Langston Hughes Hi Bobcat I saw that you have submitted Langston Hughes for GA review Having been involved in some of the GA process I have to say I don t think LH is ready for this for various reasons There is not one major editor looking after or improving the page and hasn t been for many years This means there s nobody involved who s ready and set to do all the work to bring it up to GA standard Much of it has no citation which is a must for a GA There is no section about the themes and or style of his work critical appraisal and such which is also needed I appreciate it s a vote of confidence in the article which is great but I know that there is a long GA appraisal backlog and it s a pretty time consuming process for reviewers There s work waiting since January to be reviewed Maybe have a look at poet s articles such as W B Yeats Maya Angelou and Walt Whitman to get a sense of what s needed Editors often submit articles for a peer review first to get a general sense of where the article is at and what works needs doing before applying for the whole GA FA hog So I d personally recommend withdrawing the application for GA and maybe work on some of the article points until the basics are in place Thanks and best wishes