Talk:James Allen Gähres/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Kees08 (talk · contribs) 01:53, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

I have never quick-failed an article before, and I really hate to do it to one that has sat around this long, but maybe nobody took it up because they were afraid to?

Regardless, I will try to give as much constructive criticism as I can so you can improve the article.

The quick fail is not because of article instability; not really your fault there.

Things that have to do with GA criteria

• Introduction is far too short
• Information left uncited
• Include information in the intro in the body as well (like the birth date), and then cite it. Birth dates can be pretty contentious for BLPs.
• Prose is not great; you can try getting a copyedit from WP:GOCE
• Citations are not formatted correctly; I recommend using WP:CS1, which formats the citations automatically
  • If you do that, include trans-title fields and what the source language is

Things that do not have to do with GA criteria; just nice to haves

• Keep the date formatting in the article and in the citations the same

I think that should take a bit to do. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page or the WP:GAN talk page. Thanks and good luck! Kees08 (Talk) 01:53, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Kees08, the nomination was withdrawn by the nominator back on January 16, 2018, at which point it was about eight months old. It was mistakenly restored by another editor a few hours before you noticed this and took it on because it was approaching a year old. Your advice will prove useful for any future GA nomination; thanks for taking this one on. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:58, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Ah, that makes more sense; I was wondering how it languished for so long. Sounds good and no problem; I will continue to take on some old noms here and there, but will check the talk history a little better next time. Kees08 (Talk) 05:35, 30 April 2018 (UTC)