Talk:Alexander Godley/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dank (talk · contribs) 11:36, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Zawed, I'll get to this today. - Dank (push to talk) 11:36, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

• Check the 2nd and 3rd links in the toolbox (upper right on this page); one of the urls isn't working, and one isn't the best url to use. Home Guard is a disambig link. - Dank (push to talk) 13:48, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
  • Hmm, wasn't aware of the url tool. Have fixed them and the dab link. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "brevet": link it
  • Done. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "a posting in remote New Zealand may not enhance his reputation": wrong tense
  • Have rephrased. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "the somewhat amateur military establishment": "amateurish" might be appropriate, but only if the consensus is actually that harsh. What does McGibbon say?
  • Opted to remove the reference to amateur; it was supposed to refer to the military being partly based on volunteers at the time but in hindsight, the phrasing doesn't come off well. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "he personally intervened to counter a potential Turkish counterattack": in what way?
  • Have clarified. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "as well as the newly formed New Zealand Division": The sentence needs an "and" somewhere; you can substitute it for "as well as" if you like.
  • Have revised. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "frontline": front line (used as a noun)
  • Done. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "As well as an award of the French Croix de Guerre, he was appointed in 1918 ...": The introductory phrase dangles. "After receiving the French Croix de Guerre" would work (if it was in fact after)
  • Have fixed. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "followed by an award of the Belgian Croix de guerre ...": This sentence needs an "and" somewhere.
  • Done. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "considered for as a possibility": ?
  • Rephrased. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "Louise ... died in England. ... She lived in New Zealand": She had lived in New Zealand (and keep using past perfect until the sentence about the funeral).
  • Done. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "Godley offered his services to the New Zealand government but this was not taken up": ... government, but got no response.
  • Fixed as per your suggestion. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• The references look good. The last two should be switched to be in alpha order.
  • <blushes at being caught out on his alphabet>. Fixed. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• "Major aspects" seem to be covered, but I'm not a good judge of that; I understand this is headed to A-class, which is a better place to make this call.
• Otherwise:

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:  Yes

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:  Yes

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Has an appropriate reference section:  Yes

   B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:  Yes

   C. No original research:  Yes

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:  Yes

   B. Focused:  Yes

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:  Yes

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:  Yes

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:  Yes. Images are good.

   B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:  Yes

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail: Passed.

• Dank, thanks for taking the time to review this article, your feedback is appreciated - I think I have to watch that "dangling". I think I have addressed all your comments as noted above. Thanks again. Zawed (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
  • Happy to help. Your edits check out, and I made one tweak. I'm going to look at a few other articles before signing off on "major aspects". - Dank (push to talk) 13:12, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
• Passed GA. - Dank (push to talk) 02:20, 27 February 2013 (UTC)