Talk:Coat of arms/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Calvin999 (talk · contribs) 20:32, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi. I'm Calvin999 and I am reviewing this nomination.  — Calvin999 20:32, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

• Four dead links
• Why is the second paragraph of the lead only one line long? Looks a bit odd
• but this usage is wrong in a strict sense of heraldic terminology. → This doesn't sound encyclopaedic
• from the 11th Century, → does century need to be capitalised?
• By the 13th Century arms → Comma after century
• become a kind of → Too conversational (use of 'kind of')
• remained rather consistent → Too formal (use of 'rather')
• In the 21st century, → You don't capitalised century here, but there are several instance prior where you do
• I think the lead is far too detailed and long given the length of the article and the relatively short sections in comparison
• In the heraldic traditions of England and Scotland an individual, → Why do you link Scotland but not England?
• and Scotland an individual, → Comma after Scotland
• usually a color → I would have thought that you would use British English spelling for this article, not American? Given that this article doesn't really have anything to do with America.
• an heir presumptive. → Link heir presumptive
• Traditions and usage has very short sentence "paragraphs", it looks odd to have them so short and separate. A paragraph should be four to five sentences
• were so encased → Use of 'so' reads conversational
• European tradition: some sections are short and small that they don't warrant needing a sub-section. French and British could be combined I think.
• Also, there are more one line stray sentences. Make all prose paragraphs consisting of four to five sentences.
• Again, the sub-sections of Asia and Africa are so small. The Islam one isn't in need of being by itself.
• Yet, even these simple designs often express an origin.[unbalanced opinion] → This tag needs sorting
• A one line sub-section for Canada can't be justified, it looks ridiculous. The New World practices section could easily be one paragraph for both nations.
• Same for Catholic Church
• A lot of the Notes are missing dates and access dates

Outcome

Structurally, I think this article is a mess. One line paragraphs should be minimised but there are multiple instances, even one line sections. I don't think this article passes 1b of the criteria and it seriously needs working on. I found this article really disjointed and no flow because of how the sections have been organisae and written. The lead needs to be shrunk too. It should be a summary. I think two paragraphs would be more than enough. I'm sorry but I can't pass this article. It needs to be majorly revised.  — Calvin999 20:25, 26 August 2015 (UTC)