Talk:Giorgio de Stefani

Some queries
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Hello! I've noticed your recent contribution in reassessing the said page on 5 October. Since I am the only one currently involved in expanding the article (which has been doubled the past 5 days), I'm not competent to change its assessment but I'd like you to ask you to please have a look at it and do it again if you are interested. I would be also happy to receive some tips on how to reach a better quality of it.  Lajbi  Holla @ me  •  CP  10:13, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I've swung by because I noticed the article as a DYK nominee, but it was classified as a stub (I have some Javascript enabled that show links for stubs in a different colour). As stubs don't qualify for DYK, I reassessed the article. I have never done assessments beyond C class, so shall leave that part to somebody else. I can give you some general tips for article improvement, though.


 * First up, I would start a biography with a section 'Early life'. Then again, I usually write bios for politicians, and you generally become politically active later in life than people taking up tennis. But there should definitely be more background on parents, education, and the like, whatever the first section is called. As his father was a government minister, he is notable and should be redlinked (if indeed there isn't an article for him already). I believe that the convention is for birth and death place to not be included in the life range, so 'born in Verona, Italy' would shift to the early life section.


 * The lead should summarise the article and discuss the most important aspects. The length of the lead should be a reflection of the length of the article. It's best to write the lead last, and given that you are in the middle of an expansion, that's fine. For the current article's length, I would expect to see two paragraphs in the lead. You should not introduce any material in the lead that isn't also in the body of the text (hint - in the body, Stefani's death isn't mentioned). Consequently, you don't have to include any references in the lead, but everything should be referenced in the body of the text.


 * There are a number of WP:MOS issues and I shall fix some as examples, with the edit summaries describing what needs attention. I hope this helps.  Schwede 66  17:45, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot for your efforts. I'll try to further improve it following your guidance. Lajbi  Holla @ me  •  CP  16:46, 12 October 2012 (UTC)