Talk:George Washington/GA1

GA Reassessment

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I will be doing the GA Reassessment on this article as part of the GA Sweeps project. H1nkles (talk) 19:58, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No one would question the importance of this article, especially to American readers. There are some issues that give me pause, primarily related to the lack of references.

The American Revolution section is very poorly referenced. Since this is a primary part of the article it is surprising that it is so under referenced. I note a ^{[citation needed]} template from May 2009, I added one of my own, several more could be added but I think it conveys the point.
the "Foreign Affairs" sub section of the Presidency section has no references.
The "Monuments and memorials" sub section of the Legacy section has one in-line citation.
Several of the website references have nothing more than the link. Per WP:CITE they should at least have the publisher and accessdate, the author, date, and work information are also good if provided.

I want to keep the article as GA but there needs to be some work done on the references. I would be willing to discuss this review with anyone. I will hold the article for a week and see if some work on referencing can be done. H1nkles (talk) 21:08, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article has been on hold for two weeks and my referencing concerns have not been addressed. As such I will remove the article from GA due to the fact that it does not meet the GA Criteria regarding referencing. H1nkles (talk) 17:01, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]