Talk:Vallabhbhai Patel/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Carabinieri (talk · contribs) 17:30, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your work on this article. I haven't reviewed the article in-depth, but here are a few initial comments:

• There are still some unsourced paragraphs.
• Most of the "Statue of unity" section doesn't seem to be about Patel.
• The "Other institutions and monuments" section is mostly unsourced and contains a strange item
• Wikipedia is not a reliable source

I'll leave it at that for now, but will come back with more.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:09, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

@Capankajsmilyo: are you working on these? --Gian ❯❯ Talk 06:34, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

I made some changes, hope that helps. --Gian ❯❯ Talk 13:25, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi, thanks. I've start reviewing the article in more detail. I've only finished the lead and the first two sections. There are still some unsourced parts. I've marked some with the "citation needed" tag. I've done some copyediting. Please make sure I didn't mess anything up. I've also come across the following issues:

• "Patel travelled to attend schools in Nadiad, Petlad, and Borsad, living self-sufficiently with other boys" What does "self-sufficiently" mean here? That he lived without his parents or that he was financially independent?
• "Fetching his wife Jhaverba from his parents' home" The article doesn't mention him having married.
• "while taking on the financial burdens of his homestead in Karamsad" I'm not sure what this means.
• "He had made a pact with his brother Vithalbhai to support his entry into politics" Whose entry?
• "While often clashing with British officials on civic issues" What is meant by "civic issues"?
• "When the revolt was launched and tax revenue withheld, the government sent police and intimidation squads" What are "intimidation squads"? Vigilantes?
• "even scaling back the rate" Does this mean after the year in which taxes were suspended?
• At times, the article assumes assumes knowledge most readers may not have: Swarajist critics, satyagraha, dacoits, Borsul taluka...
• "The revenue refusal was stronger than in Kheda" What does stronger mean here?
• The article only says that Patel was arrested, but not what for.
• "Patel's position at the highest level in the Congress was largely connected with his role from 1934 onwards (when the Congress abandoned its boycott of elections) in the party organisation" I don't understand this sentence.
• Nor this: "he also determined the Congress's stance on issues and opponents"
• The "On the outbreak of World War II, Patel..." is a little confusing. Who took what position exactly?
• "the British had employed ruthless means of suppression" ruthless seems a little non-neutral.

That's it for now.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:16, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

I'm going to close this review for lack of response. User:Capankajsmilyo, a considerable amount of work goes into reviewing articles and you may have noticed that there's a backlog at WP:GAN. It'd be nice if in the future you'd only nominate articles if you actually intend to follow up on reviewers' comments.--Carabinieri (talk) 16:13, 29 July 2018 (UTC)