Talk:Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
January 23, 2011	Good article nominee	Not listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 30, 2011.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine serves as the state-supported veterinary school for both Virginia and Maryland?

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Edge3 (talk) 22:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I feel that this article is not ready for GA status at the moment for the following reasons:

Please remember that WP:LEADCITE says, in part, that "editors should balance the desire to avoid redundant citations in the lead with the desire to aid readers in locating sources for challengeable material." I think the second lead paragraph about the campus's locations and the DVM program requirements is relatively non-controversial and therefore don't need a citation. That citation could be moved to the body sections.
I've also noticed that you have many blank parameters for the infobox's template. Do you plan to fill those in? If not, then please remove them for the convenience of other contributors. (Though I realize that this is not a GACR requirement)
I am concerned that most of your sources come from Virginia Tech or the American University of Antigua. This raises neutrality and reliability issues. I suggest finding more third-party sources, such as local newspapers. Locally published books or materials held in local or university libraries might also be of assistance.
I think the coverage of the school's academics is not sufficiently broad because the article does not discuss external reviews; US News & World Report is not enough!
Reference #1 (About the College) does not link to a page that has the specific information that it supposedly sources; it only links to a list of more links.
Are there any available free photos? Does the college have a logo that you can put up?

Please don't feel discouraged by this decision... improving this article to GA status certainly isn't impossible. (Most of my concerns revolve around sourcing issues, so you should definitely focus on that.) I wish you best of luck!!! Cheers, Edge3 (talk) 22:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Because the college deleted "Regional" from its official name in July 2014, the pages title needs to be changed