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Terik people was one of the Social sciences and society good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. 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.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
February 22, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
June 22, 2008	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 3, 2005.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that the Terik language of Kenya is classified as endangered by UNESCO because the Terik people have increasingly become assimilated to the Nandi people in recent decades?

Current status: Delisted good article

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Failed GA[edit]

Sorry, I just don't think there's enough here to make this a Good Article. Keep at it, though! —BorgHunter ^ubx (talk) 16:13, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have to say I disagree with that and think it looks perfect for a good article. Worldtraveller 16:32, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...so I've done what the tag said and made it a GA. Worldtraveller 16:34, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I just started thinking that GA and these kind of articles are simply incompatible (there isn't much to expand when you've pretty much exhausted all published sources). — mark ✎ 16:45, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They're exactly the kind of article I had in mind when I started the GA page! Short but comprehensive and excellent encyclopaedic content. Worldtraveller 16:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GA Sweeps Review: Delisted[edit]

In order to uphold the quality of Wikipedia:Good articles, all articles listed as Good articles are being reviewed against the requirements of the GA criteria as part of the GA project quality task force. I am specifically going over all of the "Culture and society" articles. Unfortunately, as of June 22, 2008, this article fails to satisfy the criteria. The article was passed as a GA back in 2006, and since then, the criteria have changed significantly. The article currently lacks inline citations for several statistics and statements that should have them. If you can find sources online, feel free to include those, although book sources are always great. The following are several issues that should be addressed before renominating the article at WP:GAN:

Needs inline citations:

""the people who later called themselves Terik were still Bong'om when they left Elgon and moved away in a southern direction" (Roeder 1986:142)" If Harvard referencing is going to be used then sources needed to be provided for all controversial and questionable statements throughout the article. If desired, citation templates can be used instead, as this is up to the editors.
"This, along with dwindling agricultural potential in the area, has in the second half of the twentieth century motivated many of the Terik to move eastwards, into 'Nandiland' as they call it."
"Some Terik even claim that they abandoned their homeland because they were afraid of the Luhya."
"The Terik traditionally have twelve age sets, whereas the Nandi have seven."
"About 50,000 Terik (less than half of the total population) still speak the Terik dialect, but all are middle aged or older."
"Terik has therefore been classified as an endangered language."

Other issues:

Although the intial reviewier passed the article citing the length as being sufficient, the article still needs to have more focus on the topic to meet the broad requirement of the GA criteria. I'd recommend mentioning more information about the culture, education, and any other information you think relevant. At it's current state, it does not provide enough of an overview of the article. Look to similar GAs for more examples on improving this article further.
If possible, determine if there are any images that can be added to the article, even if it is just used to illustrate a location or event. Any image is better than no images, as long as it is related to the content.

For these reasons, the article has been delisted from WP:GA. However, if improvements are made bringing the article up to standards, the article may be nominated at WP:GAN. If you disagree with this review, you can seek an alternate opinion at Good Article reassessment. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article's history to reflect this review. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 04:47, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]