Talk:Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: QatarStarsLeague (talk · contribs) 19:31, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Review coming soon. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 19:31, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

• First off, reference 9 seems to be a redlink.
• "... it contained the flag of the United Kingdom, the flag of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Vierkleur…" The format goes English, English, Afrikaans. Not necessary to change but it seems incongruous.
  • changed
• "...was adopted in 1928 by an act of Parliament…" Please link to the appropriate parliament.
  • This is mentioned later on though I thought stating the Afrikaaner majority made it clear, but I have linked it.
• It seems you are using British or South African English in standard. Please place the banner on the talk page that signifies this.
  • Being British, I used British English when I wrote the article and have added that template.
• The info box lists the flag's nickname as its "Name". Is that proper?
  • According to precedence on pages like Flag of the United Kingdom and Flag of the United States, it is.
• "...centre with the flags of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic." In the intro you call it Transvaal, here you use the English term. Either is fine, please be consistent.
• "Movements like the Black Sash[8] and Umkhonto we Sizwe…" You have an in-line citation for the first, perhaps the second as well?
• "...ANC's Nomfunelo Mabedla MP…" Nofunelo Mabedla, a minister of parliament from…
• Not required, but it would provide some reference to display South Africa's current flag here somewhere.

All else seems fine. Great job on this interesting article. I glanced at the deletion debate, it seemed resoundingly in favor of keeping the article, a position I certainly take myself. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 04:34, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

• • @QatarStarsLeague: I have fixed the issues you raised, and responded to those that I haven't. With regard to the deletion discussion, I do believe that if I'd called it Oranje, Blanje, Blou or Flag of the Union of South Africa then there wouldn't have been a problem but I felt the current title is more appropriate and accurate. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 08:49, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
    • Yes, I agree there. Now that everything has been cleared away, this article passes. Nice work on an interesting topic. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 14:49, 10 May 2016 (UTC)