Talk:Daron Acemoglu/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MX (talk · contribs) 01:06, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Review
Hello. I'll be reviewing this article. My initial observation is that this article is ripe for promotion. I'll go through each section and post here if there are any issues. I'll also be checking the sources to see if they are reliable. If possible, I'll go into them to see if the text is supported correctly. Stay put and thanks for waiting! MX ( ✉  •  ✎  ) 01:06, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Part 1
Overall comments: This is a great article as it stands. My biggest concern from Part 1 of the review is not the grammatical correction. Rather, it is the overuse of quotes, especially in the Views section. Per WP:QUOTE, editors are generally encouraged to write stuff in their own words. I would like to see a reduction of quotes before this review passes. Below are my concerns for Part 1; stay put for Part 2 (which will include source review, copyright analysis, etc.) MX ( ✉  •  ✎  ) 20:29, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Life

 * – Please add DOB with a source too, assuming none of the sources citing this sentence already have the DOB somewhere. The DOB in the infobox is technically unsourced as it stands.
 * ✅Ե րևանցի talk 21:43, 5 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – "well-known" is a WP:WEASEL word. Please revise.
 * ✅Ե րևանցի talk 21:43, 5 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – why not redlink Aramyan Uncuyan per WP:REDLINK?
 * "The subject of the red link may be covered on another edition of Wikipedia. If such an article meets the English-language Wikipedia criteria and you are able to translate, then follow the procedures at Wikipedia:Translation; if not, {{underline}use a link to the article in the other edition of Wikipedia instead of or next to a red link}}. Such links can be made manually or by using the interlanguage link template undefined."


 * – spell out MIT's name and link it. Use "MIT" moving forward.
 * ✅Ե րևանցի talk 21:43, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Academic career

 * – Use LSE only, since you already used it in the previous section.
 * ✅Ե րևանցի talk 09:15, 6 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – Use MIT only, per previous comments.
 * ✅Ե րևանցի talk 09:15, 6 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – "was a lecturer"
 * ✅Ե րևանցի talk 09:15, 6 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – fix amount to US$841,380 per MOS:CURRENCY.
 * ✅Ե րևանցի talk 09:15, 6 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – remove "influential" per WP:WEASEL. You can rephrase it or remove it.
 * ✅Ե րևանցի talk 09:15, 6 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – Does the source only assert or explain them? "Significant" may be on the eyes of the beholder, and pushing for WP:WEASEL. Also, please add an "s": "He has made significant contributions ..."
 * ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 10:03, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Publications

 * – Please fix this sentence.
 * ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 08:24, 10 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – "... North, who argued that..."
 * ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 08:24, 10 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – ... "described it as 'enormously significant' ..."
 * It's not a quote within a quote.<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 08:24, 10 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – How do we know it is the best-known book? Was it the best-selling one?
 * ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 10:04, 12 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – The Washington Post
 * ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 08:24, 10 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – The Economist
 * ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 08:24, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Views

 * - remove link from Why Nations Fail per WP:OVERLINK. Keep an eye on other articles you linked multiple times (excluding lead) in case I missed more.
 * ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 10:14, 12 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – Ditto with Johnson.
 * ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 10:14, 12 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – Sounds uneyclopedic. Please rephrase.
 * ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 10:14, 12 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I personally think there is an over-use of quotes here and in the rest of the View sections, per our MOS:QUOTE policy. Please paraphrase most of them and only keep what you think might be lost in paraphrasing. Long quotations are generally not encouraged. I will need to go back once you've done this to check for grammar corrections since I decided to skip this part altogether until the issue is resolved.
 * <b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 10:14, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Recognition
✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 18:05, 12 August 2018 (UTC) ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 18:05, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * – Why not spell out to "Research Papers in Economics"?
 * – Remove link from Robinson per WP:OVERLINK.

Awards

 * – There is a [Citaiton needed] tag I added.
 * ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 18:10, 12 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello. Will you be able to get thorough the remaining points in the next 2-3 days? MX ( ✉  •  ✎  ) 19:14, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I'll try to complete it by tomorrow. <b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 22:16, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I've addressed most of the issues. Could you please respond to them. I won't be active for another 3 days. <b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 19:28, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Quotes look good now. We can address the infobox section when you're back. Enjoy your weekend. MX ( ✉  •  ✎  ) 19:44, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, I hope you had a great weekend. Let's get the infobox section addressed before the end of the week. Cheers, MX ( ✉  •  ✎  ) 19:15, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Copyright checkup

 * – There are high similarities between the sources and the text, but these matches are best of the heavy dependence on quotes, per Earwig's Copyvio Detector. This will be addressed independently in Part 1.

Infobox

 * – Overall this is a great part of the article. Useful information is found that is easy for readers to find. Per WP:INFOBOXCITE, however, we highly advise editors to remove citations from the infobox and cite the information elsewhere in the article. Would you be able to do that? This prevents clogging sources, especially as the infobox grows.
 * ✅<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 20:09, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Needing sources

 * – Maybe I missed it somewhere, but is the "hundreds" mentioned somewhere else in the article with an appropriate source?
 * ✅ I mentioned it in the "Academic career" section with a reference.<b style="color: red;">Ե</b> րևանցի talk 11:06, 23 August 2018 (UTC)


 * – Checked multiple sources and found no issue here. Assuming good faith for the rest of the sources I did not check and for foreign-language ones too.

Conclusion
Everything was addressed! Article passes. MX ( ✉  •  ✎  ) 20:33, 27 August 2018 (UTC)