Talk:Killing of Greg Gunn/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Atsme (talk · contribs) 15:51, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	Re: Confrontation - suggestion: Around 3:20 AM on February 25, 2016, Gunn was walking home unarmed from a card game... Also, ...and when that failed, he began striking Gunn with his baton. Important note: it should be included that at the 2016 preliminary hearing the state investigator testified that Gunn's fingerprints were not on the paint pole. Re: Post Trial - there was a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family. GeneralNotability, the last sentence in the lead needs a bit more information. My suggestion: A grand jury indicted Smith for murder but it took nearly four years, including various legal motions and a change of venue to Ozark, Alabama, before his case went to trial. In January 2020, Smith was sentenced to fourteen years in prison for manslaughter.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
	2c. it contains no original research.
	2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.	N/A - no images were included.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	N/A - no images were included
	7. Overall assessment.	Well done, passes GA criteria.

GAN Discussion

GeneralNotability - I added some suggestions for material that is notable and should be included. When that's done, I'll wrap it up. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 18:18, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Atsme, thank you much! I will try to add that in tonight or tomorrow and will ping you when it's done. Regarding point 6 (illustration), I only found a handful of "in memoriam" type pictures of Gunn in the news articles I cited, and I don't think any of them would contribute enough to the article to overcome WP:NFCC8. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:27, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Atsme, made those tweaks - good spot on both of those links. GeneralNotability (talk) 21:02, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

GeneralNotability - sorry, but there's a tiny bit more to add to the lead. I'm pinging you here because I didn't get to sign in the box above. After you add the material, I'll go over it once more in the morning with fresh eyes, and hopefully will close it out. We got through this pretty quickly - you did a good job! Be thinking DYK. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 23:24, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Atsme, thanks, I've expanded the lead a little - didn't quite go with your wording, but think I got the gist. I added a couple more things that came up during my reading, so make sure to take a look at the last paragraph of the "Trial" section as well. As for DYK, I actually snuck a potential hook in this morning as I was working on it, the line about Smith's lawyers calling him "the first and only Montgomery Police Officer ever to be arrested and charged immediately after an officer-involved shooting". Thought that might make for a good DYK. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:04, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

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