Talk:Barry Docks/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 20:32, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Will leave some initial comments soon. ☠ Jag  uar  ☠ 20:32, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:
 * B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
 * 1) Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
 * A. Has an appropriate reference section:
 * B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:
 * C. No original research:
 * 1) Is it broad in its coverage?
 * A. Major aspects:
 * B. Focused:
 * 1) Is it neutral?
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
 * B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
 * B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * Pass or Fail:

Initial comments

 * "a few kilometres southwest of Cardiff" - does this article prefer imperial over metric (miles or km)? Just figured that old navy shipyards/harbours always used imperial!
 * Changed to miles - the article generally used imperial (metric in brackets) Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)


 * The lead summarises the article well, so this meets the GA criteria
 * "The island was about 1 mile" - was? Is it still one mile long?
 * It is no longer an island, and the former extent is not obvious, so I think this is right. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)


 * "Laborers and shopkeepers" - Labourers?
 * Labourers comes up as a spelling error for me. Fixed. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)


 * "At peak there were 3,000 workers on the site" - in the lead it mentions that there was once between 8,000 and 10,000 men employed in the docks?
 * A peak of 3,000 workers during construction. After the job was done, the dock workers moved in. Wording tweaked to clarify. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Images

 * The images and captions meet the GA criteria

Close - promoted
I see no choice but to pass this article as it currently stands. The prose is in good standing, the lead complies per WP:LEAD and meets the GA criteria, the images and captions meet the GA criteria and the references and citations also meet the GA criteria. Overall this is a well-written, comprehensive and engaging article. The only issues I found with this article were a few minor copyediting issues which weren't worthy of affecting the GAN! Barry Docks sounds like a very interesting place - it still has the presence of its heydays, right? ☠ Jag  uar  ☠ 11:04, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks both!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:40, 19 September 2014 (UTC)