Talk:Ishmael/GA1

GA Reassessment

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I will do the GA Reassessment on this article as part of the GA Sweeps project. H1nkles (talk) 15:38, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is a lot of good information here. I do have some concerns that I'd like to bring up.

There are several ^{[citation needed]} templates on the article, I put one on but there are several more, some dating back to December 2008. These need to be addressed.
The references look good though accessdates and publisher need to be on website refs.
From a content stand point I have some concerns about the "Islam" section. You quote Watt as saying that God saved Abraham from the burning bush. I am not totally familiar with Islamic tradition but I know that it parallels Jewish tradition in many ways. The only burning bush I know of is with Moses. Is there a different burning bush with Abraham in the Islamic tradition? I just want to be sure I'm reading it correctly.
Also the reference to Metzger and Coogan as professors of Religious Studies, usually also has where they are professors at, what university. I think it would be good to include that information.

Regarding that sentence, it is a stub paragraph (a one-sentence paragraph), which should be expanded, combined or removed. Is there any other elaboration on that subject?

Overall the article is really well-written and fine. I would just like to see a little work done on these issues in order to keep it at GA. I'll hold the article for a week, please contact me if you have any questions or need more time. H1nkles (talk) 16:14, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been on hold for a week and no appreciable work has been done to address my concerns. I will therefore delist the article as it does not meet the current GA Criteria when it comes to adequate referencing. H1nkles (talk) 15:19, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]