Talk:Niki Tsongas

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April 14, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed

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Wording

I question the wording of this article (if elected, she will be...) is too much of a loaded statement.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.30.95.85 (talk • contribs) 11:30, May 2, 2007

no and sign when you write something Gang14 22:24, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually yes, but more for the grammar. When talking about a potential future event, "if elected, she would be" is the usual way of writing it, whereas "will" is used in non-conditional constructions, like "when elected, she will be", which obviously doesn't apply here. --Delirium 00:48, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Niki Tsongas/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: PrairieKid (talk · contribs) 23:26, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PrairieKid

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:
Lead had minor spelling/grammar which I fixed... The tenure section doesn't meet the criteria. ~~"Tsongas is an advocate for LGBT rights and has cosponsored the Respect for Marriage Act, she also voted for the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010," is an example of this.~~

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
No problems here.
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. Has an appropriate reference section:

B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:
~~Could go deeper into her family life, especially considering her husband's position. It could have gone deeper into the elections. Her tenure and political position sections are jumbled together.~~

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
~~The elections and tenure section seem to give bias toward Tsongas- it showed Clinton's praise, as well as her seeming foresight into Anthony Weiner's resignation and Elizabeth Warren's election.~~
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
I will check back in 7 days to see if it now meets the criteria.

Hopefully I didn't screw up the formatting. The only problem I have now is with some grammar. I will check back later today to see if that has been fixed.

I now think it meets all of the criteria! Very nice work! For further improvement, I would suggest adding one more picture of her and her husband (or her husband alone), and/or one of her earlier congressional years. The tenure section still could be expanded as well. PrairieKid (talk) 19:13, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ref problems

Tsongas 2009 and McCutcheon & Tsongas 2009 don't point to any citation. Curly Turkey (gobble) 07:16, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedit

I've taken on the requested copyedit for this article. My edits are not law; feel free to revert anything I do for any reason at all. If there are any issues that can't be dealt with by simply reverting, please feel free to contact me. Curly Turkey (gobble) 07:19, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm finished copyediting this article. Please check to make sure I haven't introduced any errors, and feel free to revert anything you disagree with. Oh, and please fix the broken refs mentioned in the section above. Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:34, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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