Talk:Kate DiCamillo/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Whiteguru (talk · contribs) 03:05, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Starts GA Review. The review will follow the same sections of the Article. Thank you --Whiteguru (talk) 03:05, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Whiteguru, do you have a timeframe for when you might have this review up? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:56, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Eddie891 It's in my sandbox, complete, basically. Plan is to comb through the article again. I should be able to put this up tonight. --Whiteguru (talk) 20:02, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Observations

   HTML document size: 170 kB
   Prose size (including all HTML code): 24 kB
   References (including all HTML code): 66 kB
   Wiki text: 36 kB
   Prose size (text only): 13 kB (2141 words) "readable prose size"
   References (text only): 7656 B

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

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

In the lead, Her works have won various awards; duplicates an earlier sentence. Suggest removal of this part.

cut Y

(Biography) after several jobs was hired to work in a The Bookman (drop the "a" )

cut Y

(Biography) is a link to maternity leave necessary?

cut Y

(Biography) The article is about this author, not her editor. Drop the reference to Kara LaReau.

cut Y

(Biography) Afterwards, DiCamillo moved into a house; the trappings of succcess are important, but is this necessary for this article?

cut Y

(Writing career and recognition) DiCamillo said she was shocked by the news and "very, very happy."[21] What news? insert (of the award)

added Y

(Writing career and recognition) and ending with Mery Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (2009) spelling Mery → Mercy

fixed Y

(Writing career and recognition) DiCamillo was reportedly woken up at 5:30 a.m. with a call telling her the news and said she was stunned by it.[26] is superfluous...

cut Y

(Writing career and recognition) "Stories Connect Us".[27]{[29] In both the ← stray curly brace in there

fixed Y

(Writing career and recognition) In The New York Times the author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley wrote that . Bradley is writing as a reviewer. drop the author.

I think it's a relevant description so the of what Brubaker is notable for so they aren't necessarily left thinking "who is she"? accepted Y

(Writing career and recognition) overlinking: I am not inclined to link to Minnesota, nor Tim Walz, however gubernatorial he is.

Cut link no Minnesota, not sure why linking Walz would be overlinking, could you elaborate? In this particular context, it appears a superfluous link; I am not convinced readers of this (rather good and readable) article will leave it to go read about a governor... Y

(Adaptations) overlinking: drop links to Netflix and Walt Disney Pictures and cameo.

Cut link to cameo, not sure why Netflix/Disney are overlinks, could you elaborate? These are common words (easily recognized Titles) in the public domain. Why do we need links to material that is commonly recognized? Y

(Analysis) the link to read between the lines, goes to a 404 and then to archive.org. Repair?

Ran IABot Y

Reference 46 should say (subscription required)
Reference 53 should say (registration required)
All references using the New York Times will have to say (subscription required).

Fixed the above Y

It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):

Page is "readable prose size"
Good coverage of this author and her works

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:

NPOV is presented in this article.

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:

Page created 7 January 2005
Page has 1,234 edits by 649 editors
ClueBot NG has been on the page (both versions) 47 times, indicative of vandalism
Page size has expanded considerably since 2020
90 day page views = 24,337 with a daily average of 268 page views.
Recent page history indicates puerile vandalism, likely by children (IP addresses) as DiCamillo is a children's author
Page has a reasonable number of active watchers; it is noted that vandalism like the above is reverted quickly.
Else, page is considered stable with steady improvement.

It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

File:2018-us-nationalbookfestival-kate-dicamillo.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
File:Magician's Elephant (signed) (cropped).png = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
File:Kate DiCamillo 9198 1024 (27648278583).jpg = originally posted to Flickr by Kalamazoo Public Library at https://flickr.com/photos/28641332@N03/27648278583 = no known copyright restrictions

Overall:

Good coverage of the work and labors of this author
Some clean-up noted
The New York Times: repeatedly had to go to archive.org to examine references. Might be worthwhile running the IA bot over the references and see if this sorts the matter for you.
After minor clean-up, this should go to GA. --Whiteguru (talk) 20:51, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Whiteguru, responded to most, some q's. What say you?

@Eddie891 See my comments above. --Whiteguru (talk) 08:03, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK, @Whiteguru, that's fine. I've gone ahead and cut those three links. Thoughts? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:26, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Eddie891 You have a Good Article! --Whiteguru (talk) 20:22, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Passed