Talk:The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

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Revised Headers

To fit some of the information I've added, I've created a few new headers that more closely match those of more prominent Wikipedia articles on Broadway performances. Dylanstaley (talk) 04:17, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

I think that you have good information and a nice overview here, team. I wonder if you don't need more footnotes in the early sections--shouldn't every line be noted? Also, don't forget a "themes and motifs" section that integrates your research from the lit review sources. That is a very important part of the page--to present people's interpretations of the play so that readers can further evaluate and explore them. Lastly, do include a character overview section that helps recap the major characters you discuss in the plot summary. I think it would be useful for the reader, especially since the plot of this play is so involved. Dr. Leigh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drdvader21 (talk • contribs) 21:31, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Review by User:GorillaWarfare

Nice article! You've done good work.

A few comments:

• An article of this length needs a lead section that is longer than just a single sentence. Check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre/Article Structure, a guide specific to writing articles about plays, or WP:MOSINTRO, which gives general advice on how to compile a lead paragraph.
• Make sure everything is fully supported by the sources you cite. For example, I don't see anything about Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the citation that follows.
• Check for grammatical issues (for example: "Hansberry used to write for a paper as an author before decided to write her first play.")
• Be sure that the information in the "Background" section (which, by the way, might be better named "History") is actually directly related to this play. You don't need to provide a full bio of Lorraine Hansberry. Hansberry already has an article written on her—you don't need to duplicate this.
• You don't need to have the subsection "Original Broadway Production" unless you are planning to add more subsections here.
• I would suggest cutting the character list and instead working this information as prose into the synopsis section.
• The synopsis section should be broken into subsections by act, as described in Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre/Article Structure. Keep it concise, as you don't want it to take over the article completely, but do make the chronology a little more clear. You may find Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary useful.
• The structure section is so short that it might be a better idea to just include the information in the synopsis section. Also, you appear to have a reference here that is missing <ref> tags.
• A very nitty-gritty thing, but I would rename the "Critics" subsection "Critical reception"—it's a common section heading name
• I presume you're going to expand the "Academics" subsection. If not, remove the heading.
• I would rename the "Relationship with tradition or movements" section "Dramatic analysis", fitting with guideline on structure.
• Check your section heading style. For example, "Racial or Cultural Traditions" should be "Racial or cultural traditions" and "Themes & Motifs" should be "Themes and motifs".
• Use named references for sources that you cite multiple times.
• The article could use a few more wikilinks.

Despite this long list of things to address, the article really is quite nice. I would suggest moving it to the mainspace relatively soon. Great job! – GorillaWarfare (talk) 16:30, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

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