Talk:Tuvalu Trust Fund/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 19:11, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

I'll be happy to review this. JAGUAR  19:11, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

   y

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. 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:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Initial comments

• "The Tuvalu Trust Fund was established in 1987 by the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.”" - why is there a quotation mark here?
• "The value of the Tuvalu Trust Fund, as at 30 September 2012" - as of
• Per WP:LEADCITE, citations in the lead are discouraged unless citing controversial information. I don't think citations in the lead here and necessary, and could be moved to the body (up to you)
• The lead is too short and needs expansion in order to summarise the article, per WP:LEAD
• "An agreement to establish the trust fund was signed in Suva" - link Suva
• "The United Kingdom withdrew from the agreement in 2004" - this needs a citation
• "This amount was achieved with the help of other international donors of Japan and South Korea" - doesn't make sense. This should read This amount was achieved with the help of other international donors such as Japan and South Korea
• "The 20th anniversary review of the Tuvalu Trust Fund described the performance as being that" - 'as being that' also doesn't sound right if it's connecting a quote. I would remove "being that" as put a colon after "as"
• "The Fund was established" - I don't think "fund" should be capitalised. It should be fully written out
• "the Trust Fund provides an important cushion for Tuvalu's volatile income " - sounds informal
• I fear that the Structure section doesn't meet the GA criteria. It relies too much on quotes and there's not enough prose. Also, the bullet points go against the GA criteria and should be converted to prose
• "This is achieved through the "separation of fund capital from fund proceeds available for distribution."" - honestly this would be fine without quotes

Close - not listed

I'm sorry, I really hate doing this but I'm afraid that this doesn't meet the GA criteria and there would be too much work to be done instead of putting it on hold. It mostly fails 1a of the criteria; the lead is too short, the article relies too heavily on quotes and there is not enough prose or content. If all of the above can be addressed, I'll be happy to review it again. JAGUAR  19:24, 31 October 2015 (UTC)