Talk:Josephus Nelson Larned/GA1

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Reviewer: Czar (talk · contribs) 03:07, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not very many education reviews around these parts. Happy to take a look.

GA review
(see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar):
    b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references):
    b (citations to reliable sources):
    c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects):
    b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. 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:

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  • 1b: lede currently doesn't sum up the article
  • 2b: direct quotes don't have immediate refs
  • 3a: sections on, e.g., his early life are not comprehensive especially given the available sourcing
  • 3a: not comprehensive on the treatment of time in education and politics—barely anything was said and this is supposed to be a big part of his career, no?
  • ?: a picture of the paper would be more relevant than a picture of Twain
  • 3b: there is a bit of undue weight on Twain, should be less about him and more about the subject's role at the paper
  • last line of Buffalo Express is unsourced
  • grammar: the end-of-sentence quotes should be preceded by a comma
  • pedantic: use en dashes for year ranges

outside scope of review

  • lede vital dates citations should be inside parentheses, and why does it need three refs?
  • more precise refs would help with WP:V in the future, also makes it really hard for a GAN reviewer to verify sources otherwise
  • still need to check for copyvio

On hold for a week czar ♔ 03:07, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Went over a week with no reply (even after automated talk page notification), so closing the nom czar ♔ 06:37, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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