Object (especially the lack of in text references). Here is what peerreviewer had to say: (plus one comment from myself). The following suggestions were generated by a semi-automatic javascript program, and might not be applicable for the article in question.
Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at Wikipedia:Lead. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.[?]
If this article is about a person, please add {{persondata|PLEASE SEE [[WP:PDATA]]!}} along with the required parameters to the article - see Wikipedia:Persondata for more information.[?]
There are a few occurrences of weasel words in this article- please observe WP:AWT. Certain phrases should specify exactly who supports, considers, believes, etc., such a view.
correctly
is considered
might be weasel words, and should be provided with proper citations (if they already do, or are not weasel terms, please strike this comment).[?]
Watch for redundancies that make the article too wordy instead of being crisp and concise. (You may wish to try Tony1's redundancy exercises.)
Vague terms of size often are unnecessary and redundant - “some”, “a variety/number/majority of”, “several”, “a few”, “many”, “any”, and “all”. For example, “All pigs are pink, so we thought of a number of ways to turn them green.”
As done in WP:FOOTNOTE, footnotes usually are located right after a punctuation mark (as recommended by the CMS, but not mandatory), such that there is no space in between. For example, the sun is larger than the moon [2]. is usually written as the sun is larger than the moon.[2][?]
There is one 'citation needed' template on the page. Should be fixed or otherwise that line has to go.
Needs more in text references (using footnotes). Voorlandt 07:41, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Review by SyG: conclusion was "Oppose", suggested for GA-class
Oppose for most of Voorlandt's reasons, and specifically some lack on precise references, for example:
the Note 1 claims sentences like "Most historians consider..." and "Morphy is considered..." which are not referenced.
the sentence "According to his uncle, Ernest Morphy, no one formally taught Morphy how to play chess" shall be referenced (maybe even the whole paragraph).
the sentence "By the age of nine, he was considered one of the best players in New Orleans" shall be referenced.
the sentence "Löwenthal and Anderssen both later remarked that..." should be referenced
also, some links include redirects, it is better to do direct links
the list of "Notable chess games" does not give any positionnal game, which seems in conflict with what is told in the section "Morphy's chess play"
Still a very impressive article, that I would state as GA-class. SyG 08:50, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
