Talk:1268–1271 papal election/GA1

GA Reassessment

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I will do the GA Reassessment on this article as part of the GA Sweeps project. H1nkles (talk) 15:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

I have already read the article and have some comments. I feel that the article is close to, but does not meet the current GA Criteria. The Lead is supposed to be a summary of the entire article, covering all the points brought up in the article. See WP:LEAD for more on this. The article discusses the politics surrounding the controversy, which goes a long way towards explaining why the election lasted so long. A statement on the politics at the time should be added to the lead. I'm also wondering if there were further developments that took place during the election process? With an election lasting nearly 3 years, I have to think that there was more that happened. Am I wrong? Were other candidates nearly elected? Was there more intrigue? Or was it fairly staid until the politicians and citizens of the city put the screws to the Cardinals? The article is very well referenced except for the lists of Cardinal electors. Is there a reference for these two lists? One should be added if the lists are to remain in the article. The images are good, the article is stable and the writing is ok. I would like to see more added to the lead, a reference for the two lists of Cardinal electors, and any further information regarding the nearly 3 year election. I will put the article on hold for a week and notify the interested editors and projects in the hopes that someone will take the lead and address these issues. If you have any questions please contact me on my talk page. H1nkles (talk) 15:51, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

It appears as though quite a bit of work has been done to the article. Thank you for that. I feel as though it meets the GA Criteria and I will keep it as a GA. H1nkles (talk) 18:04, 19 August 2009 (UTC)