Talk:Republic of Ireland/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: DrKiernan (talk) 12:02, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

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Unfortunately, this article does not meet the criteria in my opinion.

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   It is verbose, for example the Etymology section is far longer than it needs to be since there is a daughter article that gives the detail.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

   There are whole paragraphs without any citations.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   At over 150kb the page is really too long, and needs to be more focused on the main points. The article should employ Wikipedia:Summary style.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   It is difficult to judge the article's neutrality. There are unsourced claims in the history section, for example, that might be contentious.

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   There are currently no edit-wars, but the article has been the subject of intense disruption in the past.

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):

   The images look OK for the most part; File:Anglo-Irish Treaty signatures.gif is from the National Archives of Ireland but is tagged as created by the United Kingdom government, which looks odd but I guess it's correct.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   I feel the article would benefit from pruning, and verification of the unsourced material.