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GA Review

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Reviewer: Malleus Fatuorum 16:01, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Lead
  • "... and was officially opened to the Municipal Borough of Rochdale ...". What does "opened" mean here? Handed over to?
  • "The original design included ...". Implies that the Town Hall was built to a design other than the original one.
History
  • "... a derelict 17th-century house, known as 'the Wood'". That can't be right. Either it was known as "Wood", in which case it would be "known as the "Wood", or it was known as "The Wood".
  • "... and numerous manufactories". What's a "manufactory" when it's at home?
  • "The cause of the fire was never establihed, but Rochdale's fire service was criticised for taking longer to respond to the blaze than Oldham's, (based 5 miles (8 km) south), despite it being housed in the Town Hall. This makes no sense to me, and even seems to be suggesting that Rochdale's fire service was complicit in the blaze. For instance, who was "housed" in the Town Hall?
Location
Interior
Location
  • "... The Parish Church of St Chad, Rochdale is situated ...". Can the "Rochdale" not be dropped? Where else would it be?
    • Conceded. I'll get that fixed. (I also think the church is worth an article too - it's a medieval building for one of the north's largest former parishes...another day though...) --Jza84 |  Talk  20:42, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Clock tower
Images
  • This isn't strictly needed to meet the GA criteria, but on the assumption that this will be going on to FAC, the images need to be more specifically attributed. For instance, File:Rochdale Town Hall.jpg links to the web site, not to the page where the image can be found.
    • It's probably my bad formatting. The link to the website takes you to the image page. Also, though, there is a direct link in the "Permission" bit ("This image was taken from the Geograph project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details...."). I can change the first bit if necessary. --Jza84 |  Talk  20:14, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's good enough for me. This article is now a GA.

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