Talk:Cline Buttes/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk · contribs) 11:34, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


 * 1. Is it well written?
 * A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
 * "The vicinity...with highly conical shapes"?
 * ✅ Changed text to read: "Cline Buttes feature gentle slopes with highly conical shaped peaks."
 * What is the Deschutes Formation?
 * ✅ Added text as follows: "...Deschutes Formation, a late Miocene to early Pliocene volcanic lava flow deposited between 7.5 and 5.3 million years ago."  Also, added p. 23 to source footnote to cover info on Deschutes Formation.
 * B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
 * 2. Is it verifiable with no original research?
 * A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:
 * B. All in-line citations are from reliable sources, including those 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&mdash;science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines:
 * Is "peakbagger" a reliable source?
 * ✅ Peakbagger was only source I could find to support prominence. I removed source and prominence fact it supported from both infobox and text.
 * C. It contains no original research:
 * Some infobox data aren't supported by the main text. I can't check many sources, but of those which I can: I don't have the impression that #1-#3 support the text on the location of the buttes.
 * ✅ Ref #1 is USGS source that include elevation, geo location, county, and topo map section. Ref #3 (now Ref #2 because Peakbagger Ref has been removed) is USGS map that shows relative location of the buttes and the access road which is the easiest route to the top.  Ref #11 is article about hiking and biking trails which are the normal route to the top.  Ref #5 (p. 5) says age of rocks is “late Oligocene to early Miocene.”  I changed infobox text from 25 million year ago (which is ~mid-point of late Oligocene/early Miocene time period) to wording used in source and remove 25M from main text, leaving “late Oligocene to early Miocene.”  Volcanic type is support by Ref #5.
 * Why is #6 cited for vegetation?
 * ✅ Ref #6 (now Ref #5 because Peakbagger Ref has been removed) has facts about Cline Buttes' soils (which supports vegetation), but that info wasn’t included in article text. Therefore, I removed the ref from vegetation section.
 * D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
 * 3. Is it broad in its coverage?
 * A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:
 * B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
 * 4. Is it neutral?
 * It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
 * 5. Is it stable?
 * It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
 * 6. Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
 * A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
 * B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
 * 7. Overall:
 * Pass or Fail: