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Reviewer: TheQ Editor ( talk · contribs) 17:56, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
I'll take this. But be aware that I'm reviewing two articles at the same time. It will take longer than usual.
ΤheQ Editor
Talk? 17:56, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
between a number and the unit of measurement.
between a number and the unit of measurement.There are no secondary sources in the article, which usually leads to an AfD, not a GA. Abductive ( reasoning) 05:47, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
In the article is this cs1 template:
{{cite web|last=Stefko|first=Joseph|title=Municipal Services & Financial Overview: Town and Village of Ossining, NY|url=http://www.cgr.org/ossining/docs/BaselineReport.pdf|publisher=Center for Governmental Research|accessdate=February 27, 2014|coauthors=Town and Village of Ossining, NY|date=April 2012}}
{{
cite web}}
: Unknown parameter |coauthors=
ignored (|author=
suggested) (
help)This template includes the deprecated parameter |coauthors=Town and Village of Ossining, NY
. That parameter will be going away.
When I got to this article I visited the link in the template to make sure that I was doing the right thing. On page 2 of the referenced document are listed:
The cs1 template gets most of that right. What it gets wrong is that it identifies the party for whom it was prepared as a coauthor. For this reason, I deleted |coauthors=
and its contents with
this edit.
Editor Ɱ reverts and in the edit summary claims that the extra detail is useful and not harming anything
. Perhaps it is useful though probably not since in the |coauthors=
parameter it falsely claims Town and Village of Ossining, NY is an author. Editor Ɱ further suggests that white space I added to the citation to make it easier for me to read was inappropriate. I'll not contest that as it really is unimportant. The issue is the incorrect use of an author-holding parameter (whether it is deprecated or no) to hold content that is not an author. |coauthors=Town and Village of Ossining, NY
should be removed from this citation.
— Trappist the monk ( talk) 01:15, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
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.
My biggest qualm is with GA point 3b: this page is full of unnecessary detail. Ɱ ( talk · contribs), the article's main contributor, appears to have had worked for Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society at the time, which might explain why this page is full of details only a local would find useful. Also, Abductive ( talk · contribs) had raised questions about whether this GA was done properly in the first place, and whether it is properly covered by secondary sources, so throw point 2b in there.
This article is part of Wikipedia:Featured topics/Briarcliff Manor, and I'm suspicious of a few of those articles, but let's start with this one. Apocheir ( talk) 02:03, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
1951 was the 50th anniversary of the fire department, and so the village held a week-long celebration beginning on July 1, 1950, with a morning service at the Briarcliff Congregational Church, a band concert at Law Park, and a Fourth of July parade with 5,500 spectators, with a march led by Fred Messinger, followed by eight ex-chiefs. The parade included Scarborough's first fire engine (the red hand-pumped 1901 truck), many bands, and twelve fire departments from Westchester County municipalities. The ex-chief's dinner that evening drew 85 guests. In that year, it was noted that there were not yet any resident deaths from fires within village boundaries.- Honestly, I would have condensed this to one or two sentences.
A year later, one of the most notable fires in the village happened at about 10 pm on January 22, 1982, in the village central business district. The fire began in the basement of Briarcliff Stationers and destroyed the Briarcliff Country Store, Briar Rose, and the Shoe Bazaar. More than a hundred Briarcliff Manor, Pleasantville, and Ossining firefighters assisted to control the fire, which continued to burn at heights of 30–40 feet at midnight, but was under control by 1:30 am. Damage was estimated at $500,000 ($1,516,200 today[9]).- Again, this could be one sentence.
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Reviewer: TheQ Editor ( talk · contribs) 17:56, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
I'll take this. But be aware that I'm reviewing two articles at the same time. It will take longer than usual.
ΤheQ Editor
Talk? 17:56, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
between a number and the unit of measurement.
between a number and the unit of measurement.There are no secondary sources in the article, which usually leads to an AfD, not a GA. Abductive ( reasoning) 05:47, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
In the article is this cs1 template:
{{cite web|last=Stefko|first=Joseph|title=Municipal Services & Financial Overview: Town and Village of Ossining, NY|url=http://www.cgr.org/ossining/docs/BaselineReport.pdf|publisher=Center for Governmental Research|accessdate=February 27, 2014|coauthors=Town and Village of Ossining, NY|date=April 2012}}
{{
cite web}}
: Unknown parameter |coauthors=
ignored (|author=
suggested) (
help)This template includes the deprecated parameter |coauthors=Town and Village of Ossining, NY
. That parameter will be going away.
When I got to this article I visited the link in the template to make sure that I was doing the right thing. On page 2 of the referenced document are listed:
The cs1 template gets most of that right. What it gets wrong is that it identifies the party for whom it was prepared as a coauthor. For this reason, I deleted |coauthors=
and its contents with
this edit.
Editor Ɱ reverts and in the edit summary claims that the extra detail is useful and not harming anything
. Perhaps it is useful though probably not since in the |coauthors=
parameter it falsely claims Town and Village of Ossining, NY is an author. Editor Ɱ further suggests that white space I added to the citation to make it easier for me to read was inappropriate. I'll not contest that as it really is unimportant. The issue is the incorrect use of an author-holding parameter (whether it is deprecated or no) to hold content that is not an author. |coauthors=Town and Village of Ossining, NY
should be removed from this citation.
— Trappist the monk ( talk) 01:15, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
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.
My biggest qualm is with GA point 3b: this page is full of unnecessary detail. Ɱ ( talk · contribs), the article's main contributor, appears to have had worked for Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society at the time, which might explain why this page is full of details only a local would find useful. Also, Abductive ( talk · contribs) had raised questions about whether this GA was done properly in the first place, and whether it is properly covered by secondary sources, so throw point 2b in there.
This article is part of Wikipedia:Featured topics/Briarcliff Manor, and I'm suspicious of a few of those articles, but let's start with this one. Apocheir ( talk) 02:03, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
1951 was the 50th anniversary of the fire department, and so the village held a week-long celebration beginning on July 1, 1950, with a morning service at the Briarcliff Congregational Church, a band concert at Law Park, and a Fourth of July parade with 5,500 spectators, with a march led by Fred Messinger, followed by eight ex-chiefs. The parade included Scarborough's first fire engine (the red hand-pumped 1901 truck), many bands, and twelve fire departments from Westchester County municipalities. The ex-chief's dinner that evening drew 85 guests. In that year, it was noted that there were not yet any resident deaths from fires within village boundaries.- Honestly, I would have condensed this to one or two sentences.
A year later, one of the most notable fires in the village happened at about 10 pm on January 22, 1982, in the village central business district. The fire began in the basement of Briarcliff Stationers and destroyed the Briarcliff Country Store, Briar Rose, and the Shoe Bazaar. More than a hundred Briarcliff Manor, Pleasantville, and Ossining firefighters assisted to control the fire, which continued to burn at heights of 30–40 feet at midnight, but was under control by 1:30 am. Damage was estimated at $500,000 ($1,516,200 today[9]).- Again, this could be one sentence.