Talk:Mercados Libres Campesinos

Mercados Libres Campesinos 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.

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April 17, 2016	Good article nominee	Not listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 15, 2015.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Mercados Libres Campesinos were farmers markets in Cuba that operated from 1980 to 1986?

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Mercados Libres Campesinos/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MPJ-DK (talk · contribs) 18:25, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I will be picking up the review of this one - both for the Wiki Cup and the GA cup as well. I will be making my review comments over the next couple of days.

Side note, I would love some input on a Featured List candidate (Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship) and a Featured Article candidate (CMLL World Heavyweight Championship). I am not asking for Quid pro Quo, but all help is appreciated. MPJ-US 18:25, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

GA Toolbox[edit]

I like to get this checked out first, I have found issues using this that has led to quick fails so it's important this passes muster.

Peer review tool

WP:LEAD is too short, the criteria is 1-2 paragraphs for articles this size, for Good Articles we should be aiming for two.
Is there an appropriate info box?
I would suggest moving the picture up next to the lead, yeah it's not an actual MLC but it's as close as we'll probably get

Copyright violations Tool

No issues detected Y

Disambiguation links

No issues Y

External links

No issues Y

Well Written[edit]

With the article being so short every issue becomes that much more exposed, so just keep that in mind as I provide feedback.

Lead

Technically it should be "the Farmer's Free Markets" since you started with "Los"
"their short existence" needs a comma after existence.

Background

The sentence starting with "However, inefficiency" would be better if you moved "simultaneously" up so it became "However, simultaneous inefficiency" instead.

Operations

"after their quota obligations to the state had first been met" you can take out the word "first" since you already state that it has to be after the quota obligation was met.
What happened to surplus sugar, tobaccoo and coffee that they were not allowed to sell at the MLCs?

Legacy

In what way are the new farmer's markets similar to the MLCs?

Sources/verifiable[edit]

The sources appear to be reliable, printed books etc. - I would like to see the location of the publisher listed in the citation as well, that's not a deal breaker but it does help compete the info

Broad in coverage[edit]

Well it's so short it's hard to say yes to that part of it. I would like to see more info in here, like how many MLCs were there, that sort of detail. Perhaps something on what they were replaced with in 1986 - did they go back to total state sale only as before 1980?

Neutral[edit]

I believe so yes Y

Stable[edit]

Looks like it, very little actual activity after nomination, mainly copy editing Y

Illustrated / Images[edit]

Just the one, which is appropriately tagged. Y

@LavaBaron: - putting this on hold for 7 days to allow for improvements to be made, hopefully those include more content as I'm not sure it's broad enough currently. MPJ-US 19:13, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note - the nominator has informed me that he will not able to work on this right away but be back by mid-April. Not a problem on my part, it sat in the system for this long I'll keep it on hold past the standard seven days. MPJ-US 21:09, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@LavaBaron: i see that you are active on Wikiledia again. Is it your intention to oick up the review of this article in the next couple of days? MPJ-US 17:05, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@LavaBaron: - I can tell from the edit log that you're back, but not working on this one yet? If I don't hear from you by tomorrow I will close it. MPJ-US 23:31, 15 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@LavaBaron: - Plenty of Wikipedia activity, no activity on this article. I am going to close this and move on. MPJ-US 12:29, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]