Talk:William J. Devlin/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 12:52, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Comments

• "in England" no need to link well known geographical regions, you could say "Lancashire, England" I suppose?
  • Removed link. Ergo Sum 04:13, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "He entered" maybe "Devlin entered..." to avoid three consecutive pronoun sentences...
  • Done. Ergo Sum 04:14, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "building campaign, that resulted in several buildings," repetitive, maybe "construction" for the first one, and it reads odd without "new" after "in" to me...
  • Rephrased. Ergo Sum 04:15, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• " become the Boston College's business" don't think "the" is needed here?
  • Quite right. Ergo Sum 04:15, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• " December 15, 1875 in" comma after year.
  • Done. Ergo Sum 04:16, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• No need to link "tailor". If merchant tailor has something suitable, that would be better.
  • Removed link. Ergo Sum 04:16, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "He began his... new para, reassert He, i.e. William.
  • Done. Ergo Sum 04:16, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• No need to link England here either.
  • Done. Ergo Sum 04:17, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "Province Society of Jesus[1] pending" awkward ref place.
  • Refined the references there. Ergo Sum 04:20, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "in Frederick, Maryland on" comma after Maryland.
  • Done. Ergo Sum 04:21, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "Devlin Hall at Boston College was completed in 1924" needs a period.
  • Done. Ergo Sum 04:21, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "the Archbishop of Mechelen on" I know it seems I'm obsessed, but I would have thought a comma before "on" was needed here as the Archbish bit is a standalone clause.
  • Absolutely right. Even though I'm a bit less comma-inclined than you, a comma here, I think, is pretty universally required. Ergo Sum 04:23, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "His presidency" -> "Devlin's presidency", last "he" was not Devlin.
  • Done. Ergo Sum 04:23, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "on which ground was broken " perhaps a personal thing, but "for which ground was broken" sounds better?
  • That sounds a little odd to me, since the expression is usually "they broke ground on X building." Ergo Sum 04:24, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "$500,000" inflate? (et seq).
  • I've inflated the first one. Because the other two instances of dollar amounts follow closely in the same paragraph and because their values are not that much different from the first value (2x and 4x), I think the average reader can infer the approximate inflated value. Ergo Sum 04:40, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• Probably no need to link chapel.
  • Normally, I'd agree, but since it is mentioned in an ecclesial context, I think a link might be in order. Chapel can mean different things in different contexts, and even has different canon law meanings based on context. Ergo Sum 04:25, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "During his presidency, the School of Education began awarding advanced degrees in 1919" having both "During his presidency" and "in 1919" seems like overkill to me.
  • Removed the redundancy. Ergo Sum 04:26, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
• "1915-1930 (bulk 1919-1925)" en-dashes in that ref title.
  • Fixed. Ergo Sum 04:28, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

That's it for me, so on hold for now. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 14:43, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: Thank you, again, for your comments. Ergo Sum 04:41, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Happy with the changes and not unhappy with the non-changes, so I'm passing. Good work, as usual. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 14:07, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.