Talk:Virgin Australia/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 14:50, 21 August 2011 (UTC) OK, well, I'm placing this article on hold although at the moment it's a fair way from passing. Most noticably, some references are lacking for things like:

• The "Subsidiaries" section;
• The "In 2007 Virgin Blue" paragraph;
• The "Live2Air" section;
• The "Virgin Australia lounge" section;
• The "Velocity Rewards section;
• Any current [citation needed] tags.

There are other things that need to be tightened up. Firstly, there is at least one external link in the main text (see WP:EL). The "Controversies" section could do with being in normal prose so it doesn't just list a series of complaints but rather discusses them in a more encyclopedic style. There are also lots of small paragraphs that look a bit messy and unstructured (eg. the "Marketing and sponsorship" section). This may also hide a lack of informative depth, but the Good Article Criteria note that some information may be missing. Image use is good, but the article could do with being more stable (across the hold period would be good enough). Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 14:50, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

I'll take over the article, since the nominator is an IP user. Sp33dyphil ^{"Ad astra"} 03:18, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm sure you can see the problems Sp33dyphil. Ordinarily, I'd be a bit lax on the hold period if progress was being made on an article this far from being GA quality, but as you'll be aware I could do with it closed for the cup. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 09:03, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

If you wanna close it because of the Cup, no worries. I don't think the article is up to scratch anyway. Sp33dyphil ^{"Ad astra"} 10:10, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

You and the IP are entitled to the normal hold period, it's just I can't run it further than that. Might as well leave it there whether or not you want to run with it. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 12:04, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

OK, well, as I suspected the article was too far off to make achieving GA status within a week impractical. I am thus closing this as failed without prejudice to further nominations, should they be suitably judged against the criteria then. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 11:56, 31 August 2011 (UTC)