Talk:2019–20 Australian bushfire season/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Steelkamp (talk · contribs) 16:06, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is going to be a quickfail. The template in the lead section is correct that the lead is too long. The rest of the article is too long as well and could benefit with splitting into smaller articles. The problem is that this is one article trying to summarise numerous fires that don't have articles, and some of the major ones could probably do with on, leaving this to be just an overview. Another possibilty is splitting into state-based subarticles if splitting off the larger fires isn't viable.

Another problem is that here are 11 citation needed tags. I notice that you have not made any edits to this article. It is extremely rare for an article to just be lying around at or near GA level without a concerted effort made by editors to get it to GA level. I recommend not nominating articles you haven't made significant edits to. Steelkamp (talk) 16:06, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am extremely new to this but:

Consider removing paragraph 2 to "Precedents", it isn't the focus of the article.
The political ramifications of the fire season have ... resulted in controversy is better in the Political Response section, it isn't relevant to the overview specifically.
Whereas these bushfires ... in damage, this line is irrelevant to the whole article.
The Overview section is not chronologically written.
The table in the Overview section should be moved to the Regions Affected. It is too extensive to be part of an overview.
The See also: under the Precedents section should be moved to the start of the article.
The Scams and Frauds section should be moved from the Donation section.

Hephan (talk) 10:45, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]