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Museum of the Earth

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I've listed this article for peer review because I have rewritten the content and added in sources. I want to make sure the page fits into the proper Wikipedia guidelines.

Thanks, Sarah Stapp (talk) 13:32, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Comments

• Refrain from making it sound like an advert, using language like "highlights include"... that's POV and not encyclopedic.
• Neutralise the tone, "takes the visitor on a journey " is really not what I'd expect to read in an encyclopedic article.
• The article is short, I'd expect two brief paragraphs in the lead, perhaps one on the foundation and ownership etc of the museum, another describing the type of exhibits and perhaps including some info on the number of visitors etc.
• Alhough I've suggested you remove that "highlights" from the lead, this: "United States. [3]" is worthy of note - place the refs immediately after punctuation, no spaces. Check the other refs in the article.*Put (PRI) after the explanation of what it means.
• "(1,700 m2)" use a superscript or say square-meter.
• "recently best known for designing the award-winning women's war memorial at Arlington National Cemetery." unnecessary.
• "The design for the Museum has attracted much critical notice" good, bad or ugly? Expand this.
• "offers a multitude of exhibits" reads like an advert.
• "In 2003, the North American Right Whale #2030 skeleton" explain what it is!
• "ended her life." killed her.
• "The exhibit now serves as the whale’s memorial." schmaltzy.
• "obtained... obtaining" repetitive, aim for more engaging prose.
• "the whale’s bones arrived " the whale's skeleton?
• "an eon (geology), five hundred and fifty million years" pipelink eon so it doesn't have (geology) after it.
• "aiming to challenge their perceptions about the present, future, and human effects and dependence on Earth" if this is a quote from the museum, put it in quotes, if not, rephrase it so it's not quite so adverty.
• "guests to do a variety " don't like "do a variety" here, reads clunkily.
• "10,000-15,000 pounds" see WP:DASH for this, we would use an en-dash here, not a hyphen.
• "Students, hobbyists, and families have all taken part and since 2008 alone" not of encyclopedic interest.
• Don't mix date formats in the references.

The Rambling Man (talk) 11:53, 11 April 2012 (UTC)