Talk:Frederick Langenheim

Frederick Langenheim was one of the Art and architecture good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
August 23, 2020	Good article nominee	Listed
February 26, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 20, 2017.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Frederick Langenheim made the first set of panoramic images (example pictured) of Niagara Falls and a sequential set of images of the first American total solar eclipse ever photographed?

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Frederick Langenheim/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 20:44, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Shall review this. MWright96 (talk) 20:44, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
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:

Lead[edit]

Wikilink Niagra Falls in the lead

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:40, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Early life[edit]

Is there any information about his parents?

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:55, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mid life and career[edit]

"Langenheim and his brother William began working in 1840" - I believe the text in bold might be better off placed at the start or the end of the sentence it is part of

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:40, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Langenheim acquired a daguerreotype camera in 1841 from Von Voigtlander" - the text in bold is better off placed at the end of this text

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:40, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilink photography studio to the relevant article

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:40, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilink Philadelphia Exchange Building to the appropriate article

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:40, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mention who Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre to the uninitiated

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"The seventh set was given to United States president James Knox Polk.[15] The eighth set was retained by the Langenheim brothers.[10]" - consider merging these two sentences together

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"There were eight phases taken of different time sequences.[27] They are the earliest known eclipse pictures taken in the United States.[28]" - merging both these sentences might help things here

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"1.25 inches high by 1 inch wide (3.2 cm × 2.5 cm)" - would believe the ^{[convert: needs a number]} is still better than writing it out in plain

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"2.8125 inches high by 2.3125 inches wide (7.2 cm × 5.9 cm)" - same issue as above

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"(2.8125 inches high" - the opening parentheses isn't needed here

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Later life and death[edit]

Added the place where Langenheim died in the sentence mentioning the date of his death

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

"Craig, John S. (1994). Craig's Daguerreian Registry. John S. Craig." - the ISBN number is missing here

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:28, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Witkin, Lee D. (1979). The photograph collector's guide. New York Graphic Society." - the ISBN looks like it is missing

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:28, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Am going to put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address/query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 07:53, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:58, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Doug Coldwell: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 18:45, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment[edit]

This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]