Talk:Goomba/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Czarkoff (talk · contribs) 12:44, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Status

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

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

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, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Discussion

Regarding the failing points:

1. 1(b): the references should follow the same format. The article has a plain URL reference and some other aren't properly formatted.  Done
2. 1(b): the first paragraph of Reception and promotion section has 8 references stacked together, which seems to be an overkill. Consider using Notes section for grouping such clusters of references when needed.  Done
3. 2(a): the article has a citation needed tag since December 2009.  Done
4. 2(a): one of the references has a dead link tag since November 2010.  Done
5. 2(a): external links checker reveals problems with other references.  Done
6. 2(a): reference to Nintendo Power (currently #22) lacks "title" attribute.
7. 2(c): the lead and sections Concept and creation and Appearances seem to be insufficiently referenced. Some of the currently available references could be reused for this purpose.

Comments:

• Overall, solving these problems is a matter of several hours. But unless this is done, the article doesn't qualify for GA.
• The article mentions several similar enemies from other games. Though I'm not going to fail the GA on this particular item, I think it should note the corresponding enemy from SuperTux.
• I did all I could without dropping the status of reviewer. It would be nice if someone could step out to take care of the rest.

Feel free to discuss this all. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 19:24, 4 January 2012 (UTC)