Talk:Maiden Castle, Dorset/GA1
Latest comment: 14 years ago by Pyrotec in topic GA Review
GA Review edit
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Initial comments edit
I've read through the article a couple of times: it seems OK, so I will mostly likely award it GA-status in due course, but a few questions/comments first:
- Hill fort - "Since the 1960s, the dominant view has been that the rise of iron lead to social changes in Britain." Did iron rise, somebody lifted it, or goobeldy gook (not sure about the spelling - my spell checker does not like it)?
- Decline - I'm not clear what 'it' refers to, is 'it' Maiden Castle, or the Wealde?
- Dates/ownership.
- Your information is quite comprehensive covering the last 6,000 years, Neolithic to Pitt-Rivers and you say it is Scheduled and maintained by EH. However, there is no mention of when it was Scheduled or when it came into public ownership (I assume it is). In fact you don't really mention any 'recent' land ownership, other than the 1st century tribes and the anonymous 16/17th century barn builder.
- The WP:lead Looks quite reasonable as an introduction, but as a summary Pitt-Rivers, Sharples (and Thomas Hardy) don't get a mention. I can understand Hardy, but Pitt-Rivers (and Sharples)!
Pyrotec (talk) 22:13, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
Review edit
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
- Is it reasonably well written?
- A. Prose quality:
- B. MoS compliance:
- A. Prose quality:
- Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
- A. References to sources:
- B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
- C. No original research:
- A. References to sources:
- Is it broad in its coverage?
- A. Major aspects:
- B. Focused:
- A. Major aspects:
- Is it neutral?
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- Is it stable?
- No edit wars, etc:
- No edit wars, etc:
- 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:
- A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
- Overall:
- Pass or Fail:
- Pass or Fail:
I'm awarding GA-status at this point as I regard the article as being compliant with the requirements of GA. My question above on "ownership" has not been answered yet, but that does not preclude the awarding of GA-status. Finally, Congratulations on the quality of the article. Pyrotec (talk) 21:36, 9 June 2009 (UTC)