Talk:Henry le Despenser/GA2

GA Review
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Reviewer: Pyrotec (talk) 13:28, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I will be reviewing this. Pyrotec (talk) 13:28, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Overall summary
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * A. Prose quality:
 * B. MoS compliance:
 * 1) Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
 * A. References to sources:
 * B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
 * C. No original research:
 * 1) Is it broad in its coverage?
 * A. Major aspects:
 * B. Focused:
 * 1) Is it neutral?
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
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 * Pass or Fail:
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This article is generally compliant with the requirments of WP:WIAGA, so I will be awarding it GA-status in due course. However, It needs a bit more work on the Notes/References first. Specifically:
 * Notes 2, 11, 14, 18 and 55 refer to sources that do not appear in the References.
 * Note 9 is meaningless in terms of providing WP:verification - its just a link to a wikipedia article (WP:Circular).
 * Note 42 is intended to WP:Verify a direct quotation but it merely gives an author (and via the References a book). A page number is needed.
 * I don't particularly like or see the need for "ibids". Ref 51 could be used for both ref 51 and 52, by labelling it as (say) ref name=A-S-124>Allington-Smith, p.124 and calling it up the second time as ref name=A-S-124/>. Similarly comments apply to Notes 33 & 34; 36 & 37; 47 & 48 etc.
 * In the case of Notes 26 to 29, it would take little effort to replace "ibid" with "Beck".

Pyrotec (talk) 15:59, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the changes. I'm now awarding this article GA-status. Congratulations in producing a fine Good Article. Pyrotec (talk) 08:05, 14 June 2010 (UTC)