Talk:Republic of Ireland/GA1

Latest comment: 13 years ago by DrKiernan in topic GA Review

GA Review

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Reviewer: DrKiernan (talk) 12:02, 11 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

GA review (see here for criteria)

Unfortunately, this article does not meet the criteria in my opinion.

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose):   b (MoS):  
    It is verbose, for example the Etymology section is far longer than it needs to be since there is a daughter article that gives the detail.
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references):   b (citations to reliable sources):   c (OR):  
    There are whole paragraphs without any citations.
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects):   b (focused):  
    At over 150kb the page is really too long, and needs to be more focused on the main points. The article should employ Wikipedia:Summary style.
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:  
    It is difficult to judge the article's neutrality. There are unsourced claims in the history section, for example, that might be contentious.
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:  
    There are currently no edit-wars, but the article has been the subject of intense disruption in the past.
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):   b (appropriate use with suitable captions):  
    The images look OK for the most part; File:Anglo-Irish Treaty signatures.gif is from the National Archives of Ireland but is tagged as created by the United Kingdom government, which looks odd but I guess it's correct.
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:  
    I feel the article would benefit from pruning, and verification of the unsourced material.