Wikipedia:Peer review/Jennifer Connelly/archive4

Jennifer Connelly

Previous peer review

This peer review discussion has been closed.
. I've listed this article for peer review because it was once again failed in a FAC. For the specific issues see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Jennifer Connelly/archive4.GDuwenTell me! 23:58, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

RJH Comment—I enjoyed the article and thought it was FA worthy. But I'll try to be extra nit-picky here:

• "modelling" is the English spelling. This is a U.S. actress. I think MOS:TIES probably applies.

Fixed.--GDuwenTell me! 23:11, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

• "she left college and returned to the movies the same year": presumably means she returned to the "movie making industry"? It's best not to leave it subject to multiple interpretations.

Completed.--GDuwenTell me! 23:11, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

• Conelly

Corrected.--GDuwenTell me! 23:11, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

• "Hughes was criticized for exploiting Connelly's image." Who is Hughes?

Completed.--GDuwenTell me! 23:11, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

• The article says that she held an interview during her sophomore year at Yale, 1989, but seems to be relating it as her opinion regarding a film she made in 1991. This appears to be a causality violation.

I erased the line about the sophomore year and left "In an interview with Rolling Stone Connelly stated".--GDuwenTell me! 23:11, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Okay, but why then does the quote reference "her professor"?

According to the article, it happened sometime in 1990. Excerpt:

For Connelly, one low point along these lines came last year. Here was, a sophomore studying English at Yale, a bright young woman, sophisticated beyond her years and even a bit serious by nature. As Connelly remembers: "One of my professors came up to me at school and said, 'Jennifer, Jennifer, I went to the movies the other day and I saw this...poster of you. This sort of...mechanical poster of you. This sort of...life-size mechanical poster of you.' Now I'd never seen this poster, but some of my friends told me about this...thing that was prominently on display in Cinema One Too Many where Career Opportunities was playing. As my friends explained it, you see me rocking back and forth on a mechanical horse, and then you see the face of Frank Whaley (her love interest in the movie), and the ad line goes something like 'He's about to have the ride of his life!' Now, I don't know about anyone else, but that wasn't something I felt all that comfortable about. That sure as hell wasn't a subject that I was tying to learn about from my professor."

--GDuwenTell me! 18:43, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

• The quote saying "but she's a little straight too" doesn't quite seem to communicate what the reviewer is saying with regard to her lack of humor in the role, and the somewhat pallid nature of the film.

Does it look better now?--GDuwenTell me! 23:11, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

• The description for "Dark City" is a little bland. You might mention that she played a femme fatale.

I added some more information about that.--GDuwenTell me! 23:34, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm not clear why "Femme Fatale" is capitalized.

OK, now that's fixed.--GDuwenTell me! 01:39, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

• "she has come to love her debasement ..." should probably be "she has come to love her debasement...." -- ellipsis followed by a period.

Fixed.--GDuwenTell me! 23:34, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

• "She then voiced the character named "7" in the animated film 9." seems bland. Perhaps say something like: voiced the character named "7", a spunky and adventurous warrior in the animated film 9."

I rephrased it.--Gunt50 (talk) 15:22, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

• "Becoming a mother has made all the difference in terms of learning to take more responsibility for myself and my life ... Parenthood changed the way I do everything." Based on the source, I don't think an ellipsis is appropriate here. I'd just use a period instead.

Done--Gunt50 (talk) 15:22, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

• The article makes the claim that "Once a vegan, she gave it up during her first pregnancy." Her pregnancy was in 1997. In 2003, she was referred to as being a vegetarian while nursing her son in 2000.[1] This seems contradictory or inconsistent.

It might seem contradictory, but I'm not really sure what to do about this one. According to her statements, ([2]) her pregnancy was the end of her being a vegan. I don't think there's a more reliable source than her own work. What's your take?--Gunt50 (talk) 23:43, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Okay. No opinion really. RJH (talk) 20:52, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

• There's some inconsistency in whether the reference titles are capitalized. It's better to choose one style and stick with it. For example:
  • "How Holding out for Something that Mattered Paid Off" -- mostly upper case
  • "Jennifer Connelly feeling more at home in her career" -- mostly lower case

I'm done with this point. I did it according to the Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization). I used the lowercase for online citations' titles and the uppercase for the books' titles. Is that ok now?--Gunt50 (talk) 00:02, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

My understanding is that Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization) applies to article naming. For citations, WP:CITEVAR just suggests to follow a consistent system and style. I'm not going to sweat it, other than to mention that I have seen this issue come up in FAC before, which is why I even mentioned it. Thanks. RJH (talk)

• Are "07447001517802", "07148601517801" ISBN numbers? It should be clarified.

I clarified those and the two or three remaining with the same issue.--Gunt50 (talk) 15:22, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

• There is some inconsistency in spacing of initials. I'd choose one style and stick with it.
  • "Scott, A.O.", "Sparrow, A.E." -- unspaced
  • "Scott, A. O.", "Adams, J. Q." -- spaced

I'm done with this point.--Gunt50 (talk) 21:38, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

I hope this is useful. Regards, RJH (talk) 20:59, 7 October 2011 (UTC)