# Talk:Warner and Swasey Observatory

I noticed that this article was a stub and the author had assumed the Warner and Swasey Observatory was defunct.  As this is not the case and only the Taylor Road facility was discontinued in use, I have revamped the article.  Andromeda321 03:11, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the expansion!  Actually, I didn't assume anything, someone else put in that it was defucted. Thanks again.--Rayc 05:24, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
This is the best of all the stubs I planted back in December, so I'm sending it off to peer review then to Good articles. Thanks Andromeda!--Rayc 21:39, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I reformatted the article based on some suggestions from the peer review.  Anything else to add? Andromeda321 00:04, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
The first sentence of "Rooftop Telescope":  "The Rooftop Telescope is a 9.5" refractor that was originally constructed in the late twentieth century by Warner and Swasey for their own use" is clearly incorrect, since they both died in the first half of the twentieth century.74.132.224.50 09:43, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Warner and Swasey Observatory/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.
Starting GA reassessment as part of the GA Sweeps process.  Jezhotwells (talk) 21:09, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


### Checking against GA criteria
GA review (see here for criteria)
It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):  b (MoS): 
I made some copy-edits for clarity. The 'Lede needs expansion - it shoul summarize the entire article. Y
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 
There are many dead links.  I fixed what I could with WP:CHECKLINKS.  Overall the referencing is entirely inadequate.  All that is currently covered is the discoveries made by the observatory. Y
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 

It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 

Overall:
Pass/Fail: 
OK, We need more refernces to the history and equipment of the observatory. On hold for seven days. Major contributors and projects will be informed. Jezhotwells (talk) 21:33, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
I think everything was fixed. Ruslik_Zero 15:14, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
OK, all seem fine now, thanks for your hard work. Keep GA status. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:22, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

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Sadly, the observatory never found another use, and remains abandoned to this day. The interior is covered in graffiti. 207.55.8.10 (talk) 17:24, 29 October 2025 (UTC)