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British Library

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I've listed this article for peer review because I want to nominate it for GA status and I need help finding some issues to correct before the nomination.

Thanks, Mephiston999 (talk) 16:47, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Awadewit comments Just a few brief comments about sourcing.

• I noticed that huge swaths of the article are unsourced. At the very least, each paragraph should have an inline citation.
• I also noticed that the bulk of your information comes from the British Library itself. We should avoid taking information from the institution itself, and aim to take information from uninvolved, third-party sources. They would not have an interest in putting a "spin" on the information.
• I also noticed that all of your sources are from the internet. More than likely, there are some excellent histories of the British Library published in book form - you should go to your local library and search for these, as they will be more detailed than a website.

I hope this helps! Awadewit (talk) 03:37, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments As Awadewit says, this article needs a far greater number of citations. Certainly each paragraph should end with a citation, but I would argue every sentence should and some sentences would require more than one; if a sentence contains three different (for example) sums of money (for budgets or what have you) it may be necessary to put a source next to each if the figures are not available from one source.

Aside from that important point, the article reads reasonably well. I had no idea that the library had only been created in the early 70s, I would have assumed its age to be much older, going back at least to the 19th century.

I don't recall anything in the article relating what the experience is like for the researcher. It would be quite interesting to know what one does when one is in there; for example, how do you request items from staff? How long do you have to wait to be brought the item? What restrictions are placed on you as reader? Do you have a time limit or can you read one item from opening til closing? What is the security like to ensure people don't enter with bombs or leave with books? Some sort of "Visiting the library" section which describes that stuff I think would be quite enlightening, although one would have to be careful not to make it too much like a tourist guide. --bodnotbod (talk) 11:22, 11 February 2010 (UTC)