Talk:Geneva Conference (1976)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk · contribs) 01:17, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: none found. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:26, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Linkrot: no dead links found. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:28, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Checking against GA criteria

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

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
''In an effort to topple the government and introduce majority rule by force, the two most prominent black communist parties,[3] the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and the Zimbabwe African People's Union Were these parties in fact communist, I can't check the source, but feel I should check this.
They were, quite unequivocally. The opening paragraph of the "chimurenga war communiqué" (issued by ZANU in 1974) that is referenced is as follows:

The revolutionary drive to eliminate settler oppression, imperialism and capitalism, the achievement of independence and freedom in Zimbabwe is gaining ground. The balance of power is shifting in favour of revolutionary forces. Each day the forces of liberation and progress are gaining strength and experience while the forces of fascism meet setback after setback and resort to naked mass murder, terror, destruction of villages, crops, property and animals of innocent people.
— ZANU, 1974

Both guerrilla groups sent their cadres on extended training courses to the USSR, China, North Korea, Cuba and so forth. They wore hammers and sickles and/or red stars on their caps. They read Lenin and Marx obsessively. Each of the two major nationalist parties announced its intention to form a one-party communist state in the early 1960s; one, ZANU, became aligned to China and Maoism, while ZAPU took a pro-Soviet line. "Comrade" was the term of address for guerrilla fighters from both parties' military wings when in the field. Members of both parties attended conferences and so forth with nameplates also marked "Comrade" throughout the conflict. Actually, even today government and military officials in Zimbabwe are referred to as "Comrade": at election time the posters beseech you to "vote for Cde. Robert Mugabe". —Cliftonian (talk) 01:50, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OK, no problem, just wished to check. Jezhotwells (talk) 02:27, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Prose is good, compliant with key elements of MoS
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
On-line references check out, I assume good faith for offline sources, no evidence of OR.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Good coverage, no unneccessary detail.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
NPOV
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
stable
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Images suitably licensed, with captions.
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
One query to be addressed, on hold for seven days. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:44, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OK, good to go, I am happy to list this. Jezhotwells (talk) 02:27, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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