Talk:1986 enlargement of the European Communities/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) 07:27, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I am planning on reviewing this article for GA Status, over the next couple of days. Thank you for nominating the article for GA status. I hope I will learn some new information, and that my feedback is helpful.

If nominators or editors could refrain from updating the particular section that I am updating until it is complete, I would appreciate it to remove a edit conflict. Please address concerns in the section that has been completed above (If I've raised concerns up to references, feel free to comment on things like the lede.)

I generally provide an overview of things I read through the article on a first glance. Then do a thorough sweep of the article after the feedback is addressed. After this, I will present the pass/failure. I will use strikethrough tags when concerns are met. Even if something is obvious why my concern is met, please leave a message as courtesy.

Best of luck! you can also use the ✅ tag to state when something is addressed.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs)

Please let me know after the review is done, if you were happy with the review! Obviously this is regarding the article's quality, however, I want to be happy and civil to all, so let me know if I have done a good job, regardless of the article's outcome.

Immediate Failures

 * It is a long way from meeting any one of the six good article criteria -
 * It contains copyright infringements -
 * It has, or needs, cleanup banners that are unquestionably still valid. These include,, or large numbers of , , or similar tags. (See also ). -
 * It is not stable due to edit warring on the page. -

Lede

 * I don't think this lede needs the initial sentence to be skewed to having bold like this, needs a reword. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:38, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I didn't think the previous version sounded forced, I have to say, but I've reworded it so as not to include the title - what do you think? Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The citations in the lede - could some of this be incorporated into the prose? The lede should be a summary of the rest of the article, so shouldn't need many/any citations.Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:38, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * There's only three citations in the entirety of the lead; one of which is talking about the categorisation of the enlargement, and the other two referring to the actual event of the accession itself. I didn't want to have to create a separate section in the article to talk about the event of the accession, because all I can really say there is "there wasn't any ceremony beyond flag-raising", which doesn't feel like it needs its own section on the page to talk about. Would be interested to hear your thoughts if you can see other ways of splitting that off, though! Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Watch out for WP:SEAOFBLUE, such as Estado Novo corporatist. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:38, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ - reworded to avoid this Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * there is a general consensus today - the word "today" dates the article. I suggest using less specific wordage. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:38, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ - reworded to avoid this Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

General

 * You have a citation before the punct in the first sentence. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:44, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * You have to define acronyms, such as the EEC. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:44, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * "members of the European Parliament" - WP:EASTEREGG. Just use the first link for the full term. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:44, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not a fan of one sentence paragraphs, it's probably better to merge. 15:44, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * In July of the year before EFTA was founded, however, the government of Portugal began the process of establishing a diplomatic mission to the EEC[43], and to Euratom[44] the same month. - could we move the citations to cover the whole sentence? Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:44, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * $79.1 million,[57] equivalent to $277,289,584 - do you need to be so specific? Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:44, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * This is generated automatically through inflation - I've manually set the precision on that template down. Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The See Also section would work better as a Navbox, but you already have one, so I suggest removalBest Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:44, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I believe the photo titled "Soares (right) in the Netherlands on 9 March 1977, just weeks before the Portuguese application" is not from Mário Soares.

GA Review

 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):  d (copyvio and plagiarism):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

Review meta comments

 * I'll begin the review as soon as I can! If you fancy returning the favour, I have outstanding GA and FA nominations that require reviewing at WP:GAN and WP:FAC, respectively. I'd be very grateful if you were to complete one of these, however it's definitely not mandatory. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs)
 * Thanks very much for the initial pass! I think I've addressed all of those initial thoughts - couple of questions for you above where I'm not quite sure if something makes sense to change, or where I'm not sure if my changes fit what you're looking for Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 16:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Good job, looks pretty good to me - passing Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:22, 19 July 2020 (UTC)