Talk:Irene Reid (lollipop lady)/GA1
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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 18:22, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
Quick fail—Though GA has no length requirement, I believe that this article is simply too short for such a status at only 207 words. It fails criteria 3, possibly as a result of the lack of available sources that go into her career in-depth. Though it is a wonderful article, it resembles a finished permastub, basically a short article with no reasonable prospect for expansion—to expand it would only be adding puffery, padding, or undue weight; adding a stub template would also be improper. So, while this article could theoretically be perfect (in terms of completeness), that does not make it a good article. This would also be the shortest bio with GA status by almost double; next shortest Constantine Angelos Doukas has 397 words of prose, and is about an 11th century usurper known largely for one event with no little knowledge about his personal life or parents. There is a valid argument to be made for historical individuals for which their information has been lost to time, whereas this article leaves a lot to be desired, essentially only stating that she is a long-serving lollipop lady who has received two awards for it.
In hopes of a possible expansion and a renomination, is there anything else that can be stated on her, such as previous careers (if any), overall experience being a lollipop lady (i.e. why she does it, notable things that happened during her career, her philosophy, thoughts on road safety etc.), impact on her local area, reactions from her family, children, the council/government etc? If she has been notable for a while, I would look for more citations about her in the British Newspaper Archive. With these additions, I would be more than happy to pass this article for GA status. All the best and goodluck on improving this article! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 18:22, 3 January 2023 (UTC)