Talk:Edmonton Oilers/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer:  Harrias  talk 20:04, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Okay, initial thoughts are that this article isn't up to GA standards: My advice would be to take this to peer review, get some opinions there, get it up to scratch, and then bring it back.  Harrias  talk 20:24, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The article often offers favours the Oilers, using "unfortunately" on a few occasions, and giving an impression of bias in other sections.
 * Non-encyclopedic language is used, "upstart", "powerhouse", "ironically", "had a playoff performance to remember" are examples of this.
 * Many paragraphs and claims are unreferenced, see the Decline in success section in particular, but a lot of the history section is like this. The Jerseys section is almost completed unreferenced. Same issue with the Players section; other than the current players, the rest are all unreferenced. And Franchise records, and NHL awards and trophies.
 * "However, ..." is used excessively: it isn't particularly encyclopedic language, especially not in this quantity.
 * There is a hint of recentism in the history: 2005-present is longer than most of the other sections, and it goes into more detail than is probably necessary.
 * Home arenas could do with an expansion to give a bit of information on each arena, when the team played there etc.


 * GA review (see here for criteria)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 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):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 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):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

Feel free to leave any comments you may have on my talk page.  Harrias  talk 20:24, 1 March 2011 (UTC)