters. In any case, I'll replace page w/ p tomorrow. Sindinero (talk) 19:46, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
      •  Done