Talk:1997 Ontario teachers' strike/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: GhostRiver (talk · contribs) 16:17, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

I will be reviewing this! — GhostRiver 16:17, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Infobox and lede

• Good

Context

• Commas around "under party leader Mike Harris"
  • Done.
• Link first instance of labour unions
  • Done.
• "in March of that year" → "that March"
  • Done.
• "84.2%" → "84.2 percent" per MOS:PERCENT
  • Done.
• "In June 1997," → "The following month,"
  • Done.

History

Introduction of Bill 160

• Good

Strike

• "while some schools remained open under the supervision of non-teaching staff, nearly all of the province's 4,742 public schools were closed." → "nearly all of the province's 4,742 public schools were closed, with a few remaining open under the supervision of non-teaching staff."
  • Done.
• Comma after "it was technically a protest"
  • Done.
• Delink protest per MOS:OVERLINK
  • Done.
• "and 56 percent" → "while 56 percent"
  • Done.

Conclusion

• "on November 9" → "the following day"
  • Done.
• "The strike ended," → "This brought an end to the strike"
  • Done.

Aftermath and legacy

• ""foundation of education in the province."" → ""foundation of education in the province"." per MOS:LQ
  • Done.
• As mentioned below, the heavy quoting in the second paragraph borders on overquoting; are there areas where you feel it can be trimmed down/paraphrased without losing the message?
  • Paraphrased one of the quotes, but it looks like the Earwigs score is also being spiked by some long proper titles of bills and organizations, e.g. Fewer School Boards Act, Ontario Teachers' Federation, etc.
• No colon needed after "among leaders of the teachers' unions"
  • Done.
• ""...of the opposition on the education front."" → ""...of the opposition on the education front"." per MOS:LQ
  • Done.
• "During and in the aftermath" → "During and after"
  • Done.
• "during coverage of subsequent labour disputes"
  • Done.

References

• An access date is needed on [2] (Crisis? What Crisis?)
  • Done.
• Glasbeek is put in the bibliography section but is actually only referenced once and can probably be moved to the main reflist
  • Done.
• World Socialist Web Site is marked as unreliable on one of my scripts, but since it appears to be referencing basic factual information and not being used for value judgment, I'm ok with it

General comments

• Images are properly licensed and relevant to the article
• I don't particularly love the placement of the Mike Harris photo due to the MOS:SANDWICH issue happening, but I'm also not sure if there's a better place for it
• No stability concerns in the revision history
• Earwig score is a little high due to attributed direct quotes

Mostly minor prose/MOS things! Putting on hold for now to allow nominator to address comments. — GhostRiver 17:15, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@GhostRiver: Hi, thanks for taking on this GAR. Response to your notes above. Morgan695 (talk) 21:00, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Looks all good now, happy to pass! — GhostRiver 21:29, 11 October 2021 (UTC)