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This review is transcluded from Talk:Theo Faiss/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Usernameunique (talk · contribs) 05:54, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: RandFreeman (talk · contribs) 06:59, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

My review should be up by the end of the week. Rand Freeman _{talk ⬩ in solidarity} 06:59, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I note belatedly that this review is part of the pledge given with my GA nomination of The Marion Star.

Some preliminary comments. If you cannot find solid answers to any or some of the open-ended questions, that is fine and will not affect this review's outcome:

1. Born in Brazil to German expats who ran a nursery there "expats" is too colloquial and should be changed to "expatriates".

• Done. --Usernameunique (talk) 10:14, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

1. The phrase "well liked" appears twice, in relation to Theo. By whom was he well-liked?

• Added in Dornach. My understanding is that he was generally well liked in the town—not surprising given that he was a 7 year old with a sunny disposition. --Usernameunique (talk) 10:44, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

1. Maria Magdalena ("Magda," b. 1909), Arno (b. 1911), and Hansi (b. March 1914) would follow When did these siblings die?

• Unfortunately there's not much information here. According to this article, Hans was cremated in December 1980, at which point Magda was still alive. I've added the year of death for Hans (but not the month, in case he died at the end of November and was cremated in early December). If I'm ever able to track down contact information for the family, I'll see if they might be able to provide obituaries of the others. --Usernameunique (talk) 10:36, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

1. What is the name of Steiner's housekeeper?

• It may have been Helene Lehmann, who appears to have been a longtime housekeeper for the Steiners. The sources don't give the person by name, however, so it is probably too far a leap to add it here. --Usernameunique (talk) 10:42, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

1. It may be worth specifying, at least at the first use of the word "nursery", that the nurseries Theo's parents ran were plant nurseries.

• Good point; done. --Usernameunique (talk) 10:16, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

1. More than 70 years after Faiss died, in 1987, the anthroposophist Lex Bos tracked down Faiss's surviving family and published a biography Include the biography's title inline?

• It was just "Theo Faiss", which is perhaps simple enough that it's not worth adding. In responding, however, I realized that I had the title wrong in the article (probably due to copying and pasting the {{cite journal}} template from another article), so I've fixed that. --Usernameunique (talk) 10:25, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

More later. The prose and sourcing are, from a cursory looking-over, passable. Rand Freeman _{talk ⬩ in solidarity} 09:45, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, RandFreeman. Responses above. --Usernameunique (talk) 10:52, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The sources are almost wholly published books and journal articles, and thus reliable. Steiner's works are acceptable as a primary source on Faiss's life. The images are relevant, and either public domain or tagged appropriately. Rand Freeman _{talk ⬩ in solidarity} 19:01, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed