Talk:Barry Docks

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Review: September 19, 2014. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Barry Docks appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 September 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Barry Docks were once the largest coal port in the world?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 20:32, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Will leave some initial comments soon. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 20:32, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. Has an appropriate reference section:

B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Initial comments[edit]

"a few kilometres southwest of Cardiff" - does this article prefer imperial over metric (miles or km)? Just figured that old navy shipyards/harbours always used imperial!

Changed to miles - the article generally used imperial (metric in brackets) Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The lead summarises the article well, so this meets the GA criteria
"The island was about 1 mile" - was? Is it still one mile long?

It is no longer an island, and the former extent is not obvious, so I think this is right. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Laborers and shopkeepers" - Labourers?

Labourers comes up as a spelling error for me. Fixed. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"At peak there were 3,000 workers on the site" - in the lead it mentions that there was once between 8,000 and 10,000 men employed in the docks?

A peak of 3,000 workers during construction. After the job was done, the dock workers moved in. Wording tweaked to clarify. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Images[edit]

The images and captions meet the GA criteria

References[edit]

Some references require a journal subscription to open, however this shouldn't affect the GAN
There are no broken references

Close - promoted[edit]

I see no choice but to pass this article as it currently stands. The prose is in good standing, the lead complies per WP:LEAD and meets the GA criteria, the images and captions meet the GA criteria and the references and citations also meet the GA criteria. Overall this is a well-written, comprehensive and engaging article. The only issues I found with this article were a few minor copyediting issues which weren't worthy of affecting the GAN! Barry Docks sounds like a very interesting place - it still has the presence of its heydays, right? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 11:04, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks both!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:40, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Level of detail[edit]

This article was tagged in February 2023 as {{Overly detailed}}, with the comment "there is excessive detail in the Construction and Facilities sections". I have removed the tag. The article is not particularly long for a GA article. The information in the Construction and Facilities sections is all relevant and could not be described as "intricate detail". It would not be reasonable to spin off sub-articles like "Construction of Barry Docks" or "Barry Docks Facilities", leaving behind a summary. Aymatth2 (talk) 15:33, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]