Talk:Norman Conquest/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 12:03, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

I'm going to review this article, however I might not get a chance to start before tomorrow (June 1st). Just wanted to grab this one before someone else did, and see how far my memory of secondary school history stretches! Miyagawa (talk) 12:03, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

I've read through now and it's a very good article. In fact, I only have a single issue with it before promoting it to GA. I think that the Consequences needs to be covered a little more heavily in the lead. Probably just a sentence or two will suffice, as at the moment the lead only refers to the Governmental systems subsection. Once that's done, I'm happy to mark the article as a GA. Miyagawa (talk) 14:10, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

• If I may, I have some criticism of the image used to accompany the lead; it is simply too large, squishing the text to the far left and overall giving the impression that this page is pretty untidy. I really think it should be replaced (Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:18, 5 June 2012 (UTC))
  • I've shrunk the map somewhat Ealdgyth - Talk 20:57, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

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

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Now that those adjustments have been made, I feel that this article meets the criteria for a GA and is suitable to be promoted. Very nice article. Miyagawa (talk) 11:59, 8 June 2012 (UTC)