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The associated commons category is dealing with a proposed move: from Category:WaldorfâAstoria (1897â1929) to Category:WaldorfâAstoria (1893â1929). I support that move and I recommend moving this article to WaldorfâAstoria (1893â1929), which is currently a redirect. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 15:23, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
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Dr. Blofeld, without further ado, I've finally completed my review of this article. While it meets all the criteria for Good Article status, I've listed a few comments and questions below. Once these have all been satisfied, I'll feel confident in passing this article for Good Article status. Once again, you've written a phenomenal article, and it has been a privilege reviewing it. I made several minor edits and tweaks throughout so please let me know if you have questions regarding any of these. -- Caponer ( talk) 03:21, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
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Background Opening and early years of the Waldorf
Opening of the Astoria and consolidation
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Caponer: thank you for your review. I believe
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I may be mistaken, but it seems that the floor plans and the article in the "Astoria Hotel" use British designations for the floors of the hotel, that is, the street-level floor is called the "ground floor," and the floor above that is called the "first floor." For example: "On the first floor, at the head-of [sic, the hyphen does not belong] the east main staircase, was the Astor Gallery..." Unless the writer intends to say the "foot" of the staircase, the Astor Gallery is clearly on the second floor. This is an American hotel and the floors should be named or numbered in the American manner. 72.182.33.219 ( talk) 19:27, 6 March 2015 (UTC)Eric
Wouldn't this article be better with {{ infobox building}}? Mjroots ( talk) 19:07, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
@ Epicgenius: Shouldn't the name have a hyphen, not a dash? At Waldorf Astoria New York#Name it says "The hotel was originally known as the Waldorf-Astoria with a single hyphen, as recalled by a popular expression and song, 'Meet Me at the Hyphen'." And at MOS:ENBETWEEN it says "Generally, use a hyphen in compounded proper names of single entities." GA-RT-22 ( talk) 04:14, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
It should definitely be a hyphen. Like Coca-Cola, 7-Eleven, Harley-Davidson, and Rolls-Royce. GA-RT-22 ( talk) 13:42, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Re this: "He authored The Cookbook by Oscar of The Waldorf (1896), a 900-page book featuring all of the recipes of the day, including his own, such as Waldorf salad, Eggs Benedict and Thousand Island dressing." I don't have a copy of the Oxford Companion, which is cited as the source, but Oscar's cookbook only lists Waldorf salad. The other two items are not in there. Also, I doubt very much it includes "all of the recipes of the day". GA-RT-22 ( talk) 21:58, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
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The associated commons category is dealing with a proposed move: from Category:WaldorfâAstoria (1897â1929) to Category:WaldorfâAstoria (1893â1929). I support that move and I recommend moving this article to WaldorfâAstoria (1893â1929), which is currently a redirect. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 15:23, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
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Dr. Blofeld, I will be conducting a thorough and comprehensive review of this article within the next 48 hours. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments in the meantime. Thanks! -- Caponer ( talk) 12:32, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
Dr. Blofeld, without further ado, I've finally completed my review of this article. While it meets all the criteria for Good Article status, I've listed a few comments and questions below. Once these have all been satisfied, I'll feel confident in passing this article for Good Article status. Once again, you've written a phenomenal article, and it has been a privilege reviewing it. I made several minor edits and tweaks throughout so please let me know if you have questions regarding any of these. -- Caponer ( talk) 03:21, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Lede
Background Opening and early years of the Waldorf
Opening of the Astoria and consolidation
Society
Architecture
Notable people
@
Caponer: thank you for your review. I believe
Dr. Blofeld and I have addressed the above issues. --
Rosiestep (
talk)
03:07, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
I may be mistaken, but it seems that the floor plans and the article in the "Astoria Hotel" use British designations for the floors of the hotel, that is, the street-level floor is called the "ground floor," and the floor above that is called the "first floor." For example: "On the first floor, at the head-of [sic, the hyphen does not belong] the east main staircase, was the Astor Gallery..." Unless the writer intends to say the "foot" of the staircase, the Astor Gallery is clearly on the second floor. This is an American hotel and the floors should be named or numbered in the American manner. 72.182.33.219 ( talk) 19:27, 6 March 2015 (UTC)Eric
Wouldn't this article be better with {{ infobox building}}? Mjroots ( talk) 19:07, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
@ Epicgenius: Shouldn't the name have a hyphen, not a dash? At Waldorf Astoria New York#Name it says "The hotel was originally known as the Waldorf-Astoria with a single hyphen, as recalled by a popular expression and song, 'Meet Me at the Hyphen'." And at MOS:ENBETWEEN it says "Generally, use a hyphen in compounded proper names of single entities." GA-RT-22 ( talk) 04:14, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
It should definitely be a hyphen. Like Coca-Cola, 7-Eleven, Harley-Davidson, and Rolls-Royce. GA-RT-22 ( talk) 13:42, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Re this: "He authored The Cookbook by Oscar of The Waldorf (1896), a 900-page book featuring all of the recipes of the day, including his own, such as Waldorf salad, Eggs Benedict and Thousand Island dressing." I don't have a copy of the Oxford Companion, which is cited as the source, but Oscar's cookbook only lists Waldorf salad. The other two items are not in there. Also, I doubt very much it includes "all of the recipes of the day". GA-RT-22 ( talk) 21:58, 17 April 2023 (UTC)