Talk:L. Patrick Gray/GA1

GA Review

Please convert the references to inline citations per WP:FN. Gary King (talk) 02:06, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Done. (Morethan3words (talk) 12:23, 30 June 2008 (UTC))

A few more:

• The order of the last few sections should be: References, Further reading, External links, per WP:LAYOUT
• The links in "External links" each use a different format from the others. Please unify them; I suggest a simple "Article Name at Publication" format.
• Remove the bold formatting in the first reference.
• Include an accessdate for the second reference.
• All references must go after any punctuation marks, per WP:FN

Gary King (talk) 21:14, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Done, again. For the access dates, I was not the one who accessed them originally, so I just double-checked the links to make sure they work and that the information there was correct, and then gave them an access date of today. Not technically correct for the referrence purposes, but I think it's safe to assume that the Vanity Fair article has not changed since it was originally accessed.

Anything else? (Morethan3words (talk) 17:18, 2 July 2008 (UTC))

Every time the book is used as a reference, a page number must be given. WP:CITE#HOW shows you how to do that, if you need to know. Gary King (talk) 17:25, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Sigh, this is the part I was terrible at in highschool... (Morethan3words (talk) 17:50, 2 July 2008 (UTC))

Okay, so, I added the page number for the first citation, but I can't for the third one because I don't have the book, maybe someone can help with that? (Morethan3words (talk) 18:32, 2 July 2008 (UTC))

Hi, has there been any update on this? Gary King (talk) 05:34, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but because the book references do not have page numbers and there has been no response in over a week, I am failing this article for GAN. Gary King (talk) 08:34, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Re-Nominating L. Patrick Gray for GAN

Found the missing page number in the history of the page, I apologize for not finding this sooner. In the future, and as suggested in WP:GAN under Step 1 of how to fail a GAN, I would encourage you to be bold on small issues like this before proceeding with failing.

If there's anything this article needs please feel free to let us know. Thanks (Morethan3words (talk) 11:07, 14 July 2008 (UTC))

Usually I make bold edits, but in this case, I don't have access to the book. Gary King (talk) 17:25, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Hm I just noticed how the book is referenced. It cannot be a huge range like 304 pages... every time the book is referenced, a separate page number needs to be used. Gary King (talk) 17:35, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Neither do I, I found the page number in the history of the article, actually it was in the version you originally reviewed, back when everything was still in Harvard style.

In any case, do you know of a page that uses the citation style you are trying to achieve? I've looked at WP:CITE as you suggested but am having trouble following it, to be honest. I really not very good at this kind of thing...(Morethan3words (talk) 07:13, 15 July 2008 (UTC))

{{harvnb}} will help with this. Use {{citation}} for the book citations to work with the harvnb template. Gary King (talk) 07:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay, sorry for the delay, and after some wrangling, I think I've got the citations in good shape. How do they look to you now Gary? (Morethan3words (talk) 06:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC))

They look good; however, the links don't work. Once they work, then feel free to renominate the article. I will not necessarily be the one to review this article again, however. Gary King (talk) 07:06, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

The article already is renominated, as best I can tell. And I know the links don't work, but I can't figure out why, any ideas? (Morethan3words (talk) 07:56, 23 July 2008 (UTC))

To renominate, please substitute the {{GAN}} template again on the talk page instead of editing the first template. I also fixed the links. Gary King (talk) 08:10, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the links, I see what I did wrong now, and I've globalized the changes. Anyway, I've gone ahead with the renomination and reclassified the page under World History, since Politics and government instructed that if the individual was dead or no longer an office holder, it should go under History. I also plugged it in the relevant Biography Project pages, so hopefully we can drum up some more interest. Thanks for your help, Gary and I still welcome any of your comments. (Morethan3words (talk) 03:29, 25 July 2008 (UTC))