Talk:2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: BennyOnTheLoose (talk · contribs) 12:08, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
Checked all results above 4% match on Earwig's Copyvio tool - no concerns.
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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Comments

I'm happy to discuss or be challenged on any of my comments.

Suggest using IA bot or a similar tool to prevent WP:LINKROT
Consider adding a short description (WP:SHORTDESC) if a useful one is possible. It looks like some other GAs on similar topics don't have one.

Added, not sure how useful it is. Harrias ^talk 08:15, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lead / Preview: "six laps of a 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) floodlit course" doesn't quite make the marathon distance. I suggest either confirming the "exact" route distance or adding in a qualifier along the lines of "approximately"

Made a little vaguer. Harrias ^talk 08:15, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Preview: "considered the favourites" - consider adding "to win." I'm not sure how widely understood favourite in the betting sense is, but there must be a small possibility of confusion with favourite.

Added. Harrias ^talk 08:15, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Preview: "Entrants highlighted from other countries.." - true, but the highlight is in a particular IAAF article. Could perhaps be reworded as something like "Other competitors included Lonah Salpeter of Israel [something about Euro 10,000] and Helalia Johannes of Namibia [something about Commonwealth title]."

Tweaked similar to suggestion. Harrias ^talk 08:15, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Summary: "The race was officially scheduled to start at 23:59 local time.." - consider reword to show that it did start at that (scheduled) time, which I don't think is explicit at the moment. (On the other hand, there is nothing that says it did not start at that time.)

I've intentionally avoided this: while some sources say it started at 23:59, some say that it started "on the stroke of midnight". Harrias ^talk 08:15, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK, makes sense. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:25, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Source 1 (IAAF qualifying) (Note: For some reason the link on the article page didn't work for me - I found the article via Google, and the link seems to be as per citation)
Source 2 (IAAF qualifying system)
Source 3 (Kelly)
Source 4 (Rehmat)
Source 5 (Bloom)
Source 6 (Cacciola)
Source 7 (Rowbottom) (Note: IAAF changed its name to World Athletics after the Doha event)
Source 8 (British Athletics)
Source 9 (Gabelić)
Source 10 (IAAF records) - additional citation needed for "not expected that any records would be set"
Source 11 (IAAF)
Source 12 (Al Jazeera)
Source 13 (Keating)
Source 14 (Chowdhury)
Source 15 (Tress)
Source 16 (Bloom 2)
Source 17 (IAAF - 50km)
Source 18 (IAAF Results)

Harrias Thanks for your work on this interesting article. I've made a few suggestions, and am always happy to engage in discussion. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:11, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@BennyOnTheLoose: Cheers for the review. I think I've wrapped up these points now; any further input would be greatly appreciated. Harrias ^talk 13:34, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Harrias: Thanks for your responses. I'm happy to pass this for GA. I'd still be in favour of running IA bot or another archiving tool, but that's not a necessity. I made a couple of further minor changes to the preview section but would have no objections to these being reverted or amended. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:20, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]