# Talk:John Mylne (died 1667)

Lead: "was the fourth and best known Scottish master mason of that name" is not very useful or enlightening. Also, when I first read "master mason" in the lead, I thought the article was referring to the Freemasonry title/position and not to just a really skilled, specially appointed stonemason (or was he also a freemason?). Perhaps the lead should make this distinction more clear.
Critical: What's the Scottish mannerist style? It mentions in the lead that he does work in this style, but later on in the Career section, nothing more is said about it.
Coverage: Early life? Is anything known? Who was his mother, where did he grow up, etc.?
Red Links: If some of those redlinks are not notable enough or unlikely to ever progress beyond stubs, please de-link them.
This is quite a bit, but given the narrow scope of the article it could all be done in a week.--Meowist 19:26, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Meowist, I will try to address your points. Hopefully the lead is now improved - At the time that Mylne lived, stonemasonry and Freemasonry were still more or less the same thing, so yes, he was a Freemason, but not in the modern sense. Will try to elucidate "mannerist" a bit better. I haven't found out much on his early life, but I think this is not unusual when dealing with 17th century tradesmen. Took out redlinks except William Aytoun and master Mason to the Crown of Scotland, both of which I intend to start. Edward Waverley 13:44, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Also now changed "Scottish mannerism" to "Scottish renaissance architecture", as the former term seems not to be that widely used. Summary of Mylne's style added. Edward Waverley 13:44, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
You've address all my concerns with the article and the GA criteria. It's GA. Suggestions for improvement: (obviously) more content and expansion (extremely hard to do given topic). --Meowist 23:39, 1 August 2007 (UTC)