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A fact from Bennett Building (New York City) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 September 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Bennett Building, once one of New York's most prominent buildings, is probably the world's tallest building with a cast-iron facade?
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Beyond My Ken: I appreciate the work you are putting into this, but can we please collaborate, and discuss optimizing the page, instead of writing over each other and choosing one vision over another arbitrarily? Some of your changes undid changes that I made that I thought benefited the article. Your recent changes include the following:
Put the long sentence describing the multiple frontages and addresses into the main text. I had moved it to a note because it is a relatively unimportant detail and clutters the text, especially in the lede. I left in a description of its location.
Combined two headings in the main text. I added separate headings because 1) it made it easier to read, and 2) it made organizational sense.
Changed around headings in the footnotes. I don't think they make sense the way they are now - the notes (one note now due to a chnage you made) is not a reference, but not it is inside "references."
Some other changes that I'm fine with.
Shall we discuss? I'm committed to dialog with you rather than just making changes myself without consulting.
Dovid (
talk) 21:10, 14 May 2018 (UTC)reply
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The result was: promoted by
Vincent60030 (
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ALT1:... that the Bennett Building was characterized as "an unfortunate experiment" in real estate after its owner disappeared? Source:
NY Tribune 1904
ALT2:... that due to an unpaid water bill, officials disconnected a pipe in the Bennett Building while patrons were using a bathhouse in the building? Source:
NY Times 1906
ALT3:... that the Bennett Building(pictured), described as "once one of New York's notable skyscrapers", is probably the world's tallest building with a cast-iron facade? Source:
NY Times 1996
5x expanded by
Epicgenius (
talk). Self-nominated at 22:37, 7 September 2020 (UTC).reply
New 10x expansion, well cited, no policy issues.
I like the more positive aspects of ALT0 & ALT3, but I think in both cases the "described as" phrase just interrupts the flow. Also, ALT3 says the building was "notable", but it really still is notable for being the tallest cast-iron building. I think ALT5 addresses both.
ALT5:... that the Bennett Building(pictured), once one of New York's most prominent buildings, is probably the world's tallest building with a cast-iron facade? Source:
NY Times 1996
Epicgenius, are you OK with ALT5, and still need QPQ.
MB 20:45, 12 September 2020 (UTC)reply
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MB: Thanks for the QPQ. I think ALT5 would be pretty good as well. I've also done a QPQ now.
epicgenius (
talk) 19:55, 13 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Hello, I am planning on reviewing this article for GA Status, over the next couple of days. Thank you for nominating the article for
GA status. I hope I will learn some new information, and that my feedback is helpful.
If nominators or editors could refrain from updating the particular section that I am updating until it is complete, I would appreciate it to remove a edit conflict. Please address concerns in the section that has been completed above (If I've raised concerns up to references, feel free to comment on things like the lede.)
I generally provide an overview of things I read through the article on a first glance. Then do a thorough sweep of the article after the feedback is addressed. After this, I will present the pass/failure. I may use strikethrough tags when concerns are met. Even if something is obvious why my concern is met, please leave a message as courtesy.
Best of luck! you can also use the {{done}} tag to state when something is addressed. Lee Vilenski(
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contribs)
Please let me know after the review is done, if you were happy with the review! Obviously this is regarding the article's quality, however, I want to be happy and civil to all, so let me know if I have done a good job, regardless of the article's outcome.
Immediate Failures
It is a long way from meeting any one of the six good article criteria -
It contains copyright infringements -
It has, or needs, cleanup banners that are unquestionably still valid. These include{{cleanup}}, {{POV}}, {{unreferenced}} or large numbers of {{citation needed}}, {{clarify}}, or similar tags. (See also {{QF-tags}}). -
It is not stable due to edit warring on the page. -
The caption (2010) in the infobox, could we expand? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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contribs) 16:26, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Done
It has three street addresses: 93-99 Nassau Street, 139 Fulton Street, and 30 Ann Street. - why? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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Added
Farnsworth to design two additions - I feel a word is missing, perhaps two changes? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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Fixed Changed to "expansions".
epicgenius (
talk) 19:25, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The original mansard roof was demolished and the top four stories were added from 1890 to 1892 - The original mansard roof was demolished to allow four additional stories to be added from 1890 to 1892 Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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Done
disappeared in 1898, - is this disappeared as in the mafia sense? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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Not quite, he just ran off and no one heard of him again.
epicgenius (
talk) 19:25, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply
General
Is frontage a real word? I've never seen it before Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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Added a link to
frontage. It's used in architecture and real estate to describe how much of the lot perimeter faces a road or another lot.
epicgenius (
talk) 19:25, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Bennett Building was described as being probably the world's tallest building - by whom? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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Done
same era below Canal Street, - I'm assuming below is North? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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Fixed "below" is "south" in Manhattan parlance. I sometimes forget that the vast majority of people are not familiar with NYC geography.
epicgenius (
talk) 19:25, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply
mansard roof, James M. Farnsworth, Temple Court Building, are duplinks. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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Actually that whole section seems a bit trivia. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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Removed
Is there a reason we denote the Design section above history? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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A lot of articles that I've expanded have used this layout. I often find it easier to describe the structure itself before going into the historical details of when these features were installed, because the design context is already established.
epicgenius (
talk) 19:25, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Caption "Seen in 1893" - could we expand? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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Done
Pettit disappeared in mid-1898- any more info on this? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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I'll begin the review as soon as I can! If you fancy returning the favour, I have a list of nominations for review at
WP:GAN and
WP:FAC, respectively. I'd be very grateful if you were to complete one of these if you get time. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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contribs) Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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contribs) 16:15, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Not much here to nitpick. I've put on hold to address the few comments above Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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Thanks for the review. I've resolved these comments now.
epicgenius (
talk) 19:25, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the quick responses. Happy to support. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
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contribs) 20:33, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply