All the original Peer review issues have, I think, been dealt with. What now? What needs done for FA? All comments welcome.
Vanished usertalk 22:07, 11 October 2006 (UTC)reply
This article looks good. As far as what needs to be done before it reaches FA status, I would suggest two things. First, though the article's bibliography seems solid, the footnotes should refer to these works more often; there are relatively few footnotes. Additionally, I would suggest that the well-done list of his works be transfered to a new article
List of W. S. Gilbert's Works, to which you can link in the article on the man. --
Zantastiktalk 23:00, 11 October 2006 (UTC)reply
Mixed reference styles: convert all references to cite.php.
Putting the References section in alphabetical order will help readers associate footnotes with References.
ISBN numbers on all books will contribute to the quality of the article.
References should include only works actually used in citing the article: were all of those sources used, or should some of them be listed as Further reading? If they were used, there should be inline citations for them.
Please expand all footnotes to a bibliographic style, for example:
The Memoirs of Jessie Bond needs some kind of information about the author, etc., to tell us why this personal website rises to the level of a
reliable source. Providing more bibliographic detail in the footnote will help.
Even within the footnotes, there isn't a consistent style - please use one style:
(Gilbert 1890, pp. 158–9).
See Ainger, p.148, and Stedman, pp.318-320.
The text is severely undercited: work on beefing up the inline citations is needed.
Is there no criticism of his work?
I haven't looked at the prose in detail, but the lead indicates a need for prose polishing and copyediting for redundancy and fluidity; some details (such as dates) can be eliminated from the lead and covered in the text:
Gilbert's most popular collaboration with Sullivan, The Mikado (1885), became one of the most frequently performed works of musical theatre in history.[3][4] That work, together with H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), and several others of these comic operas are still performed very frequently today throughout the English-speaking world and beyond.
Gilbert's most popular collaboration with Sullivan, The Mikado, is one of the most frequently performed works in musical theatre; other Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, including H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance, are performed frequently throughout the world. (Find a way to avoid using the word "frequently" twice.)
I agree with the comment above about transferring the list of works to a separate article, which can then be
summarized back to the main article.
I suggest serious work on improving the citations, as well networking to find new editors for a fresh look at copyediting, followed by a new peer review before approaching FAC: there is still much work to be done on the article, but an excellent foundation is in place.
Sandy 17:45, 12 October 2006 (UTC)reply
Right then! The multiple-form cites are fairly easy to fix, as is spinning off the list. I'll do that ASAP.
Vanished usertalk 18:47, 12 October 2006 (UTC)reply
Done what I could with what I had to hand and a slight flu.
Vanished usertalk 21:21, 13 October 2006 (UTC)reply
Much improved. Most remaining problems have already been mentioned. I'll just point out once again the lack of citations. And I agree that the list of works is very big as it is now. Such lists are not esteemed in WP:FAC. A seperate sub-article with a summary of it here is a nice idea. Some further minor remarks:
In notes, you don't citate the external links the right way. You should include title and author (if there is one) - date it was retrieved is also recommended. Check any recent FA with external links in references section to have an idea.
If some sources in "References" are not used in "Notes", then they could be moved to a seperate section named "Further reading".--
Yannismarou 11:16, 13 October 2006 (UTC)reply
Fixed. A little worried about the Nancy McIntosh reference not being used, but suspect that was more of a reference to be used later than one used now.
Vanished usertalk 21:19, 13 October 2006 (UTC)reply