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Long and short scales

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I've listed this article for peer review because…

The article has successfully achieved GA status, but failed a FA review (13 July 2011) on a number of structural / formatting / sourcing issues. I'd like to engage with the PR process to improve this article, which is regularly referred to outside WP as a definitive statement on this issue. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 12:39, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Comments from Nikkimaria

I don't know enough about the topic to comment extensively on topic, so my comments are almost exclusively related to formatting and manual of style issues. Nikkimaria (talk) 20:59, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

• WP:OVERLINK: don't link very common terms, don't link the same term multiple times (especially not in close proximity)
• Bibliographical annotation (ie. when you explain what a source is, what its purpose is, or similar) is usually confined to External links, if used at all
• A good rule of thumb is to have a minimum of one source per paragraph, usually more depending on content
• "...value within each scale - the short scale logic...": phrases like this should use spaced endashes or unspaced emdashes, not hyphens. See WP:HYPHEN and WP:DASH for usage rules
• Why are prefixes bolded in the tables?
• Why are certain paragraphs in History indented?
• Generally speaking , italics should be used for emphasis, and sparingly, never bolding or capitalization - see WP:ITALICS
• Don't tell the reader to "note" something - see WP:W2W
• Try to avoid very short subsections and a very long table of contents
• Don't link terms in See also already linked in article text
• All book citations need page numbers
• This link returns a 404 not found. See here for other potentially problematic links
• Web citations need publishers and retrieval dates
• Don't cite anything to a wiki
• Make sure similar citations are formatted the same way
• Make sure all sources used meet the reliable source policy. For example, who is the author of this site, and what are his or her qualifications?
• Don't repeat cited sources in External links.

Nikkimaria (talk) 20:59, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Work-in-progress comments

I've copied your above comments - so that I can strikeout in the copy any that I think are now dealt with. If you are reviewing progress from time-to-time, I would appreciate an indication if you disagree the mitigation has cleared your corresponding comment. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 23:51, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

• WP:OVERLINK: don't link very common terms, don't link the same term multiple times (especially not in close proximity)
• A good rule of thumb is to have a minimum of one source per paragraph, usually more depending on content
• "...value within each scale - the short scale logic...": phrases like this should use spaced endashes or unspaced emdashes, not hyphens. See WP:HYPHEN and WP:DASH for usage rules
• Generally speaking , italics should be used for emphasis, and sparingly, never bolding or capitalization - see WP:ITALICS
• All book citations need page numbers
• Web citations need publishers and retrieval dates
• Don't cite anything to a wiki
• Make sure similar citations are formatted the same way
• Make sure all sources used meet the reliable source policy. For example, who is the author of this site, and what are his or her qualifications?

• Bibliographical annotation (ie. when you explain what a source is, what its purpose is, or similar) is usually confined to External links, if used at all
• Why are prefixes bolded in the tables?
• Why are certain paragraphs in History indented?
• Don't tell the reader to "note" something - see WP:W2W
• Try to avoid very short subsections and a very long table of contents
• Don't link terms in See also already linked in article text
• This link returns a 404 not found. See here for other potentially problematic links
• Don't repeat cited sources in External links.