Talk:Barcelona/GA1

GA
Certainly meets GA criteria. Passed. Da54 14:31, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

GA Review
I'm afraid I must disagree with the person who passed this article, and file a Good Article review over it. The lead seems a bit too short for a topic over a city as notable as this, but my primary objection is over the referencing; as most of the links are in Spanish, they are compleatly incomphrehensible to, most likely, the majority of readers of this here English Wikipedia. The review is on the page i've wikilinked. Homestarmy 04:25, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I disagree as well, for a reason I stated earlier: The map showing Barcelona's location is utterly unhelpful. It only shows the immediate area with no indication of where that is relative to anything else a common reader might know of, except for the Mediterranean Sea &#151; which, by the way, is practically unrecognizable to those who know nothing of Spanish due to the fact that the whole map is in Spanish. Thus, going by this map, and with no knowledge of Spanish &#151; and I believe, on the English Wikipedia, we must assume the reader only knows English &#151; Barcelona could be next to a body of water quite literally anywhere in Spain. &#151; Äþelwulf See my contributions. 08:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I added the best map I could find regarding the issue you raise, i.e. provide some context for where Barcelona lies in relation to the rest of spave. {Shown here for reference)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Talk:Barcelona What links here However it was removed in a very short space of time. My personal preference is to include the best image you can at the time and when there is a better one it should be replaced. Not sure why the editors didn't like the one I added - but it was the best I could find at commons. I guess you could add it back again or do an internet trawl for a better one. OR... see if someone who is skilled at map making can be interested in a project. Regards SeanMack 11:03, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Barcelona

 * result:Delist 4-0

The first thing striking me about this article is that the lead seems too short for an article over a city as important as this, but I think the biggest problem is the references. Almost all of them are in the spanish language, compleatly incomphrehensible to most English wikipedia readers i'd figure. I don't think it matters how many there are if most people can't even read them to see if they are, in fact, referencing the facts they purport to cite. Homestarmy 04:24, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed Delist Is that gallery at the end really needed? Pehaps it can instead be made into a tourism section. Tarret 14:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delist &#151; My main point of contention is the poor map "showing" where Barcelona is.
 * The map is in Spanish. This alone makes the map useless. I believe we should assume the reader only knows English.
 * The map only shows the immediate area around Barcelona, with no indication of its location relative to anything the reader might recognize other than the Mediterranean Sea. This alone also makes the map useless.
 * Thus, going by the map alone, Barcelona could be next to any body of water literally anywhere in Spain. A much better map would be one like those for Paris, Berlin, Milan, Zürich, or Munich. &#151; Äþelwulf See my contributions. 09:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delist, poorly referenced, short lead, short paragraphs, as well as other problems stated above. Teemu08 22:58, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delist,Sumoeagle179 16:41, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

This is the consensus to delist. Diez2 16:45, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Forget the previous message, I saw it. However, I have to say one thing: references are in Catalan (learn the difference with Spanish) because there don't exist English references for these facts. I do think Catalan references are better that no references at all. --Andromeda 18:21, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I think the article is OK --83.46.214.246 19:02, 7 February 2007 (UTC)