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A fact from Heaven on Earth: Art from Islamic Lands appeared on Wikipedia's
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Lead seems short. The citations are not strictly needed.
citations removed, but more content for the lead still needed
Background: also quite short. Did the Hermitage/the Tsars collect any Islamic Art before the October Revolution?
Can you add more on the Khalili collection? (What is in it, has it been exhibited before, ...) You wrote the article, so you should have sufficient sources.
Some context on
Somerset House could also be included (it sounds like it is huge, with several rooms for Hermitage collection plus the Courtauld Institute).
The main "Content" section is a somewhat disconnected list of examples in short stubby paragraphs. This does not read very smoothly, and there is no clear organisation (for example, you could tell us whether each of the rooms had a theme and then use the rooms to organise the content). I appreciate that, owing to its massive scope both historically and geographically, this exhibition may have had less of a story to tell than
Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam, but you could still try to capture it better.
It is odd to mention the prohibition of silver and gold vessels, but not to mention aniconism.
Background now mentions aniconism
The "June changeover" paragraph interrupts the description of the content and should be moved after it.
done
Reception and legacy: this could do with an introductory paragraph.
added an introductory sentence- not sure what more to say without duplication
Do you know the names of the reviewers for the final three quoted publications?
added the two out of three author names that were available
"sensous" probably should be "sensuous"
fixed
Publications: what about the catalogue? It should be described. I assume it contains various essays, possibly by interesting authors?
Generally, the article seems to need some fleshing out and a more convincing organisation of the Content section.
Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the
Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed
Prose is generally good but the short paragraphs in the Content section stand out negatively.
No major MoS issues other than "lead too short".
Sources mostly nicely formatted (could be more consistent though: normalise case of PREVIEW, add punctuation in "Linked by Muddle Hypnotic beauty of God's mind"); generally reliable. No original research or copyvio issues.
Broadness: this is the main problem. A lot of context seems to be missing or touched upon only too briefly. I wonder whether the exhibition catalogue can already help to improve this?
Can't see any issues with neutrality or stability.
The article is beautifully illustrated with free images (thank you for your work related to these). Captions could perhaps make it slightly clearer that all these were exhibited (especially in the infobox) and not just decorative.
Thank you @
Kusma. Very much appreciate the review being both quick and very thorough! I have started making the minor changes. Fixing the breadth problem and extending the background will take more careful consideration of sources, and I have a lot of work coming up on a different project, but I will try to address the problems over the coming two weeks.
MartinPoulter (
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10:26, 17 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi @
Kusma, after a couple of weeks when I've only had time to address the smaller points, I'm working on a project that will greatly diminish the time for on-wiki work, then there's Wikimania, then another project. Your recommendations are excellent, and I think there is a clear way forward to GA quality, but I can't predict when I'll have the time when other work is taking precedence. Thus, I think you should fail this for now and I'll renominate when I know I can put in the required effort. I'm very grateful indeed for your input,
MartinPoulter (
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13:44, 1 July 2024 (UTC)reply
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