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Date	Process	Result
June 16, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 26, 2012.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Indonesian journalist Marco Kartodikromo (pictured) was arrested several times by the Dutch colonial government and ultimately died in exile?

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"Racist"?[edit]

The word 'racist' did not exist in 1911. It was invented by Magnus Hirschfeld in the 1930s.--Q-Jux Q-Jux Q-Jux (talk) 12:02, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article was not written in 1911. The source says "discrimination based on race" (in Indonesian, naturally), which in modern terms is known as racism. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:02, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Tea with toast (talk · contribs) 03:30, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Review[edit]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
Well done! --Tea with toast (話) 23:03, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

While I am satisfied that this article meets the criteria for GA, there are few things that might benefit the article moving forward:

The first sentence "Further career..." section: "Kartodikromo was soon chosen by Goenawan...". The word "soon" is ambiguous, and it would be better to put a more precise date on that.

Sadly none of my sources have a date. They have a nearly 2-year gap in which it could have happened.

I feel the "Themes and styles" section could be expanded. Throughout the "Further career..." section, there is not much information given for each of the written works that Kartodikromo authored. I think it would be good to elaborate on these, especially if they were contributing factors for his imprisonment.

Agree. I'll try and do that when my current project is finished. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:27, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

One of the categories listed is apparently non-existent (red link). While this may not be a problem if the category is to be created in the future, I just thought I'd mention it in case it was a typo (from my investigation, I couldn't find any categories that would replace it, I just thought I'd mention it).

Removed. I seem to remember something about not having redlink categories in the MOS. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:27, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Happy editing! --Tea with toast (話) 23:03, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:27, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]