Talk:30 West 56th Street

30 West 56th Street has been listed as one of the Art and architecture good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: July 9, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from 30 West 56th Street appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that banker Henry Seligman's house at 30 West 56th Street had a reception room with green marble furniture and a library with a Gothic-style wastebasket?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/30 West 56th Street.

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 08:39, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Henry Seligman's house at 30 West 56th Street

... that banker Henry Seligman's house at 30 West 56th Street (pictured) had a reception room with green marble furniture and a library with a Gothic-style wastebasket? Source: "Experts Say That Fewer Private Houses Are Building on Manhattan at This Christmastide Than for Many Years Previous". New-York Tribune. December 21, 1902. p. B8.
- ALT1:... that the grand stairs in banker Henry Seligman's house at 30 West 56th Street were used mostly as decoration, since the house had an electric elevator? Source: "Experts Say That Fewer Private Houses Are Building on Manhattan at This Christmastide Than for Many Years Previous". New-York Tribune. December 21, 1902. p. B8.
- ALT2:... that after the original residents of 30 West 56th Street (pictured) died, in 1934, the house's dinner plates alone were sold for US$2,660.92? Source: Birmingham, Stephen (2015) [1967]. Our Crowd. New York: Harper & Row. p. 409

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/List of tallest buildings on Long Island
Comment: QPQ pending, more hooks later

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:33, 2 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Article is long enough, nominated within 7 days of creation, well-written, and adequately cited. No pings on Earwigs for copyvio or close paraphrasing. ALT2 is probably the most interesting potential hook – the building seems like it's had a relatively unremarkable life otherwise. Ping me when you've completed your QPQ. Morgan695 (talk) 17:25, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Morgan695: Thanks for the review. The building has been fairly overlooked over the years, which is a shame, but fortunately it's now an official NYC landmark. In any case, I've done a QPQ now. Epicgenius (talk) 16:22, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

AGF on hooks with offline sources. Morgan695 (talk) 18:16, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:30 West 56th Street/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Some Dude From North Carolina (talk · contribs) 23:30, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I'm going to be reviewing this article. Expect comments by the end of the week. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 23:30, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments[edit]

Short description goes at the top.
Add alt text to every image being used.
Add a hyphen between "Japanese style".
"There are three segmental-arched dormers protruding" → "Three segmental-arched dormers are protruding"
"has limestone quoins" → "have limestone quoins"
"a private library with designed" - is "with" necessary?
"office of Italian designer" - is a "the" missing before Italian?
"and in Republican Party" → "and Republican Party"
"association opened their" → "association opened its"
Wikilink The New York Times and Craig Claiborne.

Progress[edit]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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@Some Dude From North Carolina: Thanks, I've done all of these. Epicgenius (talk) 16:58, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]