Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Night (book)/archive
An informed and balanced personal response to a work of art, outstanding in its prose and in the selection of its illustrations. --Wetman 08:43, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Comment - I haven't read the article text yet (no vote yet), but the lead section seems awfully short for an article of this length. slambo 21:39, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)
- Oppose A very interesting article, and a good read - but not comprehensive, with most of the article being a long (though enjoyable to read) synopsis. In particular, I think we need to have some guide as to what did critics think of the book? Did German critics, say, approach it differently from American critics? What are sales like? My objection to FA status does not extend to my other constructive comments, which are as follows: By each quotation are page references, but they're only relevant if we know which edition of the book referred to. Some quotations are in italics, others aren't - one consistent style would be better. The list of books by Elie Wiesel does not belong here. Good luck with it!, jguk 22:55, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for the comments, Jguk. The quotation marks first of all: short quotes are in quotation marks in the text. Long quotes are indented without quotation marks. When not in italics, it is the voice of the narrator: Wiesel speaking to the reader. When in italics, it is Wiesel speaking to himself or quoting another character. I'm going to move the list of books. I'm also going to be adding more about the sales of the book and critiques of it, which have been quite hard to get hold of, but I'm in the process of doing it.
- SV, feel free to ask me on my talk page to have another look at it once you have added the sales and critique info (in case I miss it on this page). As I noted, it was a good read, and I'd happily support if my objections were dealt with, jguk 23:27, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks, Jguk, will do. I've clarified which edition of Night I used by including a note in the References section.
- SV, feel free to ask me on my talk page to have another look at it once you have added the sales and critique info (in case I miss it on this page). As I noted, it was a good read, and I'd happily support if my objections were dealt with, jguk 23:27, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for the comments, Jguk. The quotation marks first of all: short quotes are in quotation marks in the text. Long quotes are indented without quotation marks. When not in italics, it is the voice of the narrator: Wiesel speaking to the reader. When in italics, it is Wiesel speaking to himself or quoting another character. I'm going to move the list of books. I'm also going to be adding more about the sales of the book and critiques of it, which have been quite hard to get hold of, but I'm in the process of doing it.