Talk:Stella Madzimbamuto/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Caeciliusinhorto (talk · contribs) 18:43, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

I'll take this one on. Initial comments shortly. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 18:43, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Criterion 1 ("well-written"): the article pretty much passes this, I think. I noticed a couple of places which could perhaps be tightened up:

• "Because of limited job ability to blacks in Cape Town" - reads slightly awkwardly to me. Perhaps "Because of limited job opportunities available to blacks in Cape Town"?

I'm not sure it was actually opportunities, they could work, just not where they wanted to, or doing what they were qualified for, and had to get special permits to do it. Zvomuya says "'My main reason for leaving Cape Town was the colour bar, which led to a lack of choice of where one worked because of the colour of one’s skin'. Already she was showing her feisty side by refusing to apply for a pass". In light of that, I changed it to read "Because of limited job choices available for blacks in Cape Town..." If that's okay then  Done SusunW (talk) 22:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

• "He was arrested and confined in a detention centre from February 1959 until 8 June 1961. During the period, Daniel was briefly released but after a few days returned to prison several times. Their second child, a daughter named Chipo, was born during this period and was six months old when Daniel was first arrested." - it's slightly disconcerting to read this out of chronological order.

I think I fixed it. It kind of falls into the explanation for the next section. I tried writing it without her book, but there were few dates in the secondary sources, so I finally just broke down and bought her book. I thought I had gotten everything rearranged chronologically, but apparently not in this instance.  Done SusunW (talk) 22:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Criterion 2 (verifiable): obviously thoroughly cited to plenty of reliable sources. There are a lot of references to Madzimbamuto's autobiography, which is obviously not an independent source, but they seem to comply with WP:ABOUTSELF.

Primarily I used it to reference when things happened chronologically. As you can see from the sea of red, sourcing is often hard to find for Africa and then may or may not be as detailed as we would like. Other than names of people, primary and secondary schools, and her actual separation from Daniel, I tried to avoid using it. SusunW (talk) 22:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Criterion 3 (broad in its coverage): yes, clearly.

Criterion 4 (neutral): apparently so. No obvious concerns.

Criterion 5 (stable): no evidence of editwarring or other stability concerns.

Criterion 6 (appropriately illustrated): images are appropriate and seem to have appropriate copyright tags. I note that both images of Madzimbamuto are actually based on the same photograph, and yet one caption says "in 1969" and the other "before 1969" – which is correct?

I think TJ changed the lede image to "before" too. This was the only free image we could locate. GRuban who helped me research them, noted that as Daniel was in jail in 1969, the photograph that appeared in The Lamp that year could not have been taken at that time and would have had to have been taken earlier. SusunW (talk) 22:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

This is pretty much there for Good Article status - just a few lingering points to clear up. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 21:41, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Caeciliusinhorto Thank you very much for your review. Please let me know if there is anything else with which you have concern. SusunW (talk) 22:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

All looking good! I will pass this now: congratulations Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 11:08, 12 February 2022 (UTC)