Talk:How the García Girls Lost Their Accents/GA1

GA Review

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It's quite a nice article. This is far from my usual topic areas so I can't comment too much on content specifics. The structure does look well laid out and balanced at least and I can't think of much a novel article should have that this doesn't. The one thing I can think of is that there is no information on sales numbers, distribution, etc. In other words everything on the business side of the novel. How long did it take to get picked up for publishing how many printings has it had, etc. If you check good film articles they all cover this type of thing well. Perhaps also check the best other articles on novels in Wikipedia and see if you can find anything else they cover that you should. 2) The lead section is a little too short and doesn't properly summarize the whole article. For an article this size a lead section should be about 3 cohesive paragraphs. Luckily this will be fairly easy in this case since you just need to summarize the significance and reception including the business aspects and then maybe add a bit more to the rest and you should have a proper lead section. My thoughts are that with the suggestions outlined by Moni3 and those above implemented this will be a GA. - Taxman ^Talk 15:31, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Taxman, please mark that this article is "on hold" at the GAN page. Thanks! Awadewit (talk) 18:31, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing. I'm not used to all the GA paperwork. FAC is a little easier in that respect. - Taxman ^Talk 15:25, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for closure

Due to the backlog at GAN, I am recommending this article be failed. There are still WP:OR issues that need to be addressed. Generally, articles are put on hold for seven days, and even though there is always some leeway, considering the backlog - it would be better to renominate this article once the issues brought up in this review and on the talk page are addressed. -ΖαππερΝαππερ ^Babel_Alexandria 20:19, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is up to the reviewer to decide when to close the review. The backlog has nothing to do with it. GAN reviewers, like all editors, are volunteers, and work on what interests them. Geometry guy 20:48, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

i wasn't exactly saying fail the article because of the backlog, i was saying that i felt the article should fail becuase it still has OR issues. People who sign up to review articles at GAN do not suddenly WP:OWN them, and the default message is that other comments from editors are encouraged. While there's always leeway, it is recommended to give editors about a week to address issues. I am not trying force any issue, just give my own opinion. -ΖαππερΝαππερ ^Babel_Alexandria 01:32, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't fail it yet! We are students in our final exam period. As I just finished my last exam this afternoon, I plan to address all the OR issues tomorrow and the next day. Give us a day or two! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.40.134 (talk) 09:45, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, sorry for the hold up. There wasn't much action, then all of a sudden there was when I didn't see it. I'd still like to see information on the business side of the novel, but that can be added when someone brings this to featured article level. At this point it is very well done and well referenced. I feel it meets the good article criteria. Sorry if this was a bit late for grading, but your professor also knows good articles when he sees them. - Taxman ^Talk 15:11, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]