Talk:Francis Nicholson/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Pyrotec (talk) 18:50, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I will review. Pyrotec (talk) 18:50, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Initial comments

By now I've done a couple of "speed reads" of this article, but I've not checked of the the references in detail, and it looks to be at or about GA-level, so I will not be "quick failing" it.

I'm now going to start a more detailed review, section by section, but leaving the WP:Lead until last. At this point, I'll be mostly flagging up any "problems" (but if they are minor, I may fix them, if I can, instead of listing them here). This step may take a day or so, but should be finished before the weekend starts. Pyrotec (talk) 15:42, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

• Early life and military service & Dominion lieutenant governor -

• These two sections look OK.

• Virginia and Maryland -

• This section looks OK.

.... Stopping for now. To be continued, later..... Pyrotec (talk) 16:54, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

• Queen Anne's War, Nova Scotia and South Carolina, Later life & Personality -

• These four sections look OK.

• WP:Lead -

• Rather "thin" for any article of this size, but since it both introduces the topic and provides a summary of the main point its probably just about sufficient.

Pyrotec (talk) 15:05, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Overall comments

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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A compreshensive, well referenced and well illustrated historical article.

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   Well illustrated.

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

   Well illustrated.

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

I'm awarding this article GA-status. Congratulations on producing an informative article. I suspect that this article may have potential as a WP:FAC, but I would strongly recommend WP:PR first. The WP:Lead is rather weak and that would undoughtly need attention if the article is to be taken beyond GA. Pyrotec (talk) 15:16, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback, and taking the time to review this! Magic♪piano 16:25, 18 July 2011 (UTC)