User:Khazar2/Key

Key to quiz

Fair warning: many answers here are subjective.

Can an article pass GA if the article...

1. includes a dead link?

Yes, in most cases. Dead links are only an issue if they are bare urls.

2. makes heavy use of the word "claimed"?

Probably not. "Claim" is discouraged per WP:CLAIM (under WP:WTW).

3. makes heavy use of non-gender neutral language, such as "mankind"?

Yes. I'd point this out as a side note in the review, but this isn't part of the GA criteria.

4. makes heavy use of the word "currently"?

No. "Currently" is discouraged per WP:REALTIME (under WP:WTW).

5. violates WP:OVERLINK?

Yes. Most MOS pages are not part of the GA criteria. It doesn't do any harm to point things like this out as side issues, but make the distinction clear to the nominator.

6. has no discussion of the childhood of a biographical subject?

Maybe--it depends entirely on whether sources consider this a "main aspect" of the topic. This is a judgement call.

7. includes a paragraph with no inline citations?

Maybe. Criterion 2b only requires certain kinds of statements to be cited, not a certain proportion of the article. This is a judgement call as to whether the paragraph's claims constitute significant original research.

8. includes a sentence with no inline citations?

Yes. Criterion 2b only requires certain kinds of statements to be cited, not a certain proportion of the article.

9. includes a quotation with no inline citation?

No. Quotations require citation per criteria 2b.

10. is only six paragraphs long?

Yes. There is no length requirement for GAs, as long as they cover the main aspects of their topic.

11. has four paragraphs added by a new editor during the review process?

Yes (assuming they raise no other issues). The "Stability" criterion only applies in case of full-on edit wars or total rewrites. Articles almost never fail for this criterion, in my experience.

12. includes a photograph of a 19th-century British soldier with an EU public domain copyright tag?

No. Images must be tagged with their US copyright status (because that's where en.wikipedia's servers are).

13. fails to present all viewpoints as equally valid?

Yes. Viewpoints should be weighted in proportion to reliable sources, not necessarily given equal weight.

14. includes a red link in the text?

Yes. Redlinks are not an issue under the GA criteria.

15. includes a link to a YouTube video of unknown copyright status?

No. Besides not containing copyright violations, articles should not link to copyright violations (this is an issue under criterion 1a).

16. has inconsistently formatted citations?

Yes. Not an issue for GA at all.

17. includes a spelling error?

No. GAs require correct spelling and grammar per criterion 1a. It's not a big deal with one sneaks through (it happens to all of us), but as many as possible should be caught and fixed during the review process.

18. is based on only three sources?

Yes, assuming those sources are sufficient to cover the "main aspects" of the subject.

19. includes the statement "The amusement park also has a roller coaster named Fireball", sourced to a blog with no obvious claim to expertise?

Probably no. A GA should not include a non-reliable source, and most blogs would fall into that category. The sentence itself, however, could stay, as it's not one of the types of statements that need to be sourced per criterion 2b.

20. has an amusement park as its subject, but fails to discuss one of the park's roller coasters?

Maybe. The GA criteria permit articles that "do not cover every major fact or detail". The judgement call is whether a roller coaster is a "main aspect" (necessary to include) or just a "major detail." It would be best to suggest to the nominator that it be included, though.