Talk:Literature in early modern Scotland
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Reviewer: Sainsf (talk · contribs) 05:36, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
Wow, another of your impressive articles! It would be a pleasure to review this. Sainsf (talk · contribs) 05:36, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
- General
- I think you should add what a Kirk is. And say "Kirk" or "kirk".
- The lead is way too long for an article of this length, it is supposed to be a summary of the most important points. Please reduce it to three paragraphs (no para should be too long). I will give it a read after it has been shortened.
- I have reduced this, but kept four paragraphs, as they are chronologically distinct.--SabreBD (talk) 18:25, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
- Background
- Highlands and Islands why the caps?
- Who exactly are hereditary poets?
- Walter Chepman (c. 1473-c. 1528) use an endash here
- Done--SabreBD
- Andrew Myllar (f. 1505–08) What does f. mean here?' (talk) 17:21, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
- It would be helpful to add an inline explanation for makar. It would help readers who wish to know what it means in short, and don't wish to chase links.
- Makars
- There are two duplinks: makars, Anglian
- and the minority of her son James VI (r. 1567–1625) What does minority mean here?
- What is the Kirk?
- John Rolland (fl. 1530–75) What is fl. ?
- Dramatists
- Poetry
- You need to identify Wormald
- Jenny Wormald, describes James No comma
- Robert Aytoun accompanied Comma after Aytoun
- Vernacular revival
- After the Union in 1707 It would be good to add a link.
- Allan Ramsay (1686–1758) was the most important literary figure of the era I am not able to check the source in ref. 36, which I assume is the source for this. Please make sure that the source explicitly says or clearly implies that there was no one of his stature at that time. This type of statements may be controversial.
- I think it is better to say "Allan Ramsay (1686–1758) was considered the most important literary figure of the era", because the phrase "often described as leading a "vernacular revival"" after it would then suggest this was a general belief, as, I understand, you wish to suggest. Sainsf (talk · contribs) 01:40, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
That should be it. Cheers, Sainsf (talk · contribs) 15:58, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
Very good, we can promote this now. Cheers, Sainsf (talk · contribs) 08:07, 12 June 2016 (UTC)