Talk:Taif/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Femkemilene (talk · contribs) 20:20, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Femke here. I'll review this article. First of all, things you're working on this topic and helping close the gap in coverage between the global North in the global South! FemkeMilene (talk) 20:20, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

• There are many parts that need citations. The first paragraph of transportation is uncited, the climate section is completely uncited
• Many of the existing citations
• there is an external link to the Koran in the lead. The etymology is discussed only in the lead, even though everything in the lead also needs to be discussed in the body of the article.
• Prose: The city has been called the unofficial summer capital of Saudi Arabia[5][6] and has also been called the best summer destination in Saudi Arabia[7] as it enjoys a moderate weather during summer, unlike most of the Arabian Peninsula. The city owes its popularity among tourists to its many mountain resorts and moderate climate, even during the harsh summers of Arabia. This has a lot of overlapping information; could you reduce that?
• Mind the word 'also', frequently unnecessary
• The municipalities are only mentioned in the lede. You could create a section on governance or politics instead of governors (which is likely become a boring list).
• exchanges-of-power -> no hyphens
• Prior to the Arab Revolt -> explain when this occurred, readers may not be familiar with this history.
• The last paragraph of economics is one huge sentence. Please split in at least three sentences.
• The famous grown here is the 30-petal Damask rose -> grammar.
• Why is there sometimes a horizontal line above the a of Ta'if, and sometimes not?
• Why is there an apostrophe before 'Ali?
• I can't find any information in FN37
• FN35, F40 don't have any information but the fact that it's an archived copy (of what?)
• FN24 is a jpg? How does that support the information?
• It may be nice to include information about the demography of the city.
• Neutrality okay, copyright of images okay
• Earwig is is picking up some close paraphrasing / plagiarism of http://www.saudiarabiatourismguide.com/taif/ amongst other sources.

I will be quick-failing this article is I think it is currently not that close to meeting the good article criteria, and contains some plagiarism. I hope this feedback was useful, and you renominate after addressing my points :)