Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Peer review/Margaret Murie
I'd like to get this article to B-class or better. Reading the general criteria it seems to meet them, so I'd like peer review to give me more specific guidance about what I need to fix.
Review by Anne Teedham
[edit]When I read through your article, I had a desire to learn more about why Margaret Murie received the recognition that she received. Or, in other words, I would have liked greater in-depth material, examples, anecdotes, stories, background, behind-the-scenes information which led ultimately to the awards. That sort of thing. Of course, this does not mean that those requirements make for the difference between a C-article and a B-article; they just help in furthering an article along towards becoming a Good Article. Consequently, I would say, sit back, look at an abundance of Good Articles and strive for that kind of assessment. In the meantime, follow this route:
- Keep working on the article. Chances are that other editors will notice its existence and join you in working on it. If nobody seems to notice it and you'd like one or two to do so, mention the article in the talk page of a relevant "WikiProject" (e.g. Environment), or WikiProject Biography, or both.
- You may find that the newcomers will be interested in aspects of the person that don't much interest you, or will relish aspects of editing that you find a bit tiresome. Thus their work will complement rather than compete with your own.
- If this article is about a person, consider adding
{{persondata|PLEASE SEE [[WP:PDATA]]!}}along with the required parameters to the article - see Wikipedia:Persondata for more information.[?] - Provide coding similar to this: [http://....(space)A WORD OR TWO] for your red-links, and link your reader to an external source which provides reliable verification when Wikipedia's wikilinks do not work, or do provide...but that material is stupid.
Do not worry too much about a B-class assessment. Someone will come along and assess it. Yet then, nothing extraordinary will happen. It is better to find readers.
Just start dropping hints and links all over the place. For example, just ask a few editors to stop by and read your article and comment upon it on the talkpage. Anne Teedham (talk) 16:50, 26 October 2008 (UTC)