Talk:Enid Blyton/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Tim riley (talk · contribs) 17:06, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Will review. Hope to start tomorrow. More soonest. Tim riley (talk) 17:06, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

I have some suggestions about the wording here and there (nothing major). Would you prefer me to list them here or on the article talk page? Tim riley (talk) 15:42, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Here will be OK unless of course you feel up to fixing them yourself out of the kindness of your heart :-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:03, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Hmmm. Not sure about getting involved before doing the GA review. Rather undermines one's impartiality. I'll list the main things here and then dive into residual editing afterwards if that's OK with you. Tim riley (talk) 21:40, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

I was kidding...♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:35, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

A few minor comments for your consideration:

• Early life and education
  • "in the nearby town of Beckenham" – the WP article on the place says it was a village and is now a suburb

Should I change to village and add a foot note that it is now a suburb?♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:13, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

• • • I don't know that I'd add the footnote. The blue link will surely suffice, as long as you change town to village. Tim riley (talk) 08:52, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
  • "educating Enid on nature" – does one educate on? "about" seems more natural

Quite right!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:16, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

• • "In 1910 Blyton was baptised at Elm Road Baptist Church, and was devastated when her father left the family to live with another woman." – The two halves of this sentence don't seem to have anything to do with each other

True, changed.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:16, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

• • "a small independent boys school" – theoretically ambiguous (though probably not in practice); still, perhaps better to say "a small independent school for boys".

Tweaked.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:24, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

• • "In 1920 Blyton moved to Southernhay" – "she" would suffice for "Blyton" here, and help the flow of your prose

Done.

• Early writing career
  • "she lived on Hook Road" – Americanism wanted here? "she lived in Hook Road" is the traditional British form (same in caption of picture alongside). I see you use the British form later on, for "in Ondine Street".

Nightmare in Elm Street :-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:28, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

• • "she met up with" – she met?

Tweaked.

• • "Teacher's World" – I see from the Times archives that the possessive is plural: "Teachers' World"

Well-spotted!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:28, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

• • "children's page in Teachers World" – missing the apostrophe altogether this time
• Commercial success
  • "Blyton was asked to provide the text…" – and did she?
  • "her first contribution to the Sunday Graphic" – you are inconsistent about the definite articles in the titles of magazines/papers: earlier you have The Morning Post (with cap) but here the Post and the Mail aren't capped. Your blue link to The Mail on Sunday is incorrect, by the way. The Mail on Sunday wasn't launched till 1982. I think there was a Scottish paper called The Sunday Mail, but I don't vouch for it.

Removed mention of them to avoid confusion.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:47, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

• • "and it wasn't until 10 years" – "wasn't" is hardly encyclopedic language

Changed.

• • "the Evening Standard, which lasted until December 1953" – The Evening Standard lasted long after Dec 1953, and indeed is still being published. "…which she did until December 1953" would be better.

Done.

• • "Enid Blyton's Noddy" – links to a disambiguation page not to Noddy (character)

Linked.

• • "By then time" – by then or by that time?
  • "a frequently collaborator" – adjective, not adverb wanted here
• Later works
  • "last book in Noddy Library series" – is there a "the" missing here?

Quite right.

• • "Robert Tyndall, who had drawn the characters in the Noddy books since 1953" – this seems to contradict the earlier statement that Peter Wienk took over in 1953.

Removed mention.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:30, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Changed

• Critical backlash
  • "mordaciously" – I had to look that one up. It's editorialising a bit, I'd say.

I added that recently. I rather like it, it's a legitimate word! There's plenty of sources which state he gave a scathing review, it means the same thing..♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:11, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

• References
  • You sometimes have "Retrieved" with a capital and sometimes "retrieved" without. Tim riley (talk) 09:52, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

All addressed, amazed at some of the things you spotted despite Eric and I giving it a thorough read!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:30, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Overall summary

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc: