Talk:Malcolm Todd
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GA Review
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Reviewer: The Most Comfortable Chair (talk · contribs) 07:20, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I will complete the review in a day or two. Thank you. — The Most Comfortable Chair 07:20, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Lead
[edit]- "Influences E. A. Thompson" — From the infobox should be covered in the prose.
Sections
[edit]- Optional — Right now, there are three separate sections depicting his career: "Early career", "Career at the University of Exeter", and "Career at Trevelyan College". — They could be written under one "Career" section with the existing sections as sub-sections, and with years in brackets. See William B. Jordan for instance.
Early career
[edit]- "Since 1965" — It is a bit redundant since that part is mentioned in brackets anyway.
- "Lecturer (1965-1974), Senior Lecturer (1974-1977) and Reader (1977-1979)" → "Lecturer (1965–1974), Senior Lecturer (1974–1977) and Reader (1977–1979)" — Dashes.
Career at the University of Exeter
[edit]- "At Hembury, Todd uncovered a previously unrecognized Roman occupation of the Iron Age hillfort. At Bury Barton he identified two Roman sites, including a fort. Todd also researched Roman mining of lead in the Mendips. At Charterhouse-on-Mendip, he found evidence of Roman galena ore extraction." — Nothing wrong with them per se, but it gets a little repetitive since every three out of four sentence begin with an "At" and are structured similarly. Perhaps rephrase the two of them in a different manner so that it doesn't read monotonously.
- "Todd was Editor of Britannia for five years" — Could the years be mentioned in here? It would be more informative.
- "where Todd conducted pioneering archaeological excavations." — Why it is considered to be "pioneering" is not explicitly clarified in the prose. Maybe a line in the prose might help?
Retirement, death and legacy
[edit]- "As he result he took an early retirement" — Perhaps it is → "As a result he took an early retirement" or "He took an early retirement"?
- "After his retirment, returned to Exeter, where he continued to own a house." → "After his retirement he returned to Exeter, where he continued to own a house."
- "and was survived by his wife and two children." — This phrasing should be avoided per WP:SURVIVEDBY.
- "works such as Encyclopædia Britannica, Cambridge Ancient History and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography." → "works such as the Encyclopædia Britannica, Cambridge Ancient History and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography." or "works such as the Encyclopædia Britannica, the Cambridge Ancient History and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography."
- "His bibliography includes three books about the Germanic peoples, on whom he was a well known authority." — Direct phrasing with "well known" should be avoided per WP:PEACOCK. Consider → "His bibliography includes three books about the Germanic peoples, on whom he was considered to be a leading expert."
See also
[edit]- Per the article of "Neil Christie", it isn't very apparent why he is mentioned here (per WP:SEEALSO). Since his work is not so specifically related to Todd's, consider removing it.
That will be all for now and it should pass. Thank you and my apologies for the delay. — The Most Comfortable Chair 05:35, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review, The Most Comfortable Chair. I have now modified the article in accordance with your recommendations. Krakkos (talk) 11:32, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
Final
[edit]- It is reasonably well written.
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
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- It is a compact and well-written biography that covers every aspect adequately. It meets the criteria. Thank you for all your hard work. — The Most Comfortable Chair 07:31, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
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- Great! Thank you for this helpful review. The article has been significantly improved as a result. Krakkos (talk) 09:35, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
Did you know nomination
[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:39, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- ... that Malcolm Todd uncovered a previously unrecognized Roman occupation at the Iron Age hillfort in Hembury? Source: "Professor Malcolm Todd". The Times. 18 July 2013. p. 48. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ALT1:... that Malcolm Todd found evidence of Roman galena ore extraction at Charterhouse-on-Mendip? Source: "Professor Malcolm Todd". The Times. 18 July 2013. p. 48. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ALT2:... that Malcolm Todd wrote three books about the Germanic peoples? Source: "Professor Malcolm Todd". The Times. 18 July 2013. p. 48. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
Improved to Good Article status by Krakkos (talk). Self-nominated at 09:38, 29 October 2020 (UTC).
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