Talk:Wang Yinglai/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ceranthor (talk · contribs) 16:54, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Will review this. ceranthor 16:54, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

Looks good

Early life and education

Would just add that he was born in China explicitly
"and he became an orphan at the age of six when his mother also died.[2]" - think "he" refers to Wang Yinglai, but could also be the father in context
"Against all odds" - would cut this out; not particularly encyclopedic language

Career

"and laureate Chen-Ning Yang,[1]" - I'd add "and Physics laureate"
"achievement in synthesizing insulin" - "achievement in" reads awkwardly; suggest rephrasing
"However, the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) intervened and the Communist government considered the Nobel Prize a symbol of Western decadence. Instead, Wang was held a virtual prisoner[6] in a building at his institute and forced to study Mao Zedong thought." - confusing... what exactly about his work led to this? does the source expand on this at all?
"synthesis of a transfer RNA, another significant biological molecule, in the late 1970s.[2]" - from inorganic compounds? could you clarify?

Rest of article

Might consider combining family and death into a personal life section
Can awards be moved to a subsection within career?
"students at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[4]" - graduate students? undergraduate? any details?

References, images, comprehensiveness

All refs seem reliable per WP:RS.
How do you know the lead image is public domain?
Earwig's tool checks out.
Little bit concerned about comprehensiveness. For a relatively accomplished scientist, I would think there might be more out there on his accomplishments by way of his publications?

Prose looks really tight here. Besides concerns about the image and comprehensiveness, this is nearly ready to pass. ceranthor 16:40, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Zanhe: Any update on the progress here? ceranthor 13:19, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ceranthor: Thanks for your review and sorry about the late response. I've edited the article to incorporate all your suggestions above. Regarding the Cultural Revolution, Wang was not persecuted for any specific thing that he did. It's just in the anti-intellectual political environment of the time, almost all top academics were suspected of disloyalty to the proletariat and forced to study Mao's writings. The image is public domain because it was taken in 1938 and photographs enter public domain after 50 years according to Chinese copyright laws. I have also added a list of his major publications per your suggestion. -Zanhe (talk) 20:15, 28 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Great. I'm satisfied that this now meets the GA criteria. Passing! ceranthor 14:00, 30 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]