Talk:Para-alpine skiing/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dr. Blofeld (talk · contribs) 21:03, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

I'll review this but the review likely won't start for at least another 48 hours.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:04, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Lead

• Do outrigger skis, sit-skis, and mono-skis have articles? If so link them.
  • No article for outrigger, but we have ones for the others. Linked them (and "outrigger"). Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:09, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Not sure if OVERLINK applies here but I think it would be useful to link the downhill, Super-G, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Super Combined and Snowboard disciplines in the lead, that's generally acceptable. Do we have general articles on those disciplines for paraolympics? If not it would be good to see articles like Paralympic super giant slalom skiing...
  • They do have non-para articles. Linked them. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:09, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Link Winter Paralympics in 1976 and 2010 Winter Paralympics.
  • Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:09, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• You could mention more of the historical context in the lead, when was paralympic skiiing started, 1967? who founded it? I'd like to the see an initial History/background section first below the lead putting it in its context and its origins.
  • Added. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:45, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Governance

• What is meant by "These two rule sets worked in concert with each other." The 1994 rules mentioned after the 2000 rules is confusing me a little. Surely there are clearly defined rules? I would probably mention 1994 rules first for chronological/flow purposes
  • Elaborated this. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:49, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Equipment

• "Early sit-skis used in para-alpine skiing have two wide skis, breaks and are custom built to fit the specific skier. " Have or had? They still make the early sit skis of the 1960s?
  • Use part tense. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:46, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• "As the technology advanced, a chair was developed that could be fit onto skis used by able bodied skiers." Maybe "As the technology advanced, a chair was developed that could be attached to the skis which were used by able bodied skiers."?
  • Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:49, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• "The mono-ski was developed in Austria by bilateral above the knee amputee Josef Feirsinger and engineer Horst Morokuti. " What date/period was this?
  • Added. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:49, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• "As skis for able bodied skiers have evolved to specialise for the event, the skis that the mono-ski use changed" maybe "As skis for able bodied skiers have evolved to specialise for the event, the skis that the mono-ski use have also changed"
  • Done. Hawkeye7 (talk)
• "At the Paralympic Games, this equipment may not have advertisements on it." you mean the equipment is prohibited from having advertisements on it?
  • Yes. Changed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:49, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Factor system

• "One medal event can then be held for each group even though there is a wide range of functional mobility and medical differences. The factoring system works by having a number for each class based on their functional mobility or vision levels, where the results are calculated by multiplying the finish time by the factored number." Citations?
  • At the end of the paragraph. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:49, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Para Games

• "At those Games, in the super-g" .Upper casing?
  • Upper-cased. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:49, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. 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:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Good job, order has also been changed as I'd have suggested. History section could still use more research and sources but I think this meets good article criteria. Nice work both of you.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:24, 12 October 2012 (UTC)