Talk:Canadian Heraldic Authority/GA1

GA Review

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General Comments

This article appears to be very well written; it is clear, concise and to the point. It uses language which is understandable and needs very little explanation thanks to the significant use of references and external links.

Article Issues

There are no outstanding article issue templates, and this article has not been the subject of an ongoing or past edit war.

Footnotes, references and external links

All accurate, properly sourced and active. No issues in this area.

Any outstanding problems to resolve?

Section 2.1 - 2 areas of duty missing from the table

•  Done

Section 2.2 - 4 badges missing from table denoting holders of honorary positions.

•  Done - no images were available //roux  

Section 3.2 - The processing fee for all petitioners is $435 CAD[12] (plus GST), with the cost of one preliminary design ranging from $200 to $1,000. The cost of the final design, as illustrated on the letters patent, ranges from $900 to $3,500. It should be noted that the petitioner does not "buy" a coat of arms: the arms themselves are freely given to qualified individuals, but fees must be paid to the heralds and artists for the services rendered.[10]

• On first usage, all abbreviations should ideally, be lengthened to their full form and linked thus: Canadian Dollar instead of CAD

• MOSNUM seems to say that the abbreviation is fine, I think? //roux  

Image Issues

INFOBOX: The blazon used here is the same as the image used in Section 4.1 - please see below.

Section 2.2 - The 4 badges used in this section are marked as fair use, but no rationale has been added for any of them. This must be resolved.

•  Done

Section 4.1 - The blazon image used to the right is marked as fair use, but no rationale has been added. This must be resolved.

•  Done

Section 4.2 - The "badge of authority" image used to the right is marked as fair use, but no rationale has been added. This must be resolved.

•  Done

The image issues mentioned are violations of Section 6 (Part A) of the Good Article Criteria - "(a) images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content".

Final Notes

Based upon this review, I have decided to place this article ON HOLD for a period to await modifications before a re-review takes place. Thor Malmjursson (talk) 03:18, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

(As a first review, assistance has been given by users [Roux] and [Sky2042] from the #wikipedia-en IRC channel on Freenode.)

Additional Notes

Following completion of all tasks outstanding against this GA, I am pleased to confirm its acceptance as a Good Article. It will be marked accordingly. Congratulations to all of those editors who have contributed to the workings and creation of this article.

Thor Malmjursson (talk) 04:42, 21 November 2008 (UTC)