Talk:Ore Dock Brewing Company

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A fact from Ore Dock Brewing Company appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 June 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Ore Dock Brewing Company's flagship beer is named for the recycled material used in constructing the brewery?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2017/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ore Dock Brewing Company.

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GA Review

The following discussion 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.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Ore Dock Brewing Company/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 23:50, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That should be it; this was my first time reviewing an article on a brewery and it was fascinating! I have left some comments below and placed this article on hold for now. Please ping me once you have addressed my concerns so that I may know when to reevaluate. Thanks! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 00:37, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the wait; it took a while to look through all the major additions. I am very pleased with these changes and can now confidently pass this article for GA status. Congrats! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 05:26, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio check

Earwig says good to go. Quotations used are in-line with WP:COPYQUOTE and only short extracts.

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All images relevant, of good quality and copyright free. All images were taken by nom and uploaded to Commons under CC BY-SA. Thanks!

Prose

This is not required, but given the amount of information in the article I reckon an infobox would benefit readers.
"that opened in 2012." – probably personal taste but I would add the month here as well.
"It takes its name from the ore docks in the city, used to load iron ore pellets onto lake freighters." – this is only mentioned in the lead, but it should be noted in the history section as well—the lead summarises key content of an article.
"In 2021, the brewery received a $25,000 State of Michigan Match on Main Street grant." – I reckon this could be elaborated upon; did the state give a reason as to why it was granted/what is the grant given for?
"popular beers were the "Reclamation" IPA" – wikilink IPA for unfamiliar readers.
"IPA that "not as hop-forward […]" – replace with "IPA that is "not as hop-forward […]".
"becoming the first Upper Peninsula brewery to offer the product." – wikilink Upper Peninsula.
"214 S. Front St." – unabbreviate street. Does the S. stand for anything here too or is that its official designation?
"with the intent to demolish and create" – change to "with the intent to demolish it and create".
"It was recommended in The New York Times travel section in 2017," – wikilink The New York Times.

Refs

All sources are either RS or used appropriately. Spotcheck not passed—no concerns with refs 5, 8, 10, 14, 20 or 23, but:

Ref 3 does not mention May 2012 as the opening date.

Other concerns:

Some refs have retrieval dates whilst others do not. For consistency, I would give them all retrieval dates.
Ref 1 is missing a page number.
Refs 8 and 20 are missing publication dates.
Ref 15 is a dead link.

Other

Short description, navs and cats good.

Recommend adding template:Use X English.
The coords should be shortened to just five digits after the decimal point; that is enough for buildings.
Add WP:ALT text to the images.
The external video appears to be a dead link.
The last external link (from ABC 10) seems unnecessary.

Response

Hello LunaEatsTuna! Thanks for the review. I believe I've addressed all of your points, and those that need additional notes are addressed below:

Broadly, I've added more information to the history section. I did a check for newer references before nominating this, but I missed an in-depth reported piece from the Huron Daily Tribune (it doesn't show up in Google News).
I've removed the $25,000 mention. No source has specifics of what it was going to be used for, and in the grand scheme of things it's not particularly important.

Noted.

Re: what was ref 1, the online ebook does not have page numbers. I've added a chapter title instead, and the link goes directly to the correct page.

I see; nice work!

I've added alt text, though per WP:ALT two are just "refer to caption" as I don't believe any more info would be helpful.

Fair enough.

I've added an archive URL for the deadlink along with one other link that's gone dead. Unfortunately, a third link has no archived copy and it can't be easily replaced because it supports specific quotes. I've reached out to the publisher, although I don't have much hope that they have an archived copy hiding somewhere. WP:DEADLINK says we shouldn't just delete it, but I'd love your thoughts. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 03:44, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like a minor inconvenience, but I would not want a single URL stopping this article from obtaining GA status.

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.

Possible additional source

Eggleston, Sam (July 11, 2012). "Ore Dock Brewery opens its doors in Marquette". Upper Peninsula Second Wave. Retrieved June 5, 2017. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 01:05, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]