Talk:On the Pulse of Morning

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Date	Process	Result
December 24, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 20, 2012.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Maya Angelou (pictured), who recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Clinton's 1993 inauguration, was the first poet to read an inaugural poem since Robert Frost at Kennedy's in 1961?

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Sources[edit]

I'm beginning a list of possible sources for the eventual expansion of this article.

Sahar, Annette D., Sebastian M. Brenninkmeyer, and Daniel C. O'Connell. 1997. "Maya Angelou's Inaugural Poem." Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 26, no. 4: 449-463. Christine (talk) 19:08, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Haynes, Karina A. 1993. "Maya Angelou: Prime-time poet." Ebony 48, no. 6: 68. Christine (talk) 16:52, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:On the Pulse of Morning/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Wilhelmina Will (talk · contribs) 23:54, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well-written:

I condensed the double-spacing between many of the sentences, and made a few rare grammatical corrections/adjustments. After that, the prose, grammar, and general layout of the article appears to be in good form and format. Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 00:59, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(a) the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct

(b) it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation

Verifiable with no original research:

The article refers to many reliable, third-party sources, and the text frequently cites them. Nothing appears to be original research. Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 01:01, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(a) it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline

(b) reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose)

(c) it contains no original research

Broad in its coverage:

The article covers all main aspects you would expect in an article on a work of litertature -specifically a poem. None of the information seems to be trivial or weighing the article down. Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 01:04, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic

(b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style)

Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.

The article does not appear biased towards or against the poem, and does well in balancing its coverage of the critics reviews in the "Critical response and impact" section. Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 01:04, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.

According to the present revision history, the article has never gone under an edit war, from the time of its creation to now. Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 05:51, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:

The two images in the article are public domain, so no fair-use policies are violated. Both images have valid licenses and serve a relevant purpose to the article. The captions included beneath both images are proper and appropriate. Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 05:51, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(a) media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content

(b) media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions

Having read carefully through this article, with minor modifications made, I feel it is now ready to be included with the Language and literature good articles. Congratulations! Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 01:06, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Post GAC comments[edit]

I've fixed a couple of things that were bothering me and left a tag, but I should note that 13-digit ISBNs are preferred per WP:ISBN. If you want to take this to FAC, might as well get that out of the way now. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:49, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Crisco. This is the first time I've ever gotten this kind of feedback, even in FACs, but I made the changes as per your request anyway. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:56, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]