Talk:Morris-Jumel Mansion

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[edit] Peer review?

No tag on talk page, if you want I can complete your peer review request and put it on the peer review page, see Wikipedia:Peer review since NRHP Project never developed a peer review of its own. : ). But might I suggest a few things.

  • Lead expanding, after the article is all done, see lead guidelines.
  • History and today sections should be merged, because today is really just the modern history.
  • Bolded ref titles should be italicized.
  • For web sources try to include the author (if available) publisher, and date of last access.
  • Full dates should be linked in these two cases: If there's a full year like this: March 31, 2022 or if the day and month are given like this: March 21, stand alone years need not be linked unless they provide significant context. (Didn't look like you did this last one though, just stating)
  • I usually do a section titled "Significance" where I talk about its National Register of Historic Places listing and any other landmark statues a structure might have.
  • In general could do with some expansion.

That's all for now. : ) Hope it helps, any questions don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Happy editing. IvoShandor 13:15, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

I just added the basic reference of the NRHP Inventory-Nomination document text and photos, and made other cleanups. My main suggestion is to increase discussion of significance, as IvoShandor suggests. The reference already in the article (which I reformatted) about Places Where Women Made History covers some fascinating material, and there is also good info in the NRHP document. Also, are there any NYC or NYS historic designations for the site? I didn't like the "Today" section title either, and tried changing it. It is perhaps better but still not proper, the choppy division between sections. It seems to me the quality is getting there and should be above Stub status. But I'm still new and not used to doing evaluations yet. Keep up the good work! doncram 01:29, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quality rating for WP:NRHP

I'm just adding a "See Also" item, reformatting the "Official site" link, and refining the NRHP references. Then I feel the article meets emerging criteria for Start rating within WP:NRHP. These are:

  1. at least a short intro is written. What is written is factually and grammatically correct.
  2. NRHP infobox is included.
  3. NHL designation date is included within the NRHP infobox.
  4. NHL summary source is referenced as source for NHL designation date.
  5. NRHP inventory/nomination text is linked.
  6. accompanying NRHP photo set is linked (within same reference)
  7. the "official site" of the owner or controlling organization, in this case the website of Morris-Jumel Mansion, Inc., is included as an External link. Format as "Official site: (link)".
  8. that External links section exists and includes at least one link.
  9. that See Also section exists and points to List of NHLs in the state.

So I am upping it from "Stub" to "Start-class" quality rating. Upping it further could be merited, too. doncram 02:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC)