Talk:Faidherbe Bridge

Faidherbe Bridge has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
February 27, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
June 27, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
July 18, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
February 3, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
Current status: Good article

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Faidherbe Bridge/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Has no inline citations from sections 1 to 4. Would add these and any other obvious gaps and then renominate. Tom (talk) 17:29, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review 2

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GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
Writing needs work. Numerous MoS breaches, as well. First, the lead is way too long. Also, numbers under 10 need to be spelled out. References need to be formatted properly, as well.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
This is where the real problem is. The entire body of the article is unreferenced.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
The article's fairly short. any more information that could be included?
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

This article needs a lot of work before it can be listed as a GA. Because of the issues mentioned above, I failed the article. It can be renominated once these issues are addressed. Cheers. Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 15:14, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Faidherbe Bridge/GA3. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
There are a number of shortcomings regarding the MOS. I would recommend that the author(s) read the Manual of Style to keep up to date with the newest proceedings. For instance, years and dates are never to be wikilinked. All metric values must be converted to old units using the {{convert}} template. There are a number of boldface occurrences throughout the article—only the first instance of the name, supplemented by synonyms, should be bold. Do not just link to francs, but instead link to French franc, if that is the currency used at the time, and if applicable, use the ISO currency code. There is no need to repeat the link to franc after the first occurance. Companies, committees etc. are not to be in italics. Avoid linking to the same article multiple times, and to common, irrelevant words. Also remember to check if links are to disambiguation pages. There is no need to link to common measureing units like m (by the way, m links to the letter, not to meter). It would be nice if you could add the coordinates (see {{coord}}). Section headings should never include redundant inclusion of the article topic, for instance use "Opening" instead of "Opening of the bridge".
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
My main concern is that the article is virtually unreferenced. Several sections have no refs, and the inline citiations seem to placed wrongly. For instance, "The rehabilitaion works[9]..." should have the reference at the end of the sentence. All references should use the {{cite}} template. Instead of repeating the same references again, use the syntax <ref name="pickaname">{{cite ... }}</ref>, and recall the same reference with <ref name="pickaname" />. Choose a different name (instead of pickaname) for each reference that is repeated. I presume you have used the bibliography, in which case inline citiations are also needed. For instance, use <ref>Thilmans, 2006: 40–44</ref> to create notes that specify which book is used where, and what pages are referenced. The books should be cited within the {{cite book}} template under bibliography. If an entire paragraph is cited from the same source, one ref at the end is sufficient.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
File:Faidherbestamp.jpg does not have a valid fair use rationale. As a stamp under fair use, it can only be used in an article about the stamp itself, not about the topic that the stamp depicts. Therefore, I have removed the image. The rest of the images are okay.
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
I am placing the article on hold. If all the matters are seen to, the article should be ready for GA. Good work so far, and good luck improving it further. Arsenikk ^(talk) 14:29, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great, that was all the main body seen to. I am sorry, but there was one thing I forgot to mention during the review; the lead is a bit short. The problem is not so much the length, as that the lead is supposed to summarize, not introduce the topic. As a rule of thumb, the lead should, in addition to a short introduction (1–2 sentences) include at least the main point form each section. At present it provides a background of the bridge. Again, sorry for missing this the first time. Arsenikk ^(talk) 22:41, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That would be it all done. Congratulations with a good article. Arsenikk ^(talk) 11:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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