Talk:London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics/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.

• I have two major concerns with this article, the first and most important of which is its lack of clear focus, thus failing GA criterion 3. This is an article about the bid, which has obviously ended, but the article abounds with statements such as "Australian construction company Lend Lease Corp Ltd has been chosen to build the Olympic Village", "The Olympic Village will be located in Lower Lea Valley in East London", "The area is currently underdeveloped, and will thus be a well-suited place to construct the village", and many more. These are not describing the bid, or even the state of affairs at the time of the bid, but the state of affairs now.

• My second major concern is the lack of citations, particularly in the second half of the article. In the Budget section, for instance, detailed figures are given for the cost of facilities and evenue, but the source quoted at the end of that section (the only one in the section) refers only to the increase in the costs. Once again, tying in with the point above, this is the situation as reported in 2007, two years after the bid was closed.

• There are at least four dead links.[1]

Sporting venues

• "However this would require the compulsory purchase of some businesses ...". We're talking about an event that's finished, or at least we ought to be. "However this would have required ...".

• "The majority of venues have been divided into three zones ...". "Tense again, the bid is over, and this article ought to be talking about the bid, not the present state of affairs. "The majority of venues were divided ...".

• Last paragraph needs to be cited.

Transport and infrastructure

• "The games were won ...". Which is it to be? "Games" or "games"? Need to decide and be consistent.

• Last half of first paragraph needs to be cited.

Budget

• No sources provided for the figures listed.

Ticketing

• "Approximately 8 million tickets will be available for the 2012 Summer Olympics." What has that to do with the bid?

• "Marketing Director David Magliano has said that 1.5 million tickets will be sold for £15 (US$29)." Did he say that as a part of the bid? Doesn't seem so, as the source is dated 2007.

Other details

• "By 2012 it was estimated that over 135,000 hotel rooms would be available within 50 kilometres ...". The article needs to use units of measurement consistently. Sometimes imperial are used, sometimes metric, sometimes conversions are given, and sometimes they aren't.

Sports venues

• Last paragraph needs to be cited.

Social and economic benefits

• Almost completely uncited.

Transport

• Completely uncited.

Opinions of the bid

• A bid can't have opinions. This ought to be something like "Opinions on the bid", for instance.

• The last three paragraphs need to be cited.

• There are two direct quotations in the final paragraph. All quotations must be attributed to their source(s).

Criticism

• Another section which is completely uncited.

• "Many Londoners have challenged the high cost of the Olympics ...". Were they doing so at the time of the bid? Again, this seems like the article has lost its focus on the bid.

• "Furthermore the cost of travelling and accommodation is set to rise across London which may outprice tourists ..." "Outprice"?

IOC evaluation report

• Completely uncited.

--Malleus Fatuorum 17:12, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

• As all of these issues remain outstanding, this article has now been delisted. --Malleus Fatuorum 00:18, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.