Talk:Barnstable High School/GA1

GA Review

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I don't think this article is anywhere near GA yet, and I'm inviting you to withdraw, since it's bound to fail

• The lead does not summarise the article Wikipedia:Lead section
• Much of the text lacks references
• The refs that are there are lacking information and are not necessarily formatted correctly per WP:MOS. As one example, ref 5 does not give the website, the date of publication or the author
• The section headings are incorrectly capitalised per WP:MOS
• At least one ref is also an external link
• the prose needs checking and formatting the book tiles should be italicised too. I think you mean alumni, not attendees unless they are still at school.
• The text is not encyclopaedic or neutral, eg
  • The music department is renowned in town because of its many accomplishments. is spam unless you can give it an independent verifiable source - there are many similar unsourced claims
  • The school itself has had a long and tumultuous history. one of several non-encyclopaedic sentences

I think there's too much to do to get this through in a reasonable time, this is the sort of article you need to aim for.

jimfbleak (talk) 17:05, 2 June 2009 (UTC)