Talk:Belgian Congo in World War II/GA1
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Reviewer: Cliftonian (talk · contribs) 10:19, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
I'll review this shortly. —Cliftonian (talk) 10:19, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
This article looks in pretty good shape to me from first glance. I'll put comments below as I go through.
- Is it reasonably well written?
- Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
- A. Has an appropriate reference section:
- B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:
Just a few issues here. I have put "citation needed" tags some places where we need to put references.
- C. No original research:
- A. Has an appropriate reference section:
- Is it broad in its coverage?
- A. Major aspects:
- B. Focused:
- A. Major aspects:
- Is it neutral?
- Fair representation without bias:
- Some bits could be perceived as anti-colonial, but I went through and fixed these
- Fair representation without bias:
- Is it stable?
- No edit wars, etc:
- No issues
- 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:
- B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
- A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
- Overall:
- Pass or Fail:
- I feel this is close to GA status. Just a couple places we need references. Well done so far! —Cliftonian (talk) 11:33, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- A point—are we using British or American English in this article? Let me know so I can make sure all the spellings etc are consistent. —Cliftonian (talk) 11:37, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I feel this is close to GA status. Just a couple places we need references. Well done so far! —Cliftonian (talk) 11:33, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Pass or Fail:
- I don't particularly mind with this one. Other Belgian ones I've written in the past have been Brit Eng. Brigade Piron (talk) 07:10, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Comments
[edit]Thanks so much for your help here! Just a couple of things I've decided to alter back, if it's OK -
- I've returned the quotes to individual sections. This is OK in the Manual of Style, and is consistent with the other main Belgian-WWII articles.
- Citation language indication reverted to more common type. I've always seen the (in French)-type tages, though I may be wrong.
- Ethnic/races - Ethnic group (defined by culture rather than anything else) are many in the Congo, even today - the colonial authorities only forbade black/white fraternization.
- I've removed the unsourced text about a Belgian squadron formed in Nigeria added by another user. It's Belgian-African-WWII related, but I don't believe that it deserves a place in a discussion of the Belgian Congo.
I've fixed the ref needed tag by the way. All the best! Brigade Piron (talk) 07:09, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- I think this meets GA now and am therefore passing. Here are a couple minor points you may wish to look at if you want to develop the article further:
- "The Belgian colonial military numbered 18,000 soldiers, making it one of the largest standing colonial armies in Africa at the time". I would guess that this was mostly black askaris, with a few hundred whites there as officers. Is this correct? Perhaps we should make this clear
- "Exports to the United States also rose from $600,000 in early 1940 to $2,700,000 by 1942" $600,000 per annum? $600,000 per month? This would be better if made clear
- Well done Brigade Piron! I hereby promote the article to GA. —Cliftonian (talk) 09:41, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- I think this meets GA now and am therefore passing. Here are a couple minor points you may wish to look at if you want to develop the article further: