Talk:Sonnet 72

Sonnet 72 was nominated as a Language and literature good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (December 3, 2014, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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can we have a link to wikimedia or wikicomons, or wikisource, whichever has the full text of this sonnet?

THanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.199.196 (talk) 18:10, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Sonnet 72/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 20:22, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Will complete this within 48 hours. I have an interest in Shakespeare's sonnets. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 20:22, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. Has an appropriate reference section:

B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Initial comments

The lead is too short and does not summarise the article. Remember that it has to act as a "mini article" in order to meet the GA criteria
"It's a member of the Fair Youth Sequence" - It is
"in which The Poet expresses his love toward a young man" - who is The Poet?
Synopsis is very short, unreferenced
Context section is not detailed anywhere near enough compared to the other sonnet articles, an expansion of content and a copyedit can see this to better shape. Remember that there are tons of information out there online regarding the works of Shakespeare
Poetic Structure: mostly unreferenced and jargon. Also doesn't explain what the table is, unlike Sonnet 86
"In the 1640 text of Sonnet 72, the L is capitalized" - needs to be British English - America was not invented in the time of Shakespeare! Also put 'L' in quotes

Close - not listed

I'm afraid I'm going to have to fail this. The nominator is not active and there are too many pressing concerns in order for this article to reach anywhere near the GA criteria. It needs an extensive expansion and a copyedit before it can do so. It is currently missing a lot of content. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 17:47, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]