Talk:A Question of Time (book)

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GA review

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Nominator: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 07:21, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: LEvalyn (talk · contribs) 20:44, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will take on this review! I typically prefer to make copyedits myself and only place comments here when I have questions, though of course as always you should feel free to change or discuss any edits you happen to disagree with. Looking forward to it! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 20:44, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks as always. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:49, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A lovely little article which made for a quick and easy review! Just two small notes below to address (expanding the lead a bit and citing a quote inline), let me know when they've been sorted. Thanks for the article! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:20, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Comments

• I did a prose polishing pass -- almost nothing for me to do! I do think the writing in the reception section would be improved if the information was by topic, rather than summarizing each review individually -- it seems like there are recurring themes regarding the book's impact on the field, the writer's prose style, and the dominant reading of Tolkien which the book promotes. There are also a few one-sentence paragraphs which could benefit from clustering with other info or expansion. But, it certainly meets the GA criteria of "clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience". ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:20, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Noted. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:42, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Given the length of the reception section in the article, I think the lead ought to have a sentence or two summarizing those main points, alongside the award. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:20, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:43, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I believe this direct quotation needs an immediate inline cite: Flieger describes The Lost Road as having a father and a son who go back in time using "racial memory and serial identity". ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:20, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:25, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Images: the book cover has an appropriate fair use rationale. No photos appear to be available of the author, alas. (If you ever decide to GA her article, it strikes me as possible that there's a Creative Commons video out there somewhere of her giving a talk, from which we could extract a still. But not a necessary quest at this stage.) One could plausibly add a photo of Tolkein or Dunn just to have some more illustration but not necessary. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:20, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Noted. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:26, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• For my spot check I looked at cites 3, 7, and 16 as numbered in this diff. Everything verifies without copyvio or close paraphrase, though I was inspired to make some more stylistic edits. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:20, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  LEvalyn - Many thanks. All done to date. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:26, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Everything looks great, thanks for the very quick fixes and for the article! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 19:43, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.