Talk:Arbogast & Bastian

Arbogast & Bastian has been listed as one of the Social sciences and society good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
March 14, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
April 19, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on March 10, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the now-defunct Arbogast & Bastian abbatoir in Allentown, Pennsylvania, could process most of the 850,000 hogs raised annually in Pennsylvania?

Current status: Good article

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Arbogast & Bastian/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Opening comments[edit]

Well written article; doesn't look like it'll need very much alteration before it can declared a good one. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 12:41, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Review[edit]

GA review (see here for criteria)

A nice piece of work, just a couple of things to tick off.

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
~~The lead section could do with a little expansion to cover all of the main points of the article.~~
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
~~The last sentence of the article needs a cite; consider merging refs 10 and 11.~~
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Maybe we could have a short summary of what happened 1905-1939 and 1945-1970 (just a sentence, or half of one), but only if it can be cited, of course.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
I do like the images; you might consider touching them up (or not, for that authentic look).
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
~~Just a couple of things to fix~~ All good

- Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 13:08, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments[edit]

Hello, Jarry1250, and thank you for taking the time to perform the GA review on this article. I believe that I have addressed all of the suggestions made in your review, with the exception of "short summary of what happened 1905-1939 and 1945-1970." Although I recognize the omission of this information is an inherent weakness in the article, I could find no information about these periods in any of the reference material available to me. I hope that these modifications meet with your approval. Alphageekpa (talk) 12:05, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, we're only human. Duly passed, with the traditional suggestion that you go review someone else's potentially good article. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 12:44, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen; Our home (1942~1964) was within four city blocks of A&B Allentown; and my older brother was an accountant for A&B. I may require help adding to the LEHIGH VALLEY portion of the Pennsylvania Portal project. This is my first 'edit' attempt.70.15.231.113 (talk) 07:11, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]