Talk:Isaac Newton/GA1
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Reviewer: Coemgenus (talk · contribs) 12:16, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
I'll begin this review over the weekend. --Coemgenus (talk) 12:16, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
- It is reasonably well written.
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- It is broad in its coverage.
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- It follows the neutral point of view policy.
- It is stable.
- It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
- a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- Overall:
- Pass/Fail:
- Pass/Fail:
Comments:
- You discuss Newton's not taking holy orders three times. I'd leave it out of the earlier section and the "religious views" section, and keep it just in the "Middle years" part.
- I don't see this in the Middle years section, where is the mention there?--ɱ (talk) 18:55, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- Last paragraph under "Mathematics". --Coemgenus (talk) 13:23, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- I don't see this in the Middle years section, where is the mention there?--ɱ (talk) 18:55, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what this parenthetical represents: "(Opticks, 8th Query)."
- We can link to the article on The Queries, you can see the text at page 314 of this Google Book: [1]--ɱ (talk) 18:55, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
"The German poet, Goethe..." might be better as "The German poet and scientist, Goethe..."
The "Law of Queen Anne" part is confusing. Is there some particular law passed during her reign that you mean? And Anne was dead by 1717, didn't the recoinage start earlier?
- "Newton was the second scientist to be knighted, after Sir Francis Bacon." This needs a citation. There were many gentlemen-scientists in the Royal Society, weren't there? Some surely had knighthoods.
- I don't know whether The History Channel or this book, a Capstone Publishers work, qualify as reliable sources, but I'm not sure there are any better ones. --ɱ (talk) 19:09, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- That's all the comments I have for now. Looking forward to your responses. --Coemgenus (talk) 19:47, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
- Saw you put this on hold; I'll try to respond to some of these.--ɱ (talk) 18:48, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry for seeing this that late... --Good afternoon (talk) 13:12, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- If no one responds to this in a few days, I'll have no choice but to fail it. It would be a shame, since it doesn't need much to get to GA. --Coemgenus (talk) 12:40, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
- Well, if you wouldn't mind, I would like your input on how to merge the "holy orders" sections in the best way, and if we should wikilink "8th Query" to The Queries. Also, do you think either of the sources I provided are sufficient in attributing the "second scientist" fact?--ɱ (talk) 13:22, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
- If no one responds to this in a few days, I'll have no choice but to fail it. It would be a shame, since it doesn't need much to get to GA. --Coemgenus (talk) 12:40, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry for seeing this that late... --Good afternoon (talk) 13:12, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- Saw you put this on hold; I'll try to respond to some of these.--ɱ (talk) 18:48, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the good work here--it looks good to me too. If other WP editors want to know what the first part of this discussion is about, they can do a FIND in the article on [ holy ] and see five 'hits' including the very interesting sentence about Sir Isaac Newton: "he refused to take holy orders in the Church of England..." -- FYI, Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 14:47, 18 August 2014 (UTC)