Talk:Life Underground

Life Underground was a Art and architecture good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
December 22, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on October 27, 2007.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that sculptor Tom Otterness delivered more than four times the amount of work commissioned for his popular "Life Underground" subway installation?

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GA assessment

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GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

1:

Article does not contain a lead section (or, conversely, has too large a lead section) or the Wikipedia-standard hierarchical structure. Article needs to be organized into appropriately titled sections. See WP:LAYOUT and content suggestions below.
Infobox should contain an image,
Peacock and weasel words, e.g. “whimsical”, “some of the individual pieces”, etc.
In-line citations should come after closest succeeding punctuation mark.
Grammar issues including, among others, inappropriate use of commas, e.g. “in various situations, and additional abstract”, incomplete sentences, not starting a sentence with a capital letter, not using commas to offset certain clauses, etc.

3:

At a minimum, background should be provided on the Arts for Transit Program, 14th Street–Eighth Avenue New York City Subway station and Tom Otterness.
Article content is largely symbolism and media reaction; expansion is needed in other areas present. Additionally, at a minimum, article should discuss how Otterness was chosen (we aren’t even told the year of its commission), his inspiration for the work as a whole (inspiration for money bags is discussed), creation process, reaction of general public and phase-out (if existent). (The quote “one of the most popular artworks in the subway system” is not sufficient public sentiment; we do not know about “competing” subway artwork; it would easily be the most popular if the only other art is advertisements.)
Superfluous information, e.g. NYT “2003 account” contributes nothing to the article.

4:

Article does not adequately discuss criticism. Description of the work as "too cute" seems to be a backhanded compliment. Is anyone bothered that funding was diverted for this? Does anyone think it’s ugly or intrusive (article implies ca. 100 pieces are present in one station)?
Article’s treatment of the subject is approbatory. A neutral tone/quote selection is required.

General:

Article content is minimal, disorganized and of questionable neutrality. Significant work is required. Please let me know if elaboration or assistance is needed. Ɛƚƈơƅƅơƚɑ _talk 01:35, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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