Talk:Nebula Award/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: GreatOrangePumpkin (talk · contribs) 10:09, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
"They were first given in 1966 at a ceremony created for the awards, and have been awarded every year since." - The only interesting part is the date. That it is an annual award was already mentioned. Perhaps merge the first part with the next sentence
Done.

"Works that have won have been published in special collections, and winners and nominees often have mentions of such on the books' cover. " - how about "Winning works have been published in special collections...". Also I don't understand the last phrase
Done.

" instead the award itself being a transparent block with an embedded glitter spiral nebula with gemstones cut to resemble planets.[2]" - does not make sense. How about (start a new sentence): The winner receives a trophy but no cash prize...
Done.

" The trophy itself was designed for the first awards by J. A. Lawrence, based on a sketch by Kate Wilhelm, and has remained the same ever since.[3]" - "Based on a sketch by Kate Wilhelm, the transparent block with an embedded glitter spiral nebula with gemstones cut to resemble planets was designed for the debut awards by J. A. Lawrence, and no changes were made to its design since then."
That sounds really awkward to me, rearranged the prior sentence instead.

"From 1974 to 1978 under the names Best Dramatic Presentation and Best Dramatic Writing and again from 2000 through 2009 as Best Script a Script award was also presented," - how about "A Script award was also presented from ..., ,but after 2009 it was again removed and replaced by SFWA with the Bradbury Award.[3]"
Done.

"which were then voted on to create a final ballot" - how about "which were then voted for the final ballot"
Reworked a bit, they voted on the big list of preliminaries to narrow it down to 5, then voted on those 5.

ranges should use an unspaced n-dash instead of an m-dash: "December—November "
Done.

"Solstice Award to honor individuals making a significant impact on the speculative fiction field" - better is "who made a significant..."

" David Langford and Peter Nicholls, in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2012) also said that the two awards were often given to the same works," - David ... and Peter... stated in The Encyclopedia... (2012) that the two awards ...
Done.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Looks good overall. Hold.--Kürbis (✔) 16:10, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Pass/Fail:

Responded inline. --Pres N 21:15, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]