Talk:Bratislava/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Thehistorian10 (talk · contribs) 20:58, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Introduction
This is a review of the article "Bratislava" as submitted for review and possible promotion on 29 October 2012.

Standard of Review
For an article to achieve the status of "Good article", it must meet all criteria as set out in the good article criteria. In each criterion, the article must be examined de novo (i.e. afresh) during the examination for that criterion.

Applicable guideline
The Guideline states as follows:

" (a) the prose is clear and concise, respects copyright laws, and the spelling and grammar are correct; and (b) it complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation"

Findings
At the outset, I note that the prose is clear and there are no over-long sentences. The spelling and grammar throughout the article are clear and observe all rules as set down in English grammar.

The lead section provides a good introduction, supplying the highlights of the city's role in Slovakia, as well as providing an introduction to its history. It has a good and sensible layout. There are no words to watch in this article, and the guidelines on list incorporation and fiction do not apply, seeing as this article is neither fictitious, nor does it include a list.

Conclusion
I would pass this article on the first criterion.

Applicable guideline
The Guideline states as follows:

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(a) it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline; (b) it provides in-line citations from reliable sources for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines;and (c) it contains no original research."

Findings
The requirement to provide a list of all references is fulfilled - there is an extensive list of more than one hundred references in the "notes" section at the end of the article.

Inline citations are exemplary - for each assertion, there is an inline citation either in teh same line, sentence or paragraph to support that assertion. The citations are reliable, being mostly from official Slovak websites, European websites or other published works about the city.

As a result of the above concerning inline citations, there are no obvious examples of original research.

Conclusion
The article has passed this criterion.

Applicable guideline
The applicable guideline states as follows:

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(a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic;[7] and (b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style)."

Findings
The article covers all relevant aspects of the topic, and, as a result thereof, it is required to descend into detail, but it does not descend into irrelevant detail - i.e. describing each and every street or square.

Conclusion
The article has passed this criterion

applicable guideline
The relevant applicable guideline states as follows: "it represents viewpoints fairly and without bias, giving due weight to each."

findings
I find this article to be neutral. There is no evidence of bias in favour of the city in comparison with other article devoted to cities.

Conclusion
This article passes this criterion

Applicable guideline
The applicable Gudeline states as follows: "it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute."

Findings
Having consulted the edit history, there have been no edit wars, other than repeated reversal of vandalism, which is normal in Wikipedia. The talk page does not demonstrate an edit war either.

Conclusion
The article has passed this criterion

Applicable guideline
The applicable guideline states as follows: "Illustrated, if possible, by images: (a) images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content; and (b) images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions."

Findings
I find there is a good variety of images. There is a montage at the beginning of the article, and each image is placed so as to be related to the paragraph where it is placed. Every image is appropriately captioned and has the relevant copyright statements.

conclusion
The article has passed this criterion.

Overall conclusion
For the foregoing reasons, I have the pleasure and honour of informing the community of editors that this article has passed all the criteria for it to become a good article, and shall thus be promoted to good article status.