Talk:Hull House

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Article milestones Date Process Result February 19, 2007 Good article nominee Not listed April 3, 2007 Good article nominee Listed Current Status: Good article

A picture of Hull House would probably be nice. - AKeen 18:19, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Is there any criticism of Hull House being a force for cultural homogenization, encouraging immigrants to divest themselves of their former identities in order to be more "American"? Just curious. I've always wondered if Hull House was really as "enlightened" a place as some seem to love to make it sound. Turly-burly 06:33, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

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Referencing the above question, no. In fact Hull-House was known to appreciate the cultural heritage of the community. Jane Addams, writing in "The Process of Social Transformation," said, on the institution of classes at Hull House: "From the very beginning, however, the educational process was mutual; Greek plays were given by Greek immigrants, already familiar with their own classics ...; reading parties in Dante were led by a local Italian editor..." TychaBrahe 15:11, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Failed "good article" nomination 2 GA (2nd nom) On Hold 3 GA passed 4 Hull-House vs. Hull House

[edit] Failed "good article" nomination

This article failed good article nomination. This is how the article, as of February 19, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: The whole of the article needs a thorough copy-edit or two. The first graf in the first section needs to be rewritten, the sentences go on and on.

2. Factually accurate?: It seemed well referenced through reliable sources.

3. Broad in coverage?: Nothing about the building's architecture was included.

4. Neutral point of view?: Was there no criticism of settlement houses whatsoever. This article implies that as fact.

5. Article stability? Looked pretty stable, saw only two reversion since 2007 started.

6. Images?: Were included and the ones there were pretty decent. Wouldn't mind seeing the entire house in frame, but that had nothing to do with the article failing the GA nomination.

When these issues are addressed, the article can be resubmitted for consideration. Thanks for your work so far. --A mcmurray 17:58, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

The issues above were not even remotely addressed. This page has the architecture tag but the article says nothing about the architecture except in relation to the university. Which is very strange since it is part of the College of Arts and Architecture at U of C. I would fail this article if I reviewed it without a second thought. IvoShandor 16:26, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA (2nd nom) On Hold

Based on criteria at WP:WIAGA and notes of the prior reviewer, I have placed this article on hold for 7 days to make further fixes. If these fixes cannot be made within 7 days, I will have to fail the article.

• Referencing issues:
  • Mission section (first section) is unreferenced. Needs refs badly.
    • Y Done Mostly using EOC and EOC online. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 20:56, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
• Organization issues:
  • There seems to be 2 distinct parts to this article: The Hull House building and the Hull House association. The article needs some improvement to separate the structure from the social-work organization that was founded there.
    • Y Done Mostly revised intro for clarity of distinction by making two separate paragraphs. 20:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
• Broadness of coverage:
  • The article needs to be expanded, especially vis-a-vis the work of the organization, its leaders, and any critical review (positive or negative) of their work. The building section looks improved from prior versions, but we now need to expand on the work of Addams and her successors.

Again, please make these changes within the next 7 days, or the article will fail GA again. Please feel free to ask me any questions here or at my talk page. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 05:05, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA passed

All of my concerns appear to have been fixed. Congrats on passing GA status! --Jayron32|talk|contribs 00:14, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hull-House vs. Hull House

I know that the Jane Addams Hull House Association refers to itself as such, but Addams and her contemporaries, notably Polacheck and Bowen, refer to it as Hull-House. Since we're discussing the historic settlement house and not the modern association, should we make the change, or at least note the historic name? TychaBrahe 15:10, 17 August 2007 (UTC)