Talk:Singapore passport/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MJL (talk · contribs) 21:34, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing... –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 21:34, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well written?:

Prose: Y
Copyvio: Y
MOS compliance: N - MOS:LEAD - should be in Summary style

Verifiable?:

Reference section: ?
Reliable sourcing: N - See below.
Original research: Y
Other problems: N - Generally, with this style of references; it's good to place an inline citation at the end of every paragraph at the very least.

Neutral: Acceptable.

Stable: Yes.

Images?:

Illustrated appropriately: Y
Freely licensed: N - File:Singaporepassport.png is likely not a free image.
Relevant with captions: Y
Other problems: N - To say nothing else of its use, probably shouldn't be linked.

Overall: There are too many problems with the state of sourcing that I feel that this cannot pass within a reasonable timeframe per WP:GAFAIL#0a. Please do not be discouraged by this as it is a rather well written C-Class article. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 22:11, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing

Second paragraph of #Visa requirements is unsourced. I'm unsure if the Physical appearance section needs an citations, though.

Additionally, ref-18 and ref-19 are citations to the Singapore Constitution. It would be preferred for it to be cited to secondary sources rather than primary ones like that.

The statement The Singapore passport is ranked 1st as the most powerful passport in the world with visa-free or visa on arrival access to 189 countries and territories, in conjunction with the passport of Japan. has two issues. One, it should say who ranks it number first as the most powerful passport (see here). Secondly, the Channel NewsAsia source doesn't say that it's tied with Japan; it says that Japan outranks it now.

Some bare URLs are also prevalent. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 22:11, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions

You could make the current intro into its own section titled Background or something similar. For the image, issues [[File:EPassport logo.svg|20px|link=]] creates no link for the image while [[File:EPassport logo.svg|20px|link=Biometric passport]] makes it link to Biometric passport. The other image in all likelihood should be deleted from Commons and re-uploaded locally here with a valid fair use rationale. As for the sourcing, I'd do a complete audit of all your sources to ensure they meet WP:RS to the letter. A good guideline for this task would be Help:Citing sources. Best of luck! –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 22:19, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]