Talk:Cracker Barrel/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MathewTownsend (talk · contribs) 00:21, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

• Hi, I will start this. Looks good!

Beginning remarks

• There is at least one dead link.
• Sites requiring subscription to access material should be labeled as such.

(will continue)

MathewTownsend (talk) 00:21, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

I've fixed the dead link. And i'll get to work on the subscription ones. There's probably quite a few. Silverseren^C 00:44, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Looks like we got all of the subscription needed ones done, and I also replaced that other dead link you noted. Silverseren^C 18:49, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

more

• "In addition to the Corner Market stores" - the Corner Market stores have not been mentioned yet - what are they?
• "aiming to increase the number of stores by approximately 50 per year in the following five years, according to The Wall Street Journal' - this goes to Highbeam, not the Wall Street Journal, and requires a subscription.
• "Cracker Barrel closed its Corner Market operations in 1997" - still don't know what these Corner Markets are.

I'll leave the corner market info to WWB, but as for Highbeam, it's basically just a news aggregator. That article there is from the Wall Street Journal. It's not published by Highbeam or anything, they're just hosting a copy of it. As for the subscription, working on it. Silverseren^C 01:59, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

a few more re citations

• ref 17 freezes my browser - can't access it
• and a stone fireplace with a deer head displayed above the mantel.[31] - not in citation

MathewTownsend (talk) 18:56, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

By ref 17, you mean the Houston Chronicle one? It's working fine for me.

As for the deer head thing and ref 31, i've found something interesting. Yes, that reference doesn't have anything about a deer head in it, but if you do this search on Google News Archive, you find another archived version of the article with just the first paragraph, but that one mentions the deer head right there. So I don't know what's up with the Local Eats copy, it's weird. I think i'm just going to remove it from that section and leave it referencing the 19 years thing elsewhere , and then use the archived version I linked there to reference the deer head thing. That should fix any issues. Silverseren^C 19:03, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Okay, is that better? Now we have two references for the same article, but hosted at separate places. However, that same article in those two places doesn't seem to have the same information, so...yeah, this is weird. Silverseren^C 19:08, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Reply

• Can you do away with both? Are they necessary if they are inconsistent? MathewTownsend (talk) 20:00, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

• Since WWB was the one that was using the ref and he was using it off of Lexis Nexus (i'm the one that pulled in the Local Eats copy), i'm of the opinion that the archive version has both sets of information, so i'm fully up for removing the Local Eats one, which evidently sucks at hosting copies, and just using the archived version for both sentences. It already has a subscription needed tag on it as well. Would you like me to do that? Silverseren^C 21:01, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Just a few more

• "The company had its 30th anniversary in 1999" - celebrated?

• Done. Silverseren^C 21:17, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

• "nationwide book drive" - what did it do with the books?
• "It was announced on January 17, 2012 that company founder, Dan W. Evins, had died due to bladder cancer, according to his wife." - not sure where this sentence should go (But "Innovation and later growth" doesn't seen like the right heading.) - I assume that the company has a corporate structure and Evins was more of a figurehead as founder, if anything.
• what is "OBIE Hall of Fame Award"?
  • Just took a quick glance, and it looks like an award by the OAAA for best billboard design. I had no idea there was such a prize. It was tricky to pin down details about the "OBIE Hall of Fame Award", but this video seems to explain things more or less. Mark Arsten (talk) 14:05, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
• "casual dining market and also markets itself" - repeat of "market"

• Changed to "advertises". Silverseren^C 21:19, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

• gay rights - sometimes the article links to Homosexuality and at another to LGBT rights by country or territory. Does Crackerbarrel include transgender, for example?
  • I changed the link targets to what looked like more logical choices here. Not certain about the T in LGBT though. Mark Arsten (talk) 14:13, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
  • this site seems to say that they include transgender people, not sure if it is an RS or not. Mark Arsten (talk) 14:23, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

MathewTownsend (talk) 20:00, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

• OK, you source does say transgender. MathewTownsend (talk) 15:49, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

GA review-see WP:WIAGA for criteria (and here for what they are not)

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose: clear and concise, correct spelling and grammar:

   B. Complies with MoS for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Provides references to all sources:

   B. Provides in-line citations from reliable sources where necessary:

   Numerous sources require subscription

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Main aspects are addressed:

   B. Remains focused:

4. Does it follow the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

• Interesting article, well written. Congratulations! MathewTownsend (talk) 15:49, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. :3 I've gone ahead and taken out the Local Eats ref and just used the archived one. That should fix that and now people at FA won't complain later. Silverseren^C 17:20, 5 February 2012 (UTC)