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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:44, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Peter Adamson (academic) edit

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~~... that Peter Adamson's use of puns in his History of Philosophy series has attracted both praise and criticism?~~
Source: "Praising the puns Criticising the puns. Both are cited in the article

Reviewed: Llanrumney Hall

Created by HaEr48 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:37, 19 February 2017 (UTC).

Interesting topic, almost more work than bio, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The hook is sourced and interesting, but I'd try to avoid the passive voice, for example:

ALT1: ~~... that Peter Adamson has used puns in his History of Philosophy series, which was both praised and criticized?~~

What do you think of adding "without a gap" - or should it be "Without a Gap"? - to add interest. Otherwise it could mean anything at any time. - Article: I'd like to see formatting, for example no "bare urls" for references, please, but a title, publisher, date and accessdate. The lead should be a summary, of sourced information in the body, without refs in the lead. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:53, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the review. I added author, date, etc. info to the "bare URL"s, and removed citations from the lead. Your hook suggestion make sense to me, how about:

ALT2: ... that Peter Adamson has used puns in his History of Philosophy Without Any Gap series, which was both praised and criticized?

HaEr48 (talk) 04:44, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:58, 23 February 2017 (UTC)