Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture/Peer review/Edward R. Hills House

Edward R. Hills House

I have recently had one peer review of this article in the main Wikipedia peer review, but I am looking for one more opinion before I take it to a GA review. Since this is an article of an architectural work, this seems to be an appropriate place to get an opinion. Edward R. Hills House is my first completed major contribution so I will take any notes on style. In particular, I would like to know if my lead section is adequate. The last reviewer thought that it was a little short, but I am not sure what else would be appropriate to include. I am still experimenting with different citation styles and I am not completely satisfied with the lengthiness of my notes and reference section. I might go back to a single reference list with one entry for each page of each source rather than concerning myself with consecutively numbered footnotes. Otherwise, the article is as complete as I intend it to be at this point but I will take any comments and suggestions throughout.

Thank you in advance A.Fox 02:35, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Very good work, and particularly nice to see the article illustrated with all the plans. I found and uploaded a view of the norh facade, which potentially could be used as well. I think the article is very close to GA as is, however as always improvements are possible. Below some suggestions:

There is an inconsistency in the structuring of the article in that the two sections before Wright's design are treated as sub-sections of Early History, while the three after are stand alone. I think for consistency either all history sections should be subsections of History, or probably better if the post-Wright sections are grouped in a similar way as Early History.
The last image in the article is confusing as it goes back in time. Instead I think it would be better to show one of the mature Prairie houses, since there are many refences to these in the article, or potentially both a pre and a post Edward R. Hills House example to illustrate how this house represents a transition.
I believe there should be more information about the urban context, after all this building is notable as a "contributing property" to a historic district. The reader should be able to understand how is it contributing and to what. Maybe it could be explained as a short section upfront titled Location or Neighbourhood character.

Hope these suggetions are helpful. --Elekhh (talk) 21:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestions. I will definitely work on the section structuring; its inconsistency didn't really occur to me until you made that point. Hence it is to get second (or third, etc.) opinions on one's work. I think I can work in some information on the neighborhood (interestingly, you can see in the talk section that a previous contributor removed this info after receiving feedback from the last GA reviewer). It is probably worth noting that the house is on the same street as six other Wright houses and another Prairie house by Tallmadge and Watson.

Also, thank you for condensing the redundant notes; that is something I've been meaning to do for a couple weeks now.

A.Fox 02:31, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When considering the 2007 GA review, note that some MOS guidelines changed since than and that not all reviewers have the same expertise. --Elekhh (talk) 02:45, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]