Talk:Hoi polloi/GA1

GA Reassessment

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This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, listed below. I will check back in seven days. If these issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far.

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   Parts of the article appear more as lists than coherent prose.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

   The references mostly seem reliable enough, but the formatting needs a lot of work. There are also sections like "Keating's tone makes clear that he considers this statement to be an insult." Without referencing this comes across as original research.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   There is absolutely nothing on the phrase's use in classical literature, which is absolutely essential to the article. Instead, pretty much everything from "Appearances in the 20th Century" down is basically a list of "In popular culture", which is discouraged on Wikipedia. Also, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term was first used in English by John Dryden in 1668 (Of dramatick poesie, an essay).[1] This isn't mentioned at all.

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:

   Lampman (talk) 13:49, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Since no significant improvements have been made to the article over the last week, I will now delist it. Lampman (talk) 14:08, 29 July 2009 (UTC)