Talk:Gjirokastër/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: --Tea with toast (talk) 05:42, 25 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Review

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
Y Thank you for providing the new citation. I find the changes made to be appropriate.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
While there have been past concerns expressed on the talk page about article bias, I find that the article content as it is now to be balanced.
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
I have some reservations about giving this the okay. I was concerned by the comments left on [my talk page], and I became even more concerned after searching through the article's history and reading the heated debates on the talk page. There appears to be too much Greek/Albanian tension here. However, it appears that most of the turmoil occurs on the talk pages – which is where debates should be held – and I am satisfied with the results of those discussions and satisfied that the article contents are not biased. Still, I will remind editors to be polite in future discussions.
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):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
I find this article to be worth of GA status; however, knowing the article's history, I will keep an eye on it, and I will not be afraid to remove its GA status if the article becomes a battleground for any edit war in the future.--Tea with toast (talk) 06:40, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Additional suggestions for improvement

I have some additional suggestions for improving the article. The inclusion of these items are not necessary to achieve GA status, but probably will for feature article status.

I do not know if it is necessary to have "Main article: Luftëtari Gjirokastër" at the top of the Sports section. If there are other sports played in the town (which I would think there are and in which case the section would need expansion), then this can not be the main article. You could place "See also" instead, but I am not sure that is necessary since there is a link to the article within the text.
The lead could be stronger. I would include one more sentence about the recent history (post-1914) of the city. Through the entire test of the article (especially the history section), keep in mind the structure of your paragraphs. A paragraph should center around a single topic, if there is too much info, split it up. I took the liberty of moving 2 sentences from the second paragraph in the lead (which were mostly unrelated to the other sentences in the paragraph)and placed it into the third.
IPA pronunciation would be helpful

Happy editing! --Tea with toast (talk) 19:43, 25 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]