Talk:Euro/GA1

GA Reassessment

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I will be doing the GA Reassessment on this article per the GA Sweeps project.

This is an important article on a foundational subject in wikipedia. I do have some concerns about this article when it is put up against the GA Criteria.

The article is poorly referenced. Links 2, 17, and 20 in the references are dead. Also the "Security Features" site in the External Links section is dead. I have some concerns about the following sections:

• In the Administration section is in-line cite [8] to cover the entire section?
• The final two paragraphs of "The introduction of the Euro" have no in-line cites, this should be addressed since these two paragraphs bring up new information.
• The "Currencies pegged to the Euro" sub section is unreferenced. As is the accompanying map.
• The "Transaction costs and risks" sub section is unreferenced.
• There are several templates in the "Macroeconomic stability" sub section that have been in the article since April 2008.
• The "Flexible exchange rates" sub section is unreferenced.

The article has a couple of copywrited images without Fair Use rationale for their use in the Euro article. These are the images of the coins.

The Lead is a bit underdeveloped. Per WP:LEAD the lead is to be a summary of all the points in the article, there are a few topics raised in the article that are not in the lead.

Overall the article is a strong article it just needs some work to keep it consistent with the GA Criteria. I will put it on hold for a week pending work. If you have any questions please contact me on my talk page. H1nkles (talk) 16:45, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

This article has been on hold for a week and no work has been done to address the concerns listed above. As such I will delist the article for GA. If the article can be improved and renominated to WP:GAC I am confident it will pass. H1nkles (talk) 15:30, 15 June 2009 (UTC)