Wikipedia:Peer review/Troubled Island/archive1
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I've listed this article for peer review because I feel it provides an insightful background to a forgotten masterwork by a great American composer.
Thanks, Ecoleetage (talk) 21:47, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Ruhrfisch comments: Another interesting, if fairly short, article. I just reviewed A Bayou Legend and many of the same points apply here. Here are some suggestions for improvement:
- A model article is useful for ideas on expansion, structure, refs, etc. I note that Porgy and Bess is an A class article and may be a suitable model. There are also the things to look for in an Opera article at Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/Assessment
- The article really needs to be longer to even get to WP:GA. If it gets longer it will need a Lead.
- The lead should be an accessible and inviting overview of the whole article. Nothing important should be in the lead only - since it is a summary, it should all be repeated in the body of the article itself. My rule of thumb is to include every header in the lead in some way. Please see WP:LEAD
- Per WP:CITE references come directly after punctuation (no space)
- Internet refs need URL, title, author if known, publisher and date accessed. {{cite web}} and other cite templates may be helpful.
- Time Magazine ref needs date, page number, author if known. {{cite journal}} may help
- Is Classics for Kids a reliable source? See WP:RS
- Any chance of a free or fair use image or two?
- For future notice, Peer Review is typically for more developed articles - I do not have much more to say as this article is rather short - this is better referenced than the other article, but the refs themselves need more info.
Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). Yours, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:33, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
