Talk:Royal Ontario Museum/GA1

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Reviewer: Anne drew Andrew and Drew (talk · contribs) 16:00, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

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ten renovated galleries comprising a total of 90,000 square feet (8,000 m2) Metres should go first per WP:UNITS. This should also be changed elsewhere in the article. The Schad Gallery of Biodiversity is not merely an exhibition gallery showcasing Earth's wondrous specimens, but a lesson for the future care of the planet. Unencyclopedic tone The Museum subway station of the Toronto Transit Commission is named... "of The Toronto Transit Commission" seems redundant—the TTC is the only subway service in Toronto The museum contains collections of...European history and Canadian history. This sounds odd to me. Maybe should be something like "collections of European and Canadian historical artifacts"? The museum contains notable collections of dinosaurs, minerals "Notable" seems unnecessary here The museum also contains an extensive collection of design and fine arts Should this be "fine art"? In 1947, the ROM was dissolved as a body corporate, with all assets transferred to the University of Toronto. This continued until 1968, when the Museum... The dissolution continued until 1968? Maybe should rephrased as the museum remained a part of the University until 1968, when... ...a $55 million expansion took the form of layered volumes, each rising layer stepping back from Bloor Street—hence creating a layered terrace effect Is there another way to describe the structure? I find these "volumes" difficult to visualize. I changed this to took the form of layered terraces, each rising layer stepping back from Bloor Street – Anne drew 23:48, 31 July 2019 (UTC) It should probably be "the $55 million expansion..." In 2006, the curatorial centre was renamed to Louise Hawley Stone Curatorial Centre in honour of the late Louise Hawley Stone, who devoted herself to the ROM throughout her life and she donated a number of artifacts and various collections to the museum. I think this should be rephrased to something like ...who devoted herself to the ROM throughout her life, having donated... This trend continued and up until the present time "Until the present time" doesn't sound very idiomatic. Perhaps we can say "until the present day"? This time span witnessed the bit of Western art. Is this meant to say "birth"? Buddhism being a large part of the Korean culture was introduced to them through China and took hold on the general population. This sounds a little stilted. Can it be rephrased?

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  • It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada.
    • This information is not in the articles body and is not sourced. It is also unclear what "largest" means here; does it mean the museum's footprint, square-footage, collection size, or something else? If possible, I think it would be useful to say what rank it is among the largest museums in North America.
  • The lead does a decent job of summarizing the History and Galleries sections of the article, but it should also summarize the Buildings and architecture section.
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Should #Offsite storage be made into a subsection of #Buildings and architecture? There should be a See also section with a link to List of museums in Toronto

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...such as ceremonial masks, ceramics and even a shrunken head. Remove "even" – editorializing ...and a replica fox's den are just some of the objects that connect visitors to the amazing diversity and interdependence of plants and animals. Sounds a bit peacocky to me. I would remove the words "just" and "amazing". ...serves as...the ROM's window on contemporary society, striving to connect the ROM's vast natural history and world cultures collection to contemporary art and events More flowery language. I would rephrase to get rid of the words "window", "striving", and "vast".

• ...to display the strength and weaknesses of the collections and strongly reflect the French and British cultural heritage of Canada
  • Is "strongly" necessary here?
  • Now this has been rephrased to The displays are split up into sections to display the strength and weaknesses of the collections reflect the French and British cultural heritage of Canada, but honestly I'm still not sure what this is meant to mean – Anne drew 23:48, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
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Citations are all formatted fine. By the 1980s, however, the planetarium's audiences were dwindling and due to budget cuts, the facility was forced to shut down in November 1995. The source given does not support low visitorship / budget cuts explanation for shut down The architectural opening for the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, however, took place less than 18 months later, on 2 June 2007. Source is a dead link ...the architectural style of the original building is Italianate Neo-Romanesque, popular throughout North America until the 1870s. This whole section could use more citations, but this claim in particular should be sourced The final cost of the project was about $270 million. Source is a dead link In the master plan designed by Darling and Pearson in 1909, the ROM took a form similar to that of J.N.L. Durand's ideal model of the museum (published in the early 19th century). Citation needed On 1 June 2007, the Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, attended the architectural opening of the "Michael Lee-Chin Crystal." Dead link ...Globe and Mail architecture critic Lisa Rochon complained that "the new ROM rages at the world," was oppressive, angsty and hellish, while others—perhaps championed by her Toronto Star counterpart, Christopher Hume—hailed it as a monument. Source given does not have either of these quotes Installation of the permanent galleries of the Lee-Chin Crystal began mid-June 2007, after a ten-day period when all the empty gallery spaces were open to the public. Dead link / failed verification There are over 400 specimens specimens from North America and South America...are 30 fossil skeletons of extinct mammals, over 160 non-mammalian specimens and hundreds of fossil... These numbers need citations The highlight of the exhibit is Gordo, one of the most complete examples of the Barosaurus in North America and the largest dinosaur on display in Canada Source link is dead Both the Government of Canada and the Royal Ontario Museum committed $2.75 million toward the project Source link is dead There are over 230 artifacts that relate to the dedication of Constantinople... Citation needed for number The gallery contains more than 1,000 artifacts that help to reveal the economic and social forces that have influenced Native art Citation needed for number The Gallery of Korea is the only gallery of Korean art in Canada. Citation needed for surprising fact The gallery has approximately 560 artifacts on display and covers the period from early European settlement to the beginning of the modern industrial era Citation needed for number With approximately 260 objects and artifacts, the gallery brings to life Korean and culture. Citation needed for number The Samuel European Galleries have over 4,600 objects Citation needed for number Partners include United Way Toronto... Needs a citation The campaign aimed not only to raise annual visitor attendance from 750,000 to between 1.3 and 1.6 million, but also to generate additional funding opportunities to support the museum's research, conservation, galleries and educational public programs. Source is a dead link The overall aim of The Crystal is to provide openness and accessibility, seeking to blur the lines between the threshold linking the public area of the street and the more private area of the museum Citation needed or this sentence should be removed The project also experienced budget and construction time over-runs Not supported by source given In September 2009, the gallery received an Award of Excellence by the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario Needs a citation

