Wikipedia:Peer review/Mars in fiction/archive1: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
TompaDompa (talk | contribs) Reply. |
Reply |
||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
:I don't think I'll have time to do a review, but I see you're not using Bleiler's ''Gernsback Years'', which has a Mars entry in the theme index. I could copy that for you but it gives little information -- you'd have to have the whole book. I think it would be worth getting a copy for this article. If you're unable to get a copy I can probably eventually spend some time on this but I don't know when it would be. [[User:Mike Christie|Mike Christie]] ([[User_talk:Mike Christie|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Mike_Christie|contribs]] - [[User:Mike Christie/Reference library|library]]) 00:28, 7 January 2023 (UTC) |
:I don't think I'll have time to do a review, but I see you're not using Bleiler's ''Gernsback Years'', which has a Mars entry in the theme index. I could copy that for you but it gives little information -- you'd have to have the whole book. I think it would be worth getting a copy for this article. If you're unable to get a copy I can probably eventually spend some time on this but I don't know when it would be. [[User:Mike Christie|Mike Christie]] ([[User_talk:Mike Christie|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Mike_Christie|contribs]] - [[User:Mike Christie/Reference library|library]]) 00:28, 7 January 2023 (UTC) |
||
::The full book is available to me, as is Bleiler's ''[[Science-Fiction: The Early Years]]'', but I find those books useful mostly for plot detail verifiability when it comes to individual works. The indices are, well, indices—there's not really any in-depth analysis of the overarching topic. The article does already (heavily) cite two full-length books that are devoted to the specific topic of how Mars has been depicted in fiction: ''Dying Planet: Mars in Science and the Imagination'' (2005) by [[Robert Markley]] and ''Imagining Mars: A Literary History'' (2011) by Robert Crossley. [[User:TompaDompa|TompaDompa]] ([[User talk:TompaDompa|talk]]) 00:48, 7 January 2023 (UTC) |
::The full book is available to me, as is Bleiler's ''[[Science-Fiction: The Early Years]]'', but I find those books useful mostly for plot detail verifiability when it comes to individual works. The indices are, well, indices—there's not really any in-depth analysis of the overarching topic. The article does already (heavily) cite two full-length books that are devoted to the specific topic of how Mars has been depicted in fiction: ''Dying Planet: Mars in Science and the Imagination'' (2005) by [[Robert Markley]] and ''Imagining Mars: A Literary History'' (2011) by Robert Crossley. [[User:TompaDompa|TompaDompa]] ([[User talk:TompaDompa|talk]]) 00:48, 7 January 2023 (UTC) |
||
:::Yes, that makes sense -- the books don't themselves contain much, although sometimes Bleiler's comments on the stories themselves might be useful. But it sounds like you've consulted them. I will do my best to review this at FAC if I don't get time to do so while it's here. [[User:Mike Christie|Mike Christie]] ([[User_talk:Mike Christie|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Mike_Christie|contribs]] - [[User:Mike Christie/Reference library|library]]) 00:52, 7 January 2023 (UTC) |
|||
Revision as of 00:52, 7 January 2023
| Toolbox |
|---|
I've listed this article for peer review because I want to bring it to WP:Featured article status. I previously overhauled the article completely and brought it to WP:Good article status. As far as I can tell, there are currently no featured articles of this kind ("X in fiction/popular culture/whatever"), and I would like that to change. It would be beneficial to have high-quality articles to point to as examples to follow, since unfortunately a large number of "X in fiction" articles are rather poor. A handful of featured articles might go a long way.
Any and all feedback would be appreciated, be it about copyediting, content, structure, or something else.
Thanks, TompaDompa (talk) 00:17, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
- I don't think I'll have time to do a review, but I see you're not using Bleiler's Gernsback Years, which has a Mars entry in the theme index. I could copy that for you but it gives little information -- you'd have to have the whole book. I think it would be worth getting a copy for this article. If you're unable to get a copy I can probably eventually spend some time on this but I don't know when it would be. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:28, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
- The full book is available to me, as is Bleiler's Science-Fiction: The Early Years, but I find those books useful mostly for plot detail verifiability when it comes to individual works. The indices are, well, indices—there's not really any in-depth analysis of the overarching topic. The article does already (heavily) cite two full-length books that are devoted to the specific topic of how Mars has been depicted in fiction: Dying Planet: Mars in Science and the Imagination (2005) by Robert Markley and Imagining Mars: A Literary History (2011) by Robert Crossley. TompaDompa (talk) 00:48, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, that makes sense -- the books don't themselves contain much, although sometimes Bleiler's comments on the stories themselves might be useful. But it sounds like you've consulted them. I will do my best to review this at FAC if I don't get time to do so while it's here. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:52, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
- The full book is available to me, as is Bleiler's Science-Fiction: The Early Years, but I find those books useful mostly for plot detail verifiability when it comes to individual works. The indices are, well, indices—there's not really any in-depth analysis of the overarching topic. The article does already (heavily) cite two full-length books that are devoted to the specific topic of how Mars has been depicted in fiction: Dying Planet: Mars in Science and the Imagination (2005) by Robert Markley and Imagining Mars: A Literary History (2011) by Robert Crossley. TompaDompa (talk) 00:48, 7 January 2023 (UTC)