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October 31, 2009. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that so many witnesses saw the
spectre of
Stephen Decatur appear at a window at
Decatur House, one of the
haunted locations in Washington, D.C., that the window was walled up? |
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Reviewer: Grapple X ( talk · contribs) 00:25, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
Comments from Tim riley The nominator, with whom I have dealt on several earlier GANs, has asked me to add my comments in view of the request for a second opinion.
I entirely agree with Grapple X about:
Otherwise, the prose per se seems fine to me, and of GA standard. I take Grapple X's point at (4) above, but I think you'd need to be very careful in pruning "may be"s, "reportedly"s and "said to"s. I think they're mostly needed, and as long as each one is backed with a citation, which as far as I can see it is, I'd recommend keeping them.
Happy to comment further if I've missed anything. – Tim riley ( talk) 10:55, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
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I entirely agree with the comments about multiple referencing, which is rather distracting from what is by and large a nicely written and engaging article. I do think the lead is entirely inadequate as a summary of this article though. I think the prose style is fine for this type of article, but it's not deployed consistently. For instance, the White House section states baldly that "Household staff in the Taft administration even observed her walking through walls", no hint of claimed to have seen her or similar. I do also see quite a few prose issues I think ought to be fixed even for GA. I haven't read through the entire article, but here are a few examples that caught my eye:
"It has also been seen by night watchmen and members of the Capitol Police". Obviously, as we were told in the preceding sentence that a night watchman shot at it in 1862.
Comment from Ssilvers
All the best! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 01:20, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments. I believe I have now addressed all of the concerns. If anybody spots any outstanding inconsistency in the Amercan vs British spelling please change it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:13, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
The Missing Manual agrees that citations in the lead are usually not warranted. The exceptions (which apply here) are controversial statements and statements about living people. Shouldn't the factual claims about the A&E documentary and the Dan Brown novel be cited under this rule? - Tim1965 ( talk) 15:35, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Seems good to go by me. I'm going to pass this one as a good article. Well done! GRAPPLE X 14:37, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Thankyou Grapple, Tim, Malleus and Silvers for your constructive comments which led to an improvement of the article.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:15, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 January 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Reportedly haunted locations in the District of Columbia to Reportedly haunted locations in Washington, D.C.. The result of the discussion was moved. |
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The result of the move request was: moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 ( talk) 21:29, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Reportedly haunted locations in the District of Columbia → Reportedly haunted locations in Washington, D.C. – According to this year-old MoS discussion, the loose consensus was that article titles about the U.S. capital should use "Washington, D.C." when referring to it as a place and "District of Columbia" when referring to it as a legal entity. In the case of this article, we're discussing the capital as a place, so it should be moved. Thrakkx ( talk) 20:10, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
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Main Page in the "
Did you know?" column on
October 31, 2009. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that so many witnesses saw the
spectre of
Stephen Decatur appear at a window at
Decatur House, one of the
haunted locations in Washington, D.C., that the window was walled up? |
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Reviewer: Grapple X ( talk · contribs) 00:25, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
Comments from Tim riley The nominator, with whom I have dealt on several earlier GANs, has asked me to add my comments in view of the request for a second opinion.
I entirely agree with Grapple X about:
Otherwise, the prose per se seems fine to me, and of GA standard. I take Grapple X's point at (4) above, but I think you'd need to be very careful in pruning "may be"s, "reportedly"s and "said to"s. I think they're mostly needed, and as long as each one is backed with a citation, which as far as I can see it is, I'd recommend keeping them.
Happy to comment further if I've missed anything. – Tim riley ( talk) 10:55, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Comments from
Malleus
Fatuorum
I entirely agree with the comments about multiple referencing, which is rather distracting from what is by and large a nicely written and engaging article. I do think the lead is entirely inadequate as a summary of this article though. I think the prose style is fine for this type of article, but it's not deployed consistently. For instance, the White House section states baldly that "Household staff in the Taft administration even observed her walking through walls", no hint of claimed to have seen her or similar. I do also see quite a few prose issues I think ought to be fixed even for GA. I haven't read through the entire article, but here are a few examples that caught my eye:
"It has also been seen by night watchmen and members of the Capitol Police". Obviously, as we were told in the preceding sentence that a night watchman shot at it in 1862.
Comment from Ssilvers
All the best! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 01:20, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments. I believe I have now addressed all of the concerns. If anybody spots any outstanding inconsistency in the Amercan vs British spelling please change it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:13, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
The Missing Manual agrees that citations in the lead are usually not warranted. The exceptions (which apply here) are controversial statements and statements about living people. Shouldn't the factual claims about the A&E documentary and the Dan Brown novel be cited under this rule? - Tim1965 ( talk) 15:35, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Seems good to go by me. I'm going to pass this one as a good article. Well done! GRAPPLE X 14:37, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Thankyou Grapple, Tim, Malleus and Silvers for your constructive comments which led to an improvement of the article.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:15, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 January 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Reportedly haunted locations in the District of Columbia to Reportedly haunted locations in Washington, D.C.. The result of the discussion was moved. |
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:List of reportedly haunted locations which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 03:19, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:List of reportedly haunted locations which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 03:17, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 ( talk) 21:29, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Reportedly haunted locations in the District of Columbia → Reportedly haunted locations in Washington, D.C. – According to this year-old MoS discussion, the loose consensus was that article titles about the U.S. capital should use "Washington, D.C." when referring to it as a place and "District of Columbia" when referring to it as a legal entity. In the case of this article, we're discussing the capital as a place, so it should be moved. Thrakkx ( talk) 20:10, 29 January 2023 (UTC)