Talk:Edinburgh International Climbing Arena/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 16:17, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Sorry about the delay in getting to this. I'll try and address these points in the next few hours. James^x12345 15:40, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

Comments

• Lead is a little on the light side. Could be expanded a little to summarise a bit more of the history and functionality of the place.
  • Have expanded somewhat, more to come.
• "After facing financial problems months after opening..." after .. after... repetitive.
  • Reworded.
• "GB£" not sure this is strictly required, could just link £ if you're really concerned that a reader won't know what a British pound is.
  • I tend to use {{GBP}} as it adds a non-breaking space, but I'm happy to change it if you think it looks cluttered.
• " program of works" programme (unless we're American or writing computer applications).
  • Good spot.
• Any history on the very first version of the quarry, i.e. when the first one was dug out?
  • I couldn't find anything more than the sentence beginning "Originally used for supplying stone..." It wasn't an especially noteworthy quarry, but I'll do a bit more research.
    • I'd love to find the actual history of the quarry, but there seem to be a huge number of quarries in the area and I don't want to get the wrong one. James^x12345 16:37, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
• "work had been done." yuck to "done", perhaps "carried out".
  • Reworded again.
• "SportScotland" looks like it's spelled "Sportscotland".
  • Another good find.
• "cost to be GB£7 million, with GB£1.5 million coming" -> "with funding of £1.5 million to come from..."
  • Much nicer.
• "During... during" repetitive.
  • Fixed.
• "When it opened in September 2003, it was the largest..." perhaps "When it opened in September 2003, the arena was the largest..."
  • Done
• You linked "indoor climbing" in the lead, but just "climbing" here, be consistent.
  • Removed link to climbing.
• How did the estimate go from 7 million to 22 million? Important...
  • The BBC article just gives "problems" - there doesn't appear to be a simple reason, but losing part of the roof can't have helped. Acknowledging it makes it somewhat clearer though.
• Would link "bouldering".
  • Linked in first instance.
• "The articulated climbing wall." no need for the full stop on the caption, it's not a complete sentence.
  • Removed full stops from all captions.
• But don't overlink bouldering!
  • Fixed
• No need to link common terms such as "gym".
  • Fixed
• Never overkeen on galleries, would suggest that contextual images are used in contextual places throughout the article instead.
  • Removed
• BBC News or BBC News? Be consistent with italics.
  • There was an accidental {{cite web}} which renders differently (not many people seem to know this!)

A few issues so I'll put it on hold for a week. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:04, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

• "IFSC World Youth Championship, 2010" IFSC is mentioned in the caption but nowhere else.
  • Added link to world championships.
    • I know it's picky, but you still haven't mentioned IFSC in the prose. Just in the caption, albeit linked. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:11, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
      • It was actually a mistake with the name. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. James^x12345 19:30, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
• Suggest you avoid that left-aligned image....
  • I thought a bit of variety would be good, but it looks better with them all to the right. I've added another {{Clear}} to keep the layout tidy. James^x12345 16:17, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

The Rambling Man (talk) 08:43, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Promoted, well done. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:42, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. James^x12345 21:45, 22 March 2014 (UTC)