Talk:1948 Newfoundland referendums

Merge
Check out Talk:Newfoundland National Convention. -Royalguard11 (Talk·Desk) 03:49, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Moot point, title will probably go with the merge, but should be 'referenda' not referendums. Ex nihil 05:40, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Enh, I think that's debatable - "Referenda" is one of those Latin plurals that appears to be on it's way out in Canadian English. I would argue that it's about 50/50 in current usage AshleyMorton 01:28, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Failed GA
This is a promising article. It is well-cited, appears to be broad in coverage and NPOV, and uses tagged images with a clear fair use rationale. However, it fails to live up to criterion 1a, that of "compelling prose". Most of the sentences in the article are very short and unvaried in style. Generally, the prose reads a bit too monotonously, as if it was written at an intentionally low reading level.

The background section could also use some expansion, explaining directly what is meant in this context by "local representative government" and "responsible government".

With a bit of improvement in the prose, I'm sure that this article will pass. Please do resubmit it. MLilburne 12:12, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

GA-review
There has been good additions since the failed nomination but all of the points raised in the Failed GA comments above still need work and need to be addressed before promotion. I get the feeling little effort was made to address those comments. All the positive points raised in the last round still hold true.
 * The sentences are just too punchy.
 * I also don't think that the issue of what "local representative government" and "responsible government" has been covered.
 * Minor point but references are best placed after punctuation and should not be placed just before. Peter Rehse 01:59, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I corrected the references and did a bit of work on the Background section which I thought was the worst with respect to prose. I'll do a bit here and there but I think the original authors need to take a careful look also.Peter Rehse 04:26, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I really didn't think that representative or responsible government needed any further explanation because this is an encyclopedia, and anything not understood can be looked up very easily. It would probably help if someone other than me looked over this article because I've written most of it. -Royalguard11 (Talk·Review Me!) 22:23, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I felt it did mainly because each form could manifest itself in different ways.Peter Rehse 01:02, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I failed it for reasons of prose. Please read the comments in both nominations.Peter Rehse 00:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Changed my mind - took me a lttle while but I think I fixed the prose up sufficiantly.Peter Rehse 05:58, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Please check the language
The English in this article needs to be checked, the text is filled with errors. At the moment, I find it surprising to see a good article nomination for an article so poorly written. JdeJ 01:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Well actually its borderline and the author could fix it up with a little effort. I put the article Microsoft word grammer check. There were a small number of spelling mistakes but more telling the number of passive sentences was high at 27% as was the correlated Flesch Reading Ease index at 32.4 (the lower the better and I think it should be 2/3 that). The Flesch-Kinkaid Grade Level was 12. I failed the article because no effort was made to address the issue.Peter Rehse 04:06, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

What the hell I did a copyedit using MS-word grammer check and a bit of common sense. I'm going to promote to GA status.Peter Rehse 05:57, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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