Talk:Russia/GA2

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 21:26, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

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I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Russia&diff=prev&oldid=385772793 this GAR request]

Disambiguations: 1 found and fixed.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russia&action=historysubmit&diff=389947162&oldid=389944637] Jezhotwells (talk) 21:38, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Linkrot: 2 found and fixed.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russia&action=historysubmit&diff=389948003&oldid=389947162] Jezhotwells (talk) 21:38, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

:GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.
2. :a (prose): {{GAList/check|n}} b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): {{GAList/check|n}}
3. :: The prose doesn't fully meet the "reasonably well written criteria:
4. :: Phrases such as One of the first modern human bones of 35,000 years old were found in Russia, are ungrammatical.
5. ::... the population loss caused by plagues wasn't so severe as in the Western Europe... Wasn't?
6. ::Assisted by the Russian Orthodox Church and Saint Sergius of Radonezh's spiritual revival, under the leadership of Prince Dmitri Donskoy of Moscow, the united army of Russian principalities inflicted a milestone defeat on the Mongol-Tatars in the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380. Clumsy and over-long.
7. ::I would suggest a thorough copy-edit aiming for good plain English.
8. ::The size is an obvious issue, please consider splitting off material into sub articles. I note that some attempts are still ongoing to address this.
9. ::Suggest dramatically reducing the Culture section, as this should be well covered in the sub article.
10. ::
11. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
12. :a (references): {{GAList/check|n}} b (citations to reliable sources): {{GAList/check|}} c (OR): {{GAList/check|?}}
13. :: There are still many un-cited statements, statistics, etc. which have been tagged. Although specifically noted on the talk page these have not been fully addressed. This alone is cause for immediate de-listing.
14. ::Sources appear to be reliable.
15. It is broad in its coverage.
16. :a (major aspects): {{GAList/check|}} b (focused): {{GAList/check|n}}
17. :: As noted above too much detail in the culture section.
18. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
19. :Fair representation without bias: {{GAList/check|y}}
20. :: No immediately obvious bias.
21. It is stable.
22. :No edit wars, etc.: {{GAList/check|}}
23. :: No evidence of edit warring, some dispute about what should and shouldn't be included.
24. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
25. :a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): {{GAList/check|}} b (appropriate use with suitable captions): {{GAList/check|}}
26. :: Rather too may images, in my opinion. Images should be used to illustrate the text rather then as decoration.
27. Overall:
28. :Pass/Fail: {{GAList/check|n}}
29. ::There is a lot to do here to bring this up to standard so I am going to de-list now. When the problems are fixed, please re-nominate at WP:GAN. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:07, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
30. ::