Hello, I will be reviewing this article. I aim to complete my end of the review within the next four days. If you would like to return the favour, I have several good article nominations active right now, which you can find at WP:GAN.
His father is the mathematician James Ax, and Brian has a brother, Kevin, who is three years older. – This isn't grammatically correct. Steelkamp (talk) 13:54, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There is something weird about that first paragraph in the article's body. Why isn't Brian's mother's name mentioned, and why isn't it directly said that she is his mother? Steelkamp (talk) 13:54, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
He has a wife, two daughters, a dog, and a brother-in-law who is a marine. – Who is this referring to? Brian, his father, his step father? Steelkamp (talk) 13:54, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the source, it appears to be Strogatz, not Keating, saying that he has a wife, two daughters and a dog. Have I got that right? Steelkamp (talk) 02:37, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
and subsequently he became Jewish, describing himself as a 'practicing devout agnostic'. – There should be more elaboration on this, because this sentence really confuses me. Steelkamp (talk) 13:54, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
To leave in a red link, the link should be notable enough to become an article one day. I am not convinced that the Ax Center for Experimental Cosmology and the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Program in Astrophysics are notable. Steelkamp (talk) 04:56, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This is totally beyond the good article criteria: I notice that ref 23 says "For subscribers" in the title. You can put |url-access=subscription in the reference instead. There is also another San Diego Union-Tribune source used which is subscription only, which you could do this for. Steelkamp (talk) 14:32, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've just removed "For subscribers" since it doesn't seem to be restricted. I can't spot the other one that is restricted? I try to avoid subscription-only references where possible (and I don't have a subscription!). Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 18:39, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I probably just missed it, but where in the sources does it say that Peter Timbie was Keating's PhD supervisor? I looked at the 24 page preview of the thesis that's available to me. Steelkamp (talk) 04:56, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The source for the NASA Group Achievement Award doesn't actually mention Keating. To avoid falling foul of WP:SYNTH, a different source is needed or the sentence should be removed. Steelkamp (talk) 04:56, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
True, but 'group achievement' awards don't tend to list individuals, which makes this tricky. I've moved it to the 'Research' paragraph and reworded it to avoid synthesis. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 18:44, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Steelkamp: Thanks for looking at this! I expect to have time to work through your comments later this week. Just to make sure you've noticed this, see Talk:Brian_Keating#Article_Update_Requests - I've been in contact with Brian while working on this article, so if there are any tricky questions I can ask him directly about them / see whether he knows of additional references mentioning that info that we could use here (although of course, no reference = not included!). Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 14:38, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]