W. S. Gilbert

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Probably one of the best short biolgraphies of W.S. Gilbert out there. Detailed, covers all aspects of his life and work (which few short biographies about him do), and uses a format developed for the article after that of Demosthenes that I think works really well. Has had two peer-reviews, of which I think everything was dealt with. Of course, this is a self-nomination. Vanished user talk 07:26, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I urge to remove the list of Gilbert's works into a separate page. You may check Nikolai Gogol (which I just completed) to see how this may be implemented. --Ghirla -трёп- 07:57, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Query: We have removed most of the works to another page, what remains is a list of those with articles (or those so important that they couldn't be left off): should this simplified section still be removed? It certainly can be, but... Vanished user talk 09:05, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Ah, well. Fixed. Vanished user talk 09:11, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. It looks much nicer this way. Support. --Ghirla -трёп- 12:05, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The FA status is supposed to take a week or so anyway, I think, so it'll be fixed up by then. Vanished user talk 12:25, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
(For those confused, I invited Moreschi into the project to point out everything he thought needed citing that wasn't - it's hard, when you're too close to the subject, to know what might jump out to other readers. Then I went through reference works and cited everything. The footnotes grew from 15 three days ago to 41 now, many of those footnotes containing multiple cites - an effective citing up, I think. Vanished user talk 15:33, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Added a few more refs. If there's anyhing else, tell me - should cite the Who's who bit, but I'll get that Wednesday or so. Almost sure it's in Stedman, but better to check first. Vanished user talk 02:26, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Did the pragmatic thing and temporarily removed the Who's Who bit: It can easily be added back in later, when referenced, and since I think it's the only non-cited, non-trivial fact, I didn't want it holding up FA. Vanished user talk 00:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]