Talk:Margaret Reid (politician)/GA1

GA Review

Passed. History6042😊 (Contact me) 14:10, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Nominator: Reidgreg (talk · contribs) 21:01, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: History6042 (talk · contribs) 13:01, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'll be reviewing this article, good luck. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:01, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Criteria

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

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.
a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Discussion

The image definitely passes, it has a usable copyright tag and is captioned appropriately. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:05, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There hasn't been any edit warring recently at all. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:08, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It also isn't being constantly updated. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:09, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This means it passes criteria number five. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:10, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Earwig found no copyright violations. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:12, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I couldn't find any major amount of biased text. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:21, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see no major gaps in the article, it has her early life, career, honours and personal life. I don't see what else would need to be added. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:25, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The only grammatical errors I could find were a few missing commas, but I fixed those. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:32, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article seems focused on Reid, which is good. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:35, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see no major issues with MOS:LEAD, MOS:LAYOUT, or MOS:WORDS. The other two don't apply. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:39, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spotcheck

Time for a spotcheck, I will check 8 citations at random. They will be; 6, 3, 13, 19, 7, 10, 17, and 11. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:43, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

6 needs to say she worked at Davies Bailey and Carter until 1981. It does here; "Now she is leaving her job with Davies Bailey and Cater, giving up a flourishing family-law practice, and resigning as president of the ACT Liberal Party; as the party's elected candidate to fill the late Senator John Knight's place she expects to be sworn in as Senator Reid early next month." and the article was made in 1981. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:47, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

3 just needs too spell her name as Mc Lachlan and it does here; "Margaret McLachlan Lib 13,562 24.3 -04.1". History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:50, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

13 needs to say she got the 2004 Officer of the Order of Australia for her service to the Australian Parliament and the community, led a 1996 delegation to Poland, and what committees she has worked on. It does and there is a whole section about it. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:54, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

19 needs to say she got the 1977 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (Australia) and 1987 Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland). It does here;

"Decorations

Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, 1977.

Awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta, 1987." History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:56, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

7 needs to say that Knight was the first ACT Senator and that Reid filled the vacancy created by his death. It does this here; "331st member of the Senate. 1st member of the Senate for Australian Capital Territory." and here; "Died in Office, 4.3.1981." History6042😊 (Contact me) 14:00, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

10 needs to say that the law for filling vacancies changed, it does in the section CHOICE OF A PERSON TO HOLD VACANT PLACE IN THE SENATE. History6042😊 (Contact me) 14:02, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have access to 17. History6042😊 (Contact me) 14:03, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

11 didn't work but I replaced it with one that does. History6042😊 (Contact me) 14:08, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, the article has passed the spotcheck. History6042😊 (Contact me) 14:08, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good job I am going to pass this article. History6042😊 (Contact me) 14:09, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.