Talk:Acland, Queensland/GA1

GA Review
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I'm afraid that this article was a quick fail for GA status.

It falls too short in its coverage to be suitable for GA status. It needs a significant expansion of everything that's there, as well as some things that aren't covered, and the writing isn't that stellar. If you compare this to a featured article on a ghost town (Rhyolite, Nevada) or another small former mining town (Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia), you'll see why I can't pass this as being a GA for now - it's just got a long way to go before it gets there.

Please don't be disheartened, though - it's an interesting topic, and I'd love to see a full GA treatment of it. Rebecca (talk) 03:28, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Um, fair enough, but some pointers on what you had in mind would be useful (eg. what things aren't covered). I thought I had just about exhausted the sources i've been able to identify, with the exception of expanding material on the heritage-listed mine, but I'll go over them again. hamiltonstone (talk) 03:39, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The history's particularly incomplete; the geography section could also stand to be expanded. I realise it's not the easiest topic to research, but because of that, you're going to need to go beyond Google and hit up the libraries and the newspaper archives. The National Library may be of some help there. Rebecca (talk) 03:54, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. NLA archival newspapers not much help, but i missed a recent article in The Monthly, so i'll see what I can squeeze out of that. Regards, hamiltonstone (talk) 04:31, 19 July 2010 (UTC)