Wikipedia:Peer review/Cambridge/archive2

Cambridge

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Article is now reasonably stable, and without tags (I think). It seems like a good opportunity to try and push towards GA status.

Thanks, Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 10:24, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

• Looks like it'll soon be ready for a GA nomination to me. There's a contraction ("weren't") and some dead links in the references (c.f. this page), but with those items fixed, in my view this would resemble other good articles. Nice work.—S Marshall T/C 22:25, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

I can offer a few drive-by comments:

• I'm mainly looking at the Geography-related section here, but I think there is still a bit of work to do to reflect the natural environment of Cambridge. There is only a very brief mention of geology, but none at all on the key ecological/biodiversity features of the city. I suggest this is a significant omission, though even some WP:FA articles such as Bristol and Bath are let down on this front. It doesn't have to be a huge section, but to easily rectify this, try sources such as local conservation strategies/LBAPs, like this one, pp5-4; 25-26 which give an overview of key sites such as SSSIs, or even city local nature reserve lists, such as this. Quite often Local Plan documents give good ecological overviews which are sound third-party sources.
• Check for correct hyphenation and links in the article e.g. low-lying, non-league/ water-meadows etc., and beware use of the hyphen or dash in the climate section after '...highest national temperature in any given year' which could be taken as a minus sign.
• the presence of the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge seems a significant organisation worthy of mention, and perhaps the Category 'Organisations based in Cambridge' should also be added.
• The sentence The River Cam flows through the city north from the village of Grantchester. is a little unclear unless one knows that Grantchester is on the southern side. Maybe The River Cam flows northwards through the city from the village of Grantchester., or something similar. For information on flood risk and reduction in the city see here.
• There could be a sub-section well worth adding in the 'culture' section on the very important museums within the city, such as the nationally and internationally important Sedgwick, Fitzwilliam and Whipple museums, plus 15 others. I'm not confident that the single mention of museums (a link to List of museums in Cambridge) does this aspect of culture in the city full justice, especially compared to the quite large emphasis on sport.
• The caption for the Ward map probably ought to give the date (2010)
• Despite the high use of cycling, I was surprised to find that much of the city centre seems to be designated an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA), so this could well relevant to include. see here.
• Dead links - there are quite a few non-functioning links which need fixing. Try this tool to find and fix them. (Note that the Suds link is reported as functioning, but it doesn't actually retrieve the Landscape Vision document.)
• Finally, you could consider adding alt text to images, though this is not a requirement of Good Articles, though it is a useful step to sort out now, en route to WP:FA. See this link.

All-in-all, this looks to be a good, sound article, though I am quite new to this process myself, so could well be bringing a biased perspective! Parkywiki (talk) 01:32, 8 May 2016 (UTC)