Talk:Vlastimil Koubek

GA Review

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Reviewer: Thine Antique Pen (talk · contribs) 22:24, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

I shall review this article. ⇒TAP 22:24, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Feel free to strike the below when done or commenting on it.

Lead

• Entire

• Please remove references 4 and 5 from the lead as they are used in the article. Per 1b.
• With references 6 and 7, they are only in the lead. The information should be mentioned in the article, if possible.
• "Modernist" ⇒ "modernist"?
• "Postmodernism" ⇒ "postmodernism". Also, could link to postmodernism.

I think its common to see capital letters for this. Request a third party to comment on it.

Early Life

• Paragraph 1

• Short, but grand.

• Paragraph 2

• "of Allied-occupied" ⇒ "of allied-occupied".

• Paragraph 3

• "Emery Roth" -> "Emery Roth". Link to correct section on article.

That's not essential but I will do so.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:12, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Career

• Paragraph 1

• "in Clinton, Maryland" ⇒ "in Clinton, Maryland"

• Rosslyn

• Grand.

• Other works in the 1960s

• "that was the first skyscraper in the city" — unlink skyscraper, linked in lead.

Its customary to link in lead and then once in the body.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:39, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

• "The first major office building to be constructed on the Georgetown waterfront in 50 years,[34] it formerly housed the Henry J. Kaufman advertising firm" — new sentence in middle?

No, the citation is in the middle of sentence after the comma.

• Works from the 1970s

• "By the end of 1975, the New York Times was reporting that Koubek's firm had designed roughly half the office buildings built in the District of Columbia since the 1950s" — link NYT article fully; The New York Times.

if you look at the pipe link it already does this.

• The Willard renovation

• Critic Paul Goldberger, writing for New York Times declared the renovation ingenious" — {{when}}?

1986. Added

• Other 1970s projects

• Grand.

• Works of the 1980s

• "He also designed Shockoe Plaza (now known as Shockoe Slip), a seven-building ..." ⇒ "He also designed Shockoe Slip (formerly Shockoe Plaza), a seven-building ..."

Changed.

• Final works

• Fine.

Other activities

• " In 1990, Czechoslovakian President Václav Havel appointed Koubek to a ..." — delink Czechoslovakian President, no need.

Changed.

Later years and death

• Grand.

Design philosophy

• Fine.

Legacy

• Bit of a list, could be rewritten.

Well, it is a list of notable works really so I think its appropriate.

I shall put this on hold until the issues above have been addressed. Thanks! ⇒TAP 18:28, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

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:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Thanks! ⇒TAP 15:41, 26 June 2012 (UTC)