Talk:Bal maiden

Bal maiden has been listed as one of the History good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
August 23, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed
November 15, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
March 15, 2013	Featured article candidate	Not promoted

Current status: Good article

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OTRS

Originally marked as a copyright violation of http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/.

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howcheng {chat} 22:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bal_maiden&oldid=312415136

The above OTRS request refers to this version of the article. The article has since been rewritten, and the text imported from the website no longer remains. Mogism (talk) 14:08, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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

Reviewer: Pyrotec (talk · contribs) 20:39, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I will review. Pyrotec (talk) 20:39, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Initial comments

On this basis of a very quick read of this article, I anticipate that it should gain GA-status by the end of this review. I'm now going to work my way through the article, but leaving any consideration of the WP:lead until the end.

This stage is looking for "problems, so content of this section is going to be mostly about problems, if any. Pyrotec (talk) 21:04, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Background -

This section looks OK.

Mechanisation and the 18th century copper boom -

....Stopping at this point. To be continued (tomorrow). Pyrotec (talk) 21:30, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This section looks OK.

Industrialisation and the 19th century copper boom -

This section looks OK.

- Total numbers, Typical work -

These two subsections look OK.

- Working conditions -

This subsections looks OK.

Decline -

This section looks OK.

WP:Lead -

This section looks OK.

Pyrotec (talk) 18:28, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Overall summary

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

An informative and well-referenced article.

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
Well illustrated.

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

I'm delighted to be able to award this article GA-status. I believe that could be a strong candidate for WP:FAC. Pyrotec (talk) 18:28, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"The last surviving bal maiden died in 1968" ?

It seems unlikely that they had all died less than half a century after Dolcoath mine closed in 1921. Also, this radio interview is dated "1980-85", with a woman who was 100 at the time and worked as a bal maiden before WW1. I know nothing about this subject, however, so won't edit the article but simply leave this here in the hope that someone knowledgeable can assess the interview's relevance or otherwise. Loganberry (Talk) 23:53, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]