Talk:Scottish Reformation
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Scottish Reformation was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Reviewed version: December 22, 2006 |
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Article Grading: I must repeat Thanatosimiis comments: 1) The prose is not "compelling" as we say in GA circles. The lead needs to be bigger, the paragraphs shouldn't be so short, and there are problems that could use a good copyedit. Additionally, there are a few too many quotes. A few might be useful, but it feels like a bunch of quotes sewn together in places. There are also a few too many places where all the contradictions spin readers heads around confused, like "However, Parliament's declarations had been mainly negative in 1560, the was no question of any Act of Uniformity as in England. Thus, the shape the Church initially took was dependent on local Protestant patrons. However, even before 1560, reformed congregations had already been organising themselves under the influence of Knox." 2) The article needs to be broad in coverage. I can't say that it is or isn't, but the article doesn't read as itself. You need an outline, somthing like, "Pre-reformation church, early reformation influences, reformation crises themselves, post-reformation". Cover those and it'll be broad in coverage. Other than this, it's fine, but it needs some substantial edits before it is GA quality, so I'm failing this this time. Make sure the article reads comprehensivly, get a few copyeditors, and then renominate. Blood red sandman 17:21, 28 December 2006 (UTC) |
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[edit] Scottish Reformation
This is an attempt to start the Scottish Reformation article requested by the WikiProject Scotland. Any help gratefully received! Slackbuie 08:44, 14 September 2006 (UTC) User Talk: Slackbuie
[edit] Started at last!
This article is now underway- comments of all kinds welcome. --Slackbuie 01:04, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Getting there slowly...
Because I also live in the real world this article will take a long time. But I'd like any feedback anyone would care to give on the article so far. Slackbuie 21:20, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
If no-one else is doing this, I'm willing to work on it over the next few days. I've made a start with the opening.--Sandy Scott 02:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well done Sandy Scott for your work on this article! Slackbuie 20:15, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Thanks, but I think I've still a bit more to do yet.--Sandy Scott 15:25, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
OK, here goes --Sandy Scott 17:14, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] GA Nomination
Issues:
1) The prose is not "compelling" as we say in GA circles. The lead needs to be bigger, the paragraphs shouldn't be so short, and there are problems that could use a good copyedit. Additionally, there are a few too many quotes. A few might be useful, but it feels like a bunch of quotes sewn together in places. There are also a few too many places where all the contradictions spin readers heads around confused, like "However, Parliament's declarations had been mainly negative in 1560, the was no question of any Act of Uniformity as in England. Thus, the shape the Church initially took was dependent on local Protestant patrons. However, even before 1560, reformed congregations had already been organising themselves under the influence of Knox."
2) The article needs to be broad in coverage. I can't say that it is or isn't, but the article doesn't read as itself. You need an outline, somthing like, "Pre-reformation church, early reformation influences, reformation crises themselves, post-reformation". Cover those and it'll be broad in coverage.
Other than this, it's fine, but it needs some substantial edits before it is GA quality, so I'm failing this this time. Make sure the article reads comprehensivly, get a few copyeditors, and then renominate. Thanatosimii 02:22, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
