Talk:The Rape of Nanking (book)/GA1

GA Reassessment

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I am reassessing this article as part of the GA Sweeps process. Jezhotwells (talk) 12:51, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Quick fail criteria assessment

  1. The article completely lacks reliable sources – see Wikipedia:Verifiability.
  2. ::* {{GAList/check|y}}
  3. The topic is treated in an obviously non-neutral way – see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view.
  4. ::* {{GAList/check|y}}
  5. There are cleanup banners that are obviously still valid, including cleanup, wikify, NPOV, unreferenced or large numbers of fact, clarifyme, or similar tags.
  6. ::* {{GAList/check|y}}
  7. The article is or has been the subject of ongoing or recent, unresolved edit wars.
  8. ::* {{GAList/check|y}}
  9. The article specifically concerns a rapidly unfolding current event with a definite endpoint.
  10. ::* {{GAList/check|y}}

OK, no problems here, on to main review. Jezhotwells (talk) 12:58, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

=Checking against GA criteria=

  1. It is reasonably well written.
  2. :a (prose): {{GAList/check|y}}
  3. ::*The article is reasonably well written. I made a couple of minor copy-edits to address poor grammar. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:12, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  4. :b (MoS): {{GAList/check|y}}
  5. ::*Complies. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:12, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  6. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
  7. :a (references): {{GAList/check|y}}
  8. ::*The article is well referenced. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  9. :b (citations to reliable sources): {{GAList/check|y}}
  10. ::*Citations are to RS, I assume good faith for printed cources. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  11. :c (OR): {{GAList/check|y}}
  12. ::*No OR Jezhotwells (talk) 13:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  13. It is broad in its scope.
  14. :a (major aspects): {{GAList/check|y}}
  15. ::*Broad in scope. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  16. :b (focused): {{GAList/check|y}}
  17. ::*focussed. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  18. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
  19. :Fair representation without bias: {{GAList/check|y}}
  20. ::*Balanced. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  21. It is stable.
  22. :No edit wars etc.: {{GAList/check|y}}
  23. ::*There has been edit-warring in the past but article is currently stable. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  24. ::
  25. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
  26. :a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): {{GAList/check|y}}
  27. ::*The image Rape-of-nanking-J-cover.png needs a detailed fair use rationale as required by Wikimedia guidelines, Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline . {{done}}

:::Is this good? [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Rape-of-nanking-cover.gif&diff=299166545&oldid=146083066]. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 19:11, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

::::Yes that will do fine. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:16, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

  1. :b (appropriate use with suitable captions): {{GAList/check|y}}
  2. ::*Images suitably captioned.
  3. ::
  4. Overall:
  5. :Pass/Fail: {{GAList/check|y}}
  6. ::*On hold for the fair use rationale to be sorted out. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  7. ::OK, that has been addressed, confirm GA status. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:16, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
  8. ::