Talk:Birkebeineren Ski Stadium/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 18:18, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: found and fixed four. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:46, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Linkrot: none found. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:47, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

 * GA review (see here for criteria)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * Construction started in early 1991, before planning was completed, and later until 1993. Please rephrase, this is confusing and unclear.
 * Materials for the buildings were concrete and wood. This included 3,000-square-meter (32,000 sq ft) of temporary housing, a 1,620-square-meter (17,400 sq ft) building subsequently converted to a riding center, and a 3,200-square-meter (34,000 sq ft) tent. Again poor organisation and grammar.
 * In October, the sections along the tracks were partially cleared to allow spectators without tickets to watch the events. I don't get the meaning of this. Sections of what?
 * ' 'a 355-square-meter (3,820 sq ft) technical house'' What is a technical house?
 * For both it and the men's 50 km, nearly 75,000 spectators watched from the track side. This is repeated from the previous section.
 * The stadium has also since 1992 been used as the goal area for Birkebeinerrennet Needs explanation of what "Birkebeinerrennet" is, wikilinking is not enough.
 * I made a number of copy-edits.
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * References look good, RS, no OR. I assume good faith for sources in Norwegian.
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * Thorough with unnecessary detail.
 * 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, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * One image used with suitable tag and caption. It would be good to have an image of the venue and also a location map, but not GA criteria.
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * On hold for seven days for the issues above to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:10, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, that is all good now. Congratulations! (You may run out of Noway topics eventually! :-) ) Jezhotwells (talk) 21:56, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking the time to review the article. I've fixed up all the prose issues in point 1. I don't like the lack of a decent image either, but nothing free is available, and I live far away, so I cannot take a picture myself. Arsenikk (talk)  20:45, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Just one point left "technical house" needs explanation. In English this generally refers to a type of "house music"! Jezhotwells (talk) 20:50, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry for missing the line. The source is in English, and it uses the term "technical house". I must admit that I at first thought that it was a translation, since the word for "house" in Norwegian is often also used for buildings, and I can only guess at what the term means. Perhaps "technincal building" or something such as that is better? 21:48, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I wonder if plant room would be better? Jezhotwells (talk) 21:41, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. Sounds like a suitable and more explanatory name. Arsenikk (talk)  21:48, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think so. The prose in the LOOC report is not really GA quality! Jezhotwells (talk) 21:56, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I wonder if plant room would be better? Jezhotwells (talk) 21:41, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. Sounds like a suitable and more explanatory name. Arsenikk (talk)  21:48, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think so. The prose in the LOOC report is not really GA quality! Jezhotwells (talk) 21:56, 21 March 2011 (UTC)