Talk:Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Pyrotec (talk) 16:11, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

I will review. Pyrotec (talk) 16:11, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Overall summary

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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An informative, well-referenced, well-illustrated article.

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   Well referenced; but the three ICE web links (refs 8, 9 and 10) seem to have moved and now need updating.

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   Yes. In checking some of the claims using additional references not used in the article, I found various well-known railway engineers who had trained under Fowler. There is no section on prodigies - it might be worth adding one.

   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:

   Well illustrated.

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

   Well illustrated.

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

I'm awarding this article GA-status. Congratulations on producing a well research article on a railway/engineering topic. Pyrotec (talk) 20:45, 26 June 2010 (UTC)