Talk:Solow Building/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 15:41, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

• "During the Solow Building's construction, Bunshaft had said that marble "is beautiful, it weathers beautifully and it expresses structure in design"" - this seems odd to state here, as marble isn't mentioned until later in the article. Travertine is a type of limestone, I think.
  • You're correct. I moved it down. Epicgenius (talk) 19:35, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
• Infobox says 34 elevators, but the body says 33?
  • Fixed. The body is correct. Epicgenius (talk) 19:35, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
• Link mezzanine
  • Done. Epicgenius (talk) 19:35, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
• Not seeing where completed in 1974 is directly mentioned?
  • I changed it to 1972. I think the date was changed to 1974 after I added info to the article. Epicgenius (talk) 19:35, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
• File:Manhattan - 9 West 57th Street.JPG See Commons:Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory/United_States#Freedom_of_panorama. You'll need to add PD-US-no notice or PD-US-not renewed for the sculpture
  • It is neither of these, so I'll have to file a deletion request. Epicgenius (talk) 19:35, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
    • @Epicgenius: - I think it's fine. The Commons page says " In addition, any public artwork installed before 1978 without a copyright notice is also in the public domain (unless the copyright owner actively prevented anyone from copying or photographing the work until 1978)" and the article indicates the sculpture was installed in 1972. So unless Chermayeff or Solow actively prevented the sculpture from being photographed, the expired tag should be applicable. Hog Farm _Talk 19:46, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
• Licensing is fine for other images
• Sourcing looks okay

This one's in very good shape, just a few prose concerns and an obscure image licensing tweak needed. Placing on hold. Hog Farm _Talk 17:30, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

@Hog Farm: Thanks for the review. I have addressed all these issues now. Epicgenius (talk) 19:35, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Promoting now, as all of the main points have been addressed. The image can be added back to the article with (probably) the expired template, but that's not necessary for GA. Hog Farm _Talk 14:39, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the promotion @Hog Farm. I was trying to figure out whether the sculpture is still under copyright, hence my delay in replying. If I can't find evidence of the sculpture being in the public domain, I will request deletion for that image. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:17, 4 January 2022 (UTC)