Talk:Robert Cormier

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Robert Cormier was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Reviewed version: February 13, 2008

[edit] GA on hold

This article is well-referenced. I've fixed a few formatting issues (there shouldn't be a space between the period and the ref, just a little thing). The first thing I'm thinking, though, is that the article doesn't cover the breadth requirement for GA yet. Such a controversial author surely has more out there about him than six references can cover. Also, some parts of the article need copy-editing. Maybe get someone not familiar with the subject to look it over and make it a little less choppy and repetitive. The lead is also a bit short. I think it ought to mention some of his awards and a little more about his life. I also expect it will get bigger as the main body of the article does. I'm putting th GA on hold for at least 7 days, so if it's fixed by then, I'll pass it. Wrad (talk) 01:35, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

"Such a controversial author surely has more out there about him than six references can cover."

I would think so too, bu tI could not find any Reliable Sources about the subject other than those. I'm also not a great Google Searcher, I'll see if I can get some other people to help me. Soxred93 | talk count bot 22:02, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Try whatever library -- academic or public -- that you have a card for; you can likely search indexes like EBSCO or Gale on line. Toronto Public gives me the Canadian Periodical Index, which is basically Gale. Searching on "Cormier, Robert" as a subject gets me 54 full-text articles. Some are irrelevant hits, and others are reviews, but there's also, e.g., "Teen Wars : The young adult fiction of Robert Cormier" in World and I (Dec 2001) clocking in at 3174 words.

Your article is a good start on Cormier. There's some rewording that I think would improve what's there now. If I have a chance, I'll make some changes. Epanalepsis (talk) 03:56, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm failing this as GA. I just can't see how it could possibly satisfy the breadth requirement with no print sources. Wrad (talk) 18:12, 13 February 2008 (UTC)