Talk:Louis Riel (comics)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Maclean25 (talk · contribs) 01:12, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Good article review (see Wikipedia:What is a good article? for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. 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):

   6 images: File:Battle of Batoche Print by Seargent Grundy.jpg, File:Louis Riel.jpg, File:Johnamacdonald1870.jpg, and File:Thomas Bland Strange.jpg are Commons-hosted Public Domain, File:Kobo ereader touch black front.JPG is Commons-hosted tagged as cc-by-sa, and File:Rielcomicstripcover.jpg includes a Fair Use Rationale.

1. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Comments/Questions

• In "Background", "in the end decided to "wing it"." - this appears to be an uncited quote. Quotes are typically used when it is important to capture the authors exact words (like explaining someone's opinion) but I don't see why a quote is useful here.

"wing it" were the words Brown used in the Two Handed Man interview, and since it was kind of slangy, I thought it would be best to put it in quotes. Looking at it now, I think it would be better to change it to "improvise" anyways. CüRlyTüRkey^Talk_Contribs 21:12, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

• This is not part of the GA criteria but I will ask it here anyways. Is the "Works cited" section supposed to be alphabetical by author's last name? It appears that way except for 4 entries.

That would be an embarrassing oversight on my part. CüRlyTüRkey^Talk_Contribs 21:12, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

• Why spell role as "rôle"?

It's the obnoxious way I happen to spell it in real life. Technically, it's an "accepted" way to write it in English. If anyone were to change it, I wouldn't lift a finger to stop it, though. CüRlyTüRkey^Talk_Contribs 21:12, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

• It appears Brown was nominated for Best Cartoonist (Harvy Awards) in 2003 + 2004? [1] [2]

I don't know how I missed those. Thanks for pointing them out. CüRlyTüRkey^Talk_Contribs 21:12, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Conclusion

This is an excellent article. I have passed it as a Good Article and I would support it as Featured Article if nominated.