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• The displays became more descriptive and interpretive...This trend continued and up until the present time...This trend arguably came to a culmination in the 1980s with the opening of The Bat Cave

• This is interesting information, but we need a source to back up our claim that ROM exhibits are becoming more descriptive and interpretive.

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On 19 March 1914, at 3:00pm, the Duke of Connaught... The time of day seems like an unnecessary level of detail

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• Comment: Nice article, but there are a few issues that need to be addressed before it is promoted to GA. In particular, the citations need some work. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them on this page. – Anne drew 14:36, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

• Pass/Fail: Fail. The article is pretty close but there are a few outstanding issues. This GA assessment has been going on for a long time so I have to fail it for now. Please address the issues here and renominate when you think the article passes all of the Good Article Criteria. Thank you for contributing! – Anne drew 17:24, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

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Feel free to respond to specific points above, or you can leave longer replies here. – Anne drew 17:42, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Sorta noticed this wasn't getting worked on in the past few days, so I fixed the corrections pointed out so far except for the sentence, took the form of layered volumes, each rising layer stepping back from, as I'm not sure whats actually being described here. Haven't worked on the citations though, but I can get around to it at a later point.

Also, as opposed to rewording the birth of Western art and the first prose on Korean buddhism, I just opted to remove them entirely (the former is contentious without further contextualization on what that means; for the latter... not wrong, but seems rather tangential considering the topic is the museum's collection... which could also be said for the Western Art thingy). Leventio (talk) 21:35, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

A few years ago, I believe that a ROM intern (MJMcGowan) substantially expanded the article, albeit with some formatting and style issues. I have corrected some of these issues and she was thankful. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 00:35, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Updated the following dead links (most were just caused by the ROM randomly making page moves)/no citations, so I think we should be up to date with the review for the most part. However, I wasn't able to fix up the five proses including; "The campaign aimed not only to raise annual visitor attendance from 750,000 to between 1.3 and 1.6 milli...", "The overall aim of The Crystal is to provide openness and acc...", "The project also experienced budget and constructio...", "In September 2009, the gallery received an Award of Excellence by...", and "The displays became more descriptive and interpretive...This trend contin....

Couldn't find sources for the first four (I mean, I assume for the most part their true, although cursory Googling brought me nothing). As for the last highlighted prose... I don't really know where to begin without reading an actual book on exhibit developments or the museum. I'd be in favour of removing those proses if they become an issue to this GAN. Leventio (talk) 13:52, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

I agree. Those proses sound a little promotional (especially if sourced to ROM documents). Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 01:31, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Leventio and Johnny Au, nice job! The article is nearly there, just a few more minor issues left to be resolved. I'll see if I can find sources for the remaining sentences that need citations. – Anne drew 23:48, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Anne drew Andrew and Drew! Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 00:45, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

No prob! I went ahead and removed this sentence: The overall aim of The Crystal is to provide openness and accessibility, seeking to blur the lines between the threshold linking the public area of the street and the more private area of the museum. I couldn't find a source and honestly it sounds kinda promotional. I also moved the "Offsite storage" section to make it a subsection "Buildings and architecture"—let me know if you disagree with this change. – Anne drew 20:03, 1 August 2019 (UTC)