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I've always been cautious of using Twomey's books as RS. Yes, he wrote a lot about Bronx history, but it's mostly
WP:SPS. His books are published by
Arcadia Publishing, which may not be strictly a
Vanity press, but pretty close to it. I don't see anything on their website that makes me think they provide anything in the way of editorial oversight or fact checking. Twomey is clearly more reliable than some rando blogger, but I'm still hesitant to use his stuff once we're talking GA level.
RoySmith(talk)15:54, 14 May 2024 (UTC)reply
[27] YI don't trust a newspaper that published a
Hoax
The hoax was published 80 years before the newspaper article in question was published. I will remove it if there's further evidence that the Sun consistently published hoaxes even through the 20th century. However, in general, newspapers from the early 19th century were less accurate than today, and they occasionally published embellished or false articles to drum up attention.
Epicgenius (
talk)
19:15, 1 May 2024 (UTC)reply
OK, that's a lot for a 2O, but I'm happy to pitch in as I can.
1A: The prose meets the
WP:GACR of "clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct". If this eventually finds its way to
WP:FAC, however, I'd prefer to see a more flowing style adopted in order to meet the
WP:FACR of being "engaging". There's a lot of runs of short simple declarative sentences such as Orchard Beach is across the lagoon. A hiking path called the Siwanoy Trail loops around the estate. The nearest New York City Subway station is the Pelham Bay Park station, located across the Hutchinson River. Bee-Line Bus's 45 route also stops outside the estate. This would read better with more varied sentence structure.
When the house was renovated by the IGC in 1915, the right or south wing of the house contained an "orangery" for serving tea. Does that mean the orangery was there when the renovation was started, or that it was added during the renovation?
The infobox says "Shore Road North", why the "North"?
The following discussion 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.
I've always been cautious of using Twomey's books as RS. Yes, he wrote a lot about Bronx history, but it's mostly
WP:SPS. His books are published by
Arcadia Publishing, which may not be strictly a
Vanity press, but pretty close to it. I don't see anything on their website that makes me think they provide anything in the way of editorial oversight or fact checking. Twomey is clearly more reliable than some rando blogger, but I'm still hesitant to use his stuff once we're talking GA level.
RoySmith(talk)15:54, 14 May 2024 (UTC)reply
[27] YI don't trust a newspaper that published a
Hoax
The hoax was published 80 years before the newspaper article in question was published. I will remove it if there's further evidence that the Sun consistently published hoaxes even through the 20th century. However, in general, newspapers from the early 19th century were less accurate than today, and they occasionally published embellished or false articles to drum up attention.
Epicgenius (
talk)
19:15, 1 May 2024 (UTC)reply
OK, that's a lot for a 2O, but I'm happy to pitch in as I can.
1A: The prose meets the
WP:GACR of "clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct". If this eventually finds its way to
WP:FAC, however, I'd prefer to see a more flowing style adopted in order to meet the
WP:FACR of being "engaging". There's a lot of runs of short simple declarative sentences such as Orchard Beach is across the lagoon. A hiking path called the Siwanoy Trail loops around the estate. The nearest New York City Subway station is the Pelham Bay Park station, located across the Hutchinson River. Bee-Line Bus's 45 route also stops outside the estate. This would read better with more varied sentence structure.
When the house was renovated by the IGC in 1915, the right or south wing of the house contained an "orangery" for serving tea. Does that mean the orangery was there when the renovation was started, or that it was added during the renovation?
The infobox says "Shore Road North", why the "North"?