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Isabelle Eberhardt

Previous peer review

I've listed this article for peer review because I intend to nominate it for FAC soon. If you have a PR, GAN or FAC I would be happy to review it in return for your comments here.

Thanks, Freikorp (talk) 09:11, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Comments from Jaguar

• There is an inconsistent use of "Isabelle" and "Eberhardt" in the Early life and family background section
• "The two initially lived with the Davids" - who was the other David other than Louis David?
• "Her morale was lifted when Ehnni was transferred to a spahi regiment near Marseille" - this has already been linked
• "In 1954, author and explorer Cecily Mackworth published "The Destiny of Isabelle Eberhardt"" - shouldn't this be in italics?
• "a fictionalized account of her" - fictionalised (if you want the spelling to be stay consistent)

I honestly can't find any issues to raise with this article. I've read it thoroughly and also remember reviewing the GAN! I also spotchecked the four accessible refs and couldn't find any issues there. I'm really not sure how much I can be of help other than recommending you take it to FAC, because I think it stands a good chance. JAGUAR  17:06, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments Jaguar; I addressed everything. I completely forgot you reviewed the GAN! I've nominated this article for a copyedit, once that is done and my current FAC nomination is closed I'm intending to submit this one to FAC. I'll probably ping you for your comments there since you're already familiar with the article. Cheers. :) Freikorp (talk) 04:55, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Comments by Janweh64

I will start this soon. —አቤል ዳዊት^?(Janweh64) (talk) 22:33, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Lead

• You need one more paragraph detailing her posthumous legacy, the reception of her work. You should mention Victor Barrucand and maybe some of the biographical books and films about her. One sentence on her legacy is not enough. This lead is still too short.

Early life

• First sentence is cumbersome, can we break it down. The copy-edit by GOCE has helped a lot. But I think it is better as multiple sentences. First just mention her parents, and the next two sentences describe them.

• who deserted his wife and family. seams POV judgement. Is the choice of the word "deserted" justified according to sources? If so, OK.
• Instead of: Eberhardt's first published work (in the journal La Nouvelle Revue Moderne under the pseudonym of Nicolas Podolinsky) was the 1895 short story "Infernalia", about a medical student's physical attraction to a dead woman.

Maybe: In 1985, Eberhardt published a short story in the journal La Nouvelle Revue Moderne under the pseudonym of Nicolas Podolinsky; "Infernalia" (her first published work) is about a medical student's physical attraction to a dead woman

The Rest of the article

• No problems I could not just fix myself, which I have. Except "kept in regular correspondence" vs "kept a regular correspondence" but I believe both are acceptable. It just sounded weird when I read it out loud.

@Freikorp: Seriously, otherwise, this is good to go! Just take care of these and ping me for another look at the new material if you choose to add to the lead.  —አቤል ዳዊት^?(Janweh64) (talk) 23:32, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Janweh64. Thanks for your copy edits and comments. I've followed all your suggestions. I know that prose isn't my strong suit so feel free to make any recommendations or just reword things yourself. Also I've chosen to list the two most notable works based on her life in the lead, let me know if you think I should not mention any work in particular, but rather just talk about the types of works she has inspired, or let me know if you have a different suggestion altogether. Freikorp (talk) 01:08, 17 April 2017 (UTC)