Talk:A Question of Europe/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Some Dude From North Carolina (talk · contribs) 12:32, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Hey, I'm going to be reviewing this article. Expect comments by the end of the week. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 12:32, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Lead

• "were asked" → "was asked" (since it's a group)

Think this might be an WP:ENGVAR thing, in British English collective nouns can be singular or plural depending on the context. It's covered a little in our article American_and_British_English_grammatical_differences#Subject-verb_agreement. This one sounds right to me as it is (I am British), though I understand we are inconsistent about how we apply it. I've added a British English tag to the article - Dumelow (talk) 09:09, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

• "of European" → "of the European"

Done - Dumelow (talk) 09:09, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

• "audience were" → "audience was" (also a group)

As previous on collective nouns - Dumelow (talk) 09:09, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

• Add a comma after "after the debate".

Done - Dumelow (talk) 09:09, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Background

• Add a comma after "Monetary Union".

Done - Dumelow (talk) 09:09, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

• "dinner dress" → "dinner dresses"

Possibly another British English thing. One wears "dinner dress" (referring to a class of outfits including black tie for men and evening gowns for ladies), not "a dinner dress" - Dumelow (talk) 09:09, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Debate

• "afterwards" → "afterward"

Another ENGVAR thing, "afterwards" is more common in Britain but has the same meaning as "afterward". See for example the Cambridge or Collins dictionary entries - Dumelow (talk) 09:09, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Subsequent events

• Couldn't find any issues here.

References and images

• Archive all archivable sources (either manually or with this tool).

Done via the bot (hopefully worked OK, it's the first time I've used it!). Many thanks for letting me know this, it is very useful - Dumelow (talk) 09:09, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

• A reference (currently #7), has an error with its title.
• There are no issues with the images and they have fair-use rationales.
• Also try linking each website in every citation.

Many thanks for the review Some Dude From North Carolina, much appreciated. Hopefully I've addressed your comments above apart from the referencing. I've since lost access to the newspaper archives that I used when writing this but I've asked if anyone has access to the articles over at the Resource Exchange (Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request#British_Newspaper_Archive) and then then tidy up the three offline citations - Dumelow (talk) 09:09, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

@Dumelow: Thanks for the comments! There really is a lot of differences between the way we speak and write the same language. Well, it's always better to know. That being said, everything else in the article is in great shape, but the reference after "11:50 pm" is missing a title, and as a result, I'm seeing a "Missing or empty |title= (help)" warning on my screen. Try fixing it, and ping me when you reply. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 14:10, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Some Dude From North Carolina, hopefully I've sorted it now - Dumelow (talk) 16:21, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Progress

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 (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): 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, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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