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Reviewer: Caeciliusinhorto-public ( talk · contribs) 14:41, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
I will review this shortly
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12:52, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
Okay, initial comments:
Her father, George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley, decided to prosecute her lover– in fact he didn't just decide, but did prosecute Grey!
Berkeley was a virgin and an unmarried minor.– none of the sources cited in this paragraph seem to support "virgin", and I have no idea how we can possibly know that for a fact at a remove of several centuries.
she sent another sister (Lady Arabella) to check for evidence in Berkeley's room at Berkeley House (later Devonshire House) in Londonthe source cited says Arabella checked "her sister's" (presumably Henrietta's) room.
The now pregnant Berkeley fled with him to the Netherlands in June– the DNB entry for Ford Grey says that she was pregnant, but the one for Henrietta herself merely says that she was "rumoured" to be pregnant.
Caeciliusinhorto ( talk) 18:00, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
Looking back at the GA criteria, you're basically fine on points 4-6 (neutrality, stability, images). Point 3 (broad in coverage) is fine – considering how little reliable sources say about Berkeley's life, you've managed to write a remarkably thorough article. I have one final concern regarding sourcing: the ODNB is obviously a reliable source of the highest quality. The other sources I am less sure of. Bayly is essentially a primary source and needs to be used with caution: see my comment above on that. Reynolds looks like a questionable source to me: it's super dated, which might be okay if it were by a historian, but he was apparently a journalist and penny dreadful author. It's probably okay to cite for Reynolds' opinion, but there is surely a better source for what Grey was actually charged with? Caeciliusinhorto ( talk) 16:35, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Caeciliusinhorto-public ( talk · contribs) 14:41, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
I will review this shortly
Caeciliusinhorto (
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12:52, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
Okay, initial comments:
Her father, George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley, decided to prosecute her lover– in fact he didn't just decide, but did prosecute Grey!
Berkeley was a virgin and an unmarried minor.– none of the sources cited in this paragraph seem to support "virgin", and I have no idea how we can possibly know that for a fact at a remove of several centuries.
she sent another sister (Lady Arabella) to check for evidence in Berkeley's room at Berkeley House (later Devonshire House) in Londonthe source cited says Arabella checked "her sister's" (presumably Henrietta's) room.
The now pregnant Berkeley fled with him to the Netherlands in June– the DNB entry for Ford Grey says that she was pregnant, but the one for Henrietta herself merely says that she was "rumoured" to be pregnant.
Caeciliusinhorto ( talk) 18:00, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
Looking back at the GA criteria, you're basically fine on points 4-6 (neutrality, stability, images). Point 3 (broad in coverage) is fine – considering how little reliable sources say about Berkeley's life, you've managed to write a remarkably thorough article. I have one final concern regarding sourcing: the ODNB is obviously a reliable source of the highest quality. The other sources I am less sure of. Bayly is essentially a primary source and needs to be used with caution: see my comment above on that. Reynolds looks like a questionable source to me: it's super dated, which might be okay if it were by a historian, but he was apparently a journalist and penny dreadful author. It's probably okay to cite for Reynolds' opinion, but there is surely a better source for what Grey was actually charged with? Caeciliusinhorto ( talk) 16:35, 27 January 2022 (UTC)