Talk:Virgin Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dom497 (talk · contribs) 20:24, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   Quality of article is good.

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

   See comment section below. Good.

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   Article complies to this section of the review."

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   Good.

   C. No original research:

   No original research found.

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   All major aspects of the article have been covered.

   B. Focused:

   Article stays on topic throughout.

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

   No bias found.

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

   Article appears to be stable.

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:

   PASS!!!

Comments

• "Ned Gerard scored 580.0 points, ranking 53rd out of 56 athletes, and thus did not medal" should be, "Ned Gerard scored 580.0 points, ranking 53rd out of 56 athletes, and thus did not earn a medal."
  • Based on what I've seen, "to medal" is a verb that has been routinely used in articles. In this case, it is not intended to be a noun, but rather a verb. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 03:58, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
• Remove all links to articles that don't exist.
  • Yup. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 03:58, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
• Find a few images. I am aware you don't know how licensing works on Wikipedia, but if you find a picture on Flickr, send me the link and I will check if it is ok to use.
  • I've worked with image licensing on Wikipedia before; my issue, rather, was with how it worked on Flickr, but I think I understand. I see that the images' licensing statuses are listed on the side of each page, something I had missed before. I do appreciate your kind approach to my prior ignorance on the topic, however.
  • In any case, I searched for images on Flickr, both under Virgin Islands Olympics and under the names of each athlete. There were some viable results, but all were listed under "All Rights Reserved", and thus are not ideal for this purpose. I find that I'd have to default to structures again, although I think it may be an interesting idea to instead add images of the more reputable heat leaders or of the races themselves, if such images are possible. I will search the Commons when I have time. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 03:58, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
    • I decided against adding images of heat leaders; seemed a little bit distracting. In any case, the images are in. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 04:54, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

--Dom497 (talk) 20:43, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

I forgot to mention something before:

• In the Athletics section of the article, what does NR and Q mean. I can guess that NR stands for New Record and Q stands for Qualified, but there are people in the world that may not understand this. My suggestion is that beside the letters, you add a "+" and at the bottom of the tables, include something like this: + Denotes that NR stands for New Record."
  • From what I can tell, NR stands for "National Record". Thanks for the catch; I've added keys to clarify. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 22:27, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

--Dom497 (talk) 18:55, 29 May 2012 (UTC)