Talk:History of Evansville, Indiana/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Devil's Advocate (talk · contribs) 18:42, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gonna do a comprehensive review later, but first of all I would like to see the lede expanded. Some detailed mention of pre-Anglo-American settlement and more information about the founding of the city, as well as its merger with Lamasco. You could have all that in a paragraph perhaps twice as large as what is currently the size of the lede. Then you could have another paragraph of similar size detailing industrial development and other important issues post-Civil War including 20th and 21st Century developments, such as the founding of the Indiana Klan and the 2005 tornado.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 18:42, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

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):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
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 am failing this nomination. While there are some issues that could easily be resolved, my review of just two sections revealed numerous blatant violations of local government copyrights. If you are unaware, the governments of Evansville and Vanderburgh County do retain rights to their material. There is also at least one paragraph that was copied word-for-word from a press article. Close paraphrasing or outright copy-pasting of such material is a serious violation and you should rewrite these sections in your own words and properly attribute the sources you are using for this material.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 17:21, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]