Talk:Florence Nagle/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Yunshui (talk · contribs) 14:29, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Cursory once-over review is imminent; I'll give this a more detailed look tomorrow. Yunshui ^雲_水 14:29, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Content, structure, coverage and compliance with MOS look to be fine. Language is reasonably engaging and readable. Image licensing doesn't seem problematic. Citations in all the right places, still need to actually check 'em, though. Copyvio check doesn't flag anything concerning. Haven't the time at present to say for certain that it passes, but it looks promising; I will post a more thorough review in the morning. Yunshui ^雲_水 14:37, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for taking on this review, Yunshui. The article is the result of what I hope everyone agrees was an enjoyable collaboration between a number of editors as you'll see from the history and talk page. I certainly enjoyed working on it and will be interested in your comments once you've had the chance to go through it. SagaciousPhil - Chat 15:05, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   1. Prose is generally very nice. A couple of issues:

      • Lead: "the Mrs Pankhurst of British horse racing" appears to be an unsourced quotation, it also appears only in the lead, not in the main text. The lead contains a couple of citations for information that is verified elsewhere in the article; these are not necessary and ought to be moved to the appropriate points within the text. Could also use some expansion to incorporate the information in the dog-and-horse-breeding sections.
      • Dog breeding section, second paragraph: has two adjacent sentences beginning with the phrase, "During her marriage..."
      • Fifth paragraph: "London's big dog show" appears to be a quotation, but is not referenced
      • Seventh paragraph: Sentence beginning "The male dog Harlequin of Knockalla..." changes tense halfway through ("was pivotal"/"is a descendant"). Is the dog alive or dead?
      • Last paragraph: "Later he was exported to the Argentine..." surely either "The Argentine Republic" or just "Argentina", unless you know something I don't?
      • Racehorse training and breeding section, fourth paragraph: "When covered by Sayajirao..." I'm assuming from context that "covered" is horse-people jargon for "boned", but there are one or two other instances in this section where the language is a bit technical for those of us who aren't into horse breeding.
2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   The Tea Planter's Son seems to be self-published, and so fails WP:RS. I'm also not totally convinced the Graffham Parish News meets RS; it seems doubtful that a parish magazine like this would have the level of professional editorial oversight we normally expect. A lot of the others I can't actually access so I'm having to take on good faith; knowing the editors involved, however, I am more than happy to do so.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. 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):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   Fails at the moment, primarily due to the inclusion of those two sources and the unattributed quotes. Not far off, though; should be easy to fix. Yunshui ^雲_水 09:35, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

@Sagaciousphil and Eric Corbett:, just on the offchance that you miss this on your watchlists. Yunshui ^雲_水 09:44, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks for getting to this so promptly, Yunshui. The two queried sources have been removed and I think we've addressed the other points raised? SagaciousPhil - Chat 07:18, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Looks ready to be promoted - congratulations on another Good Article! Yunshui ^雲_水 08:39, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Yunshui! There were a lot of editors who contributed/collaborated on this, so thanks and congratulations to everyone! SagaciousPhil - Chat 09:00, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Thankyou all!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:24, 12 March 2015 (UTC)