Talk:On Growth and Form/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Tim riley (talk · contribs) 21:23, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

After a first read-through I would have passed this very fine article for GA on the spot, but for one rather serious reservation: I am worried about the length of some of the block-quotes of (I assume) copyright material in the Reception – Modern section. In particular, the quotation from Cosma Shalizi runs to 258 words. I don't believe this conforms with our acceptable use guidelines: "Brief quotations of copyrighted text may be used…" The guidelines don't define brevity, needless to say, but I don't think 258 words can be called a brief quotation. I really think some substantial paraphrasing and précis-ing is called for throughout this section. Otherwise I am full of admiration for a truly impressive article, which to my mind would meet all the GA criteria (and more) if it were not for this one sticking point. Tim riley talk 21:23, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks for taking this on, and for the warm words. "Brief" has never been defined formally, but it is generally taken with respect to the source, i.e. 7 lines of a 14-line poem is presumably long, but 7 lines of a 500-page book is probably fine. Looking back at it now, I agree that some of the Reception quotes could be briefer. I'll do some paraphrasing and précis-ing tomorrow morning. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:59, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Ok, that's done, all long quotes gone. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:54, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Wow! That was fast work, and exactly what was wanted, I think. Tim riley talk 12:28, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Thank you! Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:41, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail: