Talk:2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: BennyOnTheLoose (talk · contribs) 12:08, 3 May 2020 (UTC)


 * 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):
 * Checked all results above 4% match on Earwig's Copyvio tool - no concerns.
 * 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:
 * Pass/Fail:

Comments
I'm happy to discuss or be challenged on any of my comments.
 * Suggest using IA bot or a similar tool to prevent WP:LINKROT
 * Consider adding a short description (WP:SHORTDESC) if a useful one is possible. It looks like some other GAs on similar topics don't have one.
 * Added, not sure how useful it is. Harrias  talk 08:15, 4 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Lead / Preview: "six laps of a 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) floodlit course" doesn't quite make the marathon distance. I suggest either confirming the "exact" route distance or adding in a qualifier along the lines of "approximately"
 * Made a little vaguer. Harrias  talk 08:15, 4 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Preview: "considered the favourites" - consider adding "to win." I'm not sure how widely understood favourite in the betting sense is, but there must be a small possibility of confusion with favourite.
 * Added. Harrias  talk 08:15, 4 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Preview: "Entrants highlighted from other countries.." - true, but the highlight is in a particular IAAF article. Could perhaps be reworded as something like "Other competitors included Lonah Salpeter of Israel [something about Euro 10,000] and Helalia Johannes of Namibia [something about Commonwealth title]."
 * Tweaked similar to suggestion. Harrias  talk 08:15, 4 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Summary: "The race was officially scheduled to start at 23:59 local time.." - consider reword to show that it did start at that (scheduled) time, which I don't think is explicit at the moment. (On the other hand, there is nothing that says it did not start at that time.)
 * I've intentionally avoided this: while some sources say it started at 23:59, some say that it started "on the stroke of midnight". Harrias  talk 08:15, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * OK, makes sense. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:25, 4 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Source 1 (IAAF qualifying) ✔️ (Note: For some reason the link on the article page didn't work for me - I found the article via Google, and the link seems to be as per citation)
 * Source 2 (IAAF qualifying system) ✔️
 * Source 3 (Kelly) ✔️
 * Source 4 (Rehmat) ✔️
 * Source 5 (Bloom) ✔️
 * Source 6 (Cacciola) ✔️
 * Source 7 (Rowbottom) ✔️ (Note: IAAF changed its name to World Athletics after the Doha event)
 * Source 8 (British Athletics) ✔️
 * Source 9 (Gabelić) ✔️
 * Source 10 (IAAF records) - additional citation needed for "not expected that any records would be set" ✔️
 * Source 11 (IAAF) ✔️
 * Source 12 (Al Jazeera) ✔️
 * Source 13 (Keating) ✔️
 * Source 14 (Chowdhury) ✔️
 * Source 15 (Tress) ✔️
 * Source 16 (Bloom 2) ✔️
 * Source 17 (IAAF - 50km) ✔️
 * Source 18 (IAAF Results) ✔️

Thanks for your work on this interesting article. I've made a few suggestions, and am always happy to engage in discussion. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:11, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Cheers for the review. I think I've wrapped up these points now; any further input would be greatly appreciated. Harrias  talk 13:34, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your responses. I'm happy to pass this for GA. I'd still be in favour of running IA bot or another archiving tool, but that's not a necessity. I made a couple of further minor changes to the preview section but would have no objections to these being reverted or amended. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:20, 4 May 2020 (UTC)