Talk:Cipher Bureau (Poland)/GA1

GA Review
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Hello! I will be reviewing this article, and should have the full review up in a couple of hours. Dana boomer (talk) 13:24, 15 August 2008 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for criteria)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):
 * External links (such as the one in the "In popular culture" section) should not be in the text itself, but instead in the external links section. It would be nice if the external links were consistently formatted, although this is not necessary.
 * The lead should be a summary of the entire article, and should not contain new information. Most of the information that is currently in the lead should be put in a "History" or "Start of the agency" or "Beginnings" section, and fully cited.  Then the lead should be turned into a summary that briefly touches on all of the important points in the article.
 * I have not done a complete check of the prose, as I am the most worried about the lack of citations. As soon as the referencing is done or almost done, I will run back through the article for a full prose check.
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * The inline citations for books should all have page numbers.
 * The references section should be organized alphabetically by last name.
 * You need MANY more in-line citations than you currently have. This is the major barrier before this article can reach GA status.  Many sections, including "Enigma solved", "Secret preserved" and "In popular culture" have no citations at all.  Quotations, such as in "Gift to allies" and "Battle of Warsaw" must have inline citations.  Information that is an opinion, such as the statement of a moving being "fair, if superficial" in the "In popular culture" section, must have inline citations.  Dates and other information that could be questioned should also have citations.
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * What happened to the agency itself? You have information on what happened to the people in the agency, but not the agency itself.  Was it shut down, or is it still in operation, or was it adopted into another government division?
 * 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):
 * There are a lot of images for an article this short. Do all of the images need to be included in the article?  Of special concern are the two fair use images in the "Enigma solved" section.  How do these contribute to the readers understanding of the topic?
 * Also, it is recommended that images be staggered right and left. The last three images in the article are all stacked on top of each other on the right hand side of the page.
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

This article needs a lot of work before it is ready to pass as GA. My main concern (as detailed above) is the lack of inline citations, although there are several other issues that need to be dealt with. I am going to put the article on hold for seven days to allow the editors time to work on these issues. If you need more time, please let me know, and if I see that work is continuing on the article I will extend the hold for a reasonable amount of time. Please contact me here (I have this page watchlisted) or on my talk page with any questions. Dana boomer (talk) 13:52, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I am failing this article due to a lack of response on the issues above. When these issues have been resolved, the article may be renominated for GA status. Dana boomer (talk) 12:48, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Renominate for GA status?
In-line citations have now been supplied, and copyediting done, in case someone would like to consider renominating the article for GA status. Nihil novi (talk) 06:31, 26 August 2008 (UTC)