Talk:Slavery in the British Virgin Islands

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Slavery in the British Virgin Islands was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 7, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed

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A summary of this article appears in History of the British Virgin Islands.

Good Article Notes

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
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.
a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
It is stable.
It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
Overall:
a Pass/Fail:

I decided to put this article on hold. Overall, it is an excellent article. However, the lack of references prevents this article from achiving GA status. I would suggest looking on the Internet for more sources and reference this article. Some places that especially need a reference are direct quotes. See WP:REF

Also, I do not think the last paragraph in Emancipation should be that long. I would suggest shortening it and providing links for other articles in WP that tell about the economic collapse. If you want to talk about the economic situation after the slaves were freed, then focus on how freeing the slaves affected the economy.

Overall this is an excellent article and with these small things fixed up, I know this will be GA material in no time. Please leave a message on my talk page when you want me to review the article again :) Z1720 07:37, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since this page has not been edited in a week, I am failing this article. You are welcome to re-nominate it once you have made the necessary improvements Z1720 04:22, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]