Talk:Ice trade

Ice trade is currently a World history good article nominee. Nominated by Hchc2009 (talk) at 19:40, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

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Excellent article! Bravo! Gtwfan52 (talk) 18:59, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Ice trade/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MathewTownsend (talk · contribs) 13:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

will review - it may take me a little while. MathewTownsend (talk) 13:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - much appreciated. Hchc2009 (talk) 14:07, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

initial review

Storage

"Science of. Need to avoid water collecting, as water melted ice faster than warm air." - typo or something?
"By 1840s, warehouses by the Pond up to 36,000 square feet" , don't know what this means
"Ice houses called depots were also built in the major ice consuming cities " - does this mean that they were only called depots in cities?
"Household refrigerators being manufactured in the 1840s on the east coast, most notably by Darius Eddy of Massachusetts and Winship of Boston; " - not a complete sentence
"Differences in 19th century American and European attitudes to adding ice directly to drinks;" - not a complete sentence

Commercial applications

"It was quickly found that placing meat directly on top of blocks of ice in cars caused it to go off;" - go bad? fall off?
Should you credit the illustration to Harper's Weekly, 30 August 1884; Author F. Ray? I know you don't have to but it might be a nice touch.

All in all, I think this is a wonderful article. Very well written. MathewTownsend (talk) 22:12, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Should be all fixed now - verbs are in short supply in the UK at the moment, due to the recession, so they had to be used sparingly in the later parts of the article! :)
Many indeed thanks for the review, it was much appreciated. Hchc2009 (talk) 07:12, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Should I send you some verbs by internet express? Don't want you to suffer! MathewTownsend (talk) 18:19, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review-see WP:WIAGA for criteria (and here for what they are not)

Is it reasonably well written?
a. prose: clear and concise, respects copyright laws, correct spelling and grammar:

b. complies with MoS for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
a. provides references to all sources in the section(s) dedicated to footnotes/citations according to the guide to layout:

b. provides in-line citations from reliable sources where necessary:

c. no original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic:

b. it remains focused and does not go into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
Does it follow the neutral point of view policy.
fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
no edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
a. images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

b. images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Great article. Congratulations! MathewTownsend (talk) 18:19, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers! Hchc2009 (talk) 18:25, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]