Talk:Tim Hortons/GA1

GA Reassessment[edit]

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In order to uphold the quality of Wikipedia:Good articles, all articles listed as Good articles are being reviewed against the GA criteria as part of the GA project quality task force. While all the hard work that has gone into this article is appreciated, unfortunately, as of November 10, 2008, this article fails to satisfy the criteria, as detailed below. For that reason, the article has been delisted from WP:GA. However, if improvements are made bringing the article up to standards, the article may be nominated at WP:GAN. If you feel this decision has been made in error, you may seek remediation at WP:GAR.

The issues:

1) The lead does not satisfy WP:LEAD. It is too short and should be expanded to include 3-4 paragraphs.

2) The are numerous {{cn}} tags in the article that should be dealt with.

3) The reflist contains 12 dead weblinks. In addition many refs lack publisher/author/title. They should be fixed.

4) The article contains lots of POV statements that should be removed. For example: Tim Hortons has one of the most successful marketing operations in Canada. With powerful and effective branding, the store has established itself in the top class of fast-food restaurants in Canada or The ubiquity of Tim Hortons, through both effective marketing and the wide expansion of its outlets, makes it a prominent feature of Canadian life. Such statements should be avoided because they are of little value for readers, are uncitable and unecyclopedic.

Ruslik (talk) 09:10, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The A Canadian cultural fixture section starts out alright, but starts to look like a trivia section as you get past the first paragraph.--Kelapstick (talk) 17:08, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that the lead was expanded. Is anybody going to add references and format them? Ruslik (talk) 19:43, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

After more than two the article still does not meet all GA criteria so I will delist it. After my concerns are addressed the article can be nominated to WP:GAN. Ruslik (talk) 14:38, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]