Talk:Derry City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review

Derry City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
June 18, 2019	Good article nominee	Not listed

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Derry City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MrClog (talk · contribs) 18:48, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I will try to review this page in 7 days. --MrClog (talk) 18:48, 5 June 2019 (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):
An issue with the lead: please see comment below.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
Please see comments below.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Please see comment below.
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:
Placing this on hold until the comments below are addressed so that they can be fixed within 7 days. --MrClog (talk) 22:59, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

(1b) The current introductory text does not at all mention the contents of the Background section. The article should summarise the most important point(s) of this section as well.
(2b) Because "nationalist" is a contentious label, In 1984, the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) should be supported with an in-line citation.
(2b) The council replied that they had no intention of "petitioning an English Queen to change the name of our Irish city" contains a direct quotation and should as such be supported by an in-line reliable source. The current Londonderry Sentinel article used as a reference lists letters by readers, and because those writers are not subject to editorial review, their content is not reliable. A different source should be used. (This is no original research, as I reasonably belief that there'll be a reliable source available somewhere.)
(2b) Per WP:RSPRIMARY, [l]arge blocks of material based purely on primary sources should be avoided. The Case section of the article is seemingly based almost entirely on a primary source (being the judge's ruling).
(3a) The section Background should contain some information on the nationalist vs unionist sentiments in Londonderry at the moment.

Failed "good article" nomination

It's been around 7 days and no attempts have been made to address the comments. Closing as failed. --MrClog (talk) 22:21, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]