# Talk:Leslie Grinsell

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Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 02:28, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
I will review this one, comments to follow. Zawed (talk) 02:28, 14 February 2016 (UTC)


### Lead
Wikilink barrow.
Done. Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:51, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Recite OBE in full followed by (OBE); the preamble may need to be reworded, something like "...was appointed to the Order of..."
Agreed and altered the prose.
Festschrift: follow this with an English translation of the term in brackets.
There isn't really an English language translation of this term; rather, English language sources use the German word. Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:51, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
OK, fair enough. Zawed (talk) 08:21, 16 February 2016 (UTC)


### Early life
In the heading, delete the years as I think it makes it easier to read (suggestion only).
Link barrow, Kent, Norfolk.
Done! Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:38, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Repeated use of "antiquarians" in last sentence of 1st para, rephrase to remove one of them.
I've altered the prose here. Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:38, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Wikilink for Nicholas Thomas?
It seems that the article that we have on Nicholas Thomas is referring to someone else, so I would hesitate about adding a link here. Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:38, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
OK, that is fair enough. Zawed (talk) 08:24, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
"Circa 1937...": seems jarring langauge, especially to start a sentence. Perhaps: "Around 1937..."?
Changed wording. Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:38, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
"...although their notes for this were destroyed during a Second World War air raid before...": suggest rewording to: "... although their notes for this were later destroyed in an air raid during the Second World War before..."
Changed wording. Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:38, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
I suggest spinning the paragraph about Egypt into its own section, perhaps with a Second World War heading or Egypt heaing. The Early life section is looking quite long. Also, there is a typo here: "...visiting al of the..."
Personally I'm not convinced. There just isn't enough information to expand the Egypt information into its own section. It's only a short paragraph at present and the information doesn't really seem available with which to expand it. Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:38, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
I feel this would help break up the long early life section but it isn't something I'm going to insist on. Zawed (talk) 08:24, 16 February 2016 (UTC)


### Life as a professional archaeologist
In the heading, delete the years (suggestion only). And shouldn't headings be title case?
I've capitalised the necessary wording although would personally prefer to leave the dates in; we have similar date in other GA and FA rated archaeology biographies. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:19, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Oh OK, I wasn't aware of that. Zawed (talk) 08:30, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
"...as an assistance at Victoria County History in order..."; typo (assistant) and missing word (project).
Corrected. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:19, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
"...represents the high point in his combined..." for clarity as to who we are referring, add in [Grinsell] after "his".
Good idea. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:19, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
"Based on his experience during this period, in 1958 he published The Archaeology of Wessex." This sentence could be rephrased as the following sentence chronologically jumps back to 1952. I suggest: He later published the book The Archaeology of Wessex, which was based on his experience during this period.
Another good idea. Changed. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:19, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Recite OBE in full as per comment in lead.
Done. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:13, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Something went wrong there, so I have fixed it. Zawed (talk) 08:30, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
Festschrift: not italicised (it is in the lead) and follow this with an English translation of the term in brackets. And who/what issued it?
I've italicised the word, although there is no English language translation of the term. Ashbee (who is being used as a source) doesn't give the publisher but I'll add the publisher and editors name regardless. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:13, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Wikilink Wiltshire.
Done. Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:40, 15 February 2016 (UTC)


### Legacy
Wikilink chalk geology.
We have no article on chalk geology itself but I've added a link to chalk. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:02, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Paul Ashbee is linked here but not on first mention in previous section.
Correcting. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:02, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Dupelink: Berkshire.
Removed. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:02, 15 February 2016 (UTC)


### Bibliography
Festschrift: not italicised (it is in the lead).
Corrected. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:00, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
et al should be in italics.
I've gone one better and added the names of the co-authors: John Campbell, David Elkington, Peter Fowler. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:00, 15 February 2016 (UTC)


### References
I'm getting an error with the Ashbee ref: "|archive-url=requires |archive-date="?
I've fixed this. Midnightblueowl (talk) 20:58, 15 February 2016 (UTC)


### Images
Captions are appropriate as are the image tags.


### Review summary
With the issues noted above corrected, I believe that this article will meet the GA critera; it is well written with neutral tone, fully cited, organised and laidout appropriately with compliant images. Overall nice work, and an interesting subject. I enjoyed reviewing the article. Will check back in a few days. Cheers. Zawed (talk) 03:09, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks for giving this a read through and offering the above points, Zawed! Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:21, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Looks good, passing as GA. Great work! Zawed (talk) 08:31, 16 February 2016 (UTC)