User talk:Pariah Press

E.E. Smith

Hi there, I rated the article as part of an assessment drive to reduce the number of unrated biographies on Wikipedia (currently about 150,000). You should know that an assessment grade is neither a positive nor negative grade, and refers mostly to the amount of content and layout of the article. A "B" grade is actually quite good, and is the "highest" grade possible without a formal review such as within a Good Article nomination or Featured article nomination. That said, I do have a few suggestions:

1. The article needs an infobox, probably Template:Infobox Writer.
2. There are a lot of red links in the article, will all of them become articles, or can some of the links be removed or redirected?
3. I would rename the section "Influenced works" as "Works influenced" and move it to further down in the article before "Fictional appearances". Also this appears to be a list and should be organized with asterisks (*) or worked into prose line.
4. I think that the section "Scientific references" maybe more appropriately titled "Scientific influences".
5. The reference section is confusing, it looks like the "secondary sources" are actually references, but that is not immediately obvious. I would list the full reference for each source in the reference section the first time it is used, and keep the books Smith wrote separate from the article sources. If some of the "Secondary sources" were not used as references, it is acceptable to include them in a list entitled "Further reading" following the references
6. Some of the references can be grouped together: Refs 3, 14, 19, ect.... It may help to take a look at the Citation guidelines or perhaps Wikipedia:Footnotes.

I hope this helps. The article really is quite good. Great work. Feel free to cross-post my suggestions to the talk page if you feel that it is appropriate. Cheers--DO11.10 16:56, 3 April 2007 (UTC)