Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Peer review/Bono

Bono

The article was created on August 27, 2002 by Bernfarr and has since undergone nearly 3,000 edits. My first edit to Bono was made on December 16, 2006 and I've been actively working on it since that time. There have been many great contributions to this article since it has started and it has most definitely come a long way.

I'd be interested in knowing what we could do to get this article to FA status. I've written a couple of the sections, and the bottom line is I'm not that great of a writer :). Any grammatical, flow or simple formatting recommendations would be appreciated. In addition, the "criticism" section has always been a source of heated debate among editors. Any recommendations on how that section could be improved would be appreciated. And of course, I'd like to know any other recommendations the reviewers have for the article that could help it get to FA status.

Thanks, and I look forward to getting to work on it! Chupper 16:53, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

The following suggestions were generated by a semi-automatic javascript program, and might not be applicable for the article in question.

• See if possible if there is a free use image that can go on the top right corner of this article.^[?]
  • The image at the top right is copyrighted conditional use, only requiring attribution. I don't think we'll be getting an image better than that anytime soon. Chupper 23:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
• If this article is about a person, please add {{persondata|PLEASE SEE [[WP:PDATA]]!}} along with the required parameters to the article - see Wikipedia:Persondata for more information.^[?]
  • Cool template! It's been added. Chupper 23:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
• Per Wikipedia:Context and Wikipedia:Build the web, years with full dates should be linked; for example, link January 15, 2006.^[?]
  • I ran through the article and hopefully fixed any date links so they are now included. Chupper 23:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
• Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings), headings generally should not repeat the title of the article. For example, if the article was Ferdinand Magellan, instead of using the heading ==Magellan's journey==, use ==Journey==.^[?]
  • Corrected. I've switched the name of "Bono and U2" to "U2"
• Please reorder/rename the last few sections to follow guidelines at Wikipedia:Guide to layout.^[?]
  • I reformatted the reference sections. Chupper 23:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
• Avoid using contractions like (outside of quotations): Don't, Won't, doesn't, doesn't.
  • It didn't find any contractions outside of quotations. Chupper 23:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
• Please ensure that the article has gone through a thorough copyediting so that it exemplifies some of Wikipedia's best work. See also User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a.^[?]
  • I've looked over the article. Copyediting should be OK. Chupper 23:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, DrKiernan 11:21, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments DrKiernan! They were helpful. I've made responses to your recommendations above. Chupper 23:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)