Talk:History of Somalia (1991–2006)/GA1

Good article nomination on hold
This article's Good Article promotion has been put on hold. During review, some issues were discovered that can be resolved without a major re-write. This is how the article, as of January 13, 2008, compares against the six good article criteria:


 * 1. Well written?: [[Image:Symbol wait.svg|15px]] Mostly very well-written, with engaging prose (again, nice work here) and Manual of Style compliance. Just a few minor points though. In the lead, it says "as of 2007", should it be changed to 2008? Next, the blockquote currently present needs to be not in block quote format. Per WP:MOSQUOTE, block quotes must be more than 4 lines or multiple paragraphs.
 * 2. Factually accurate?: [[Image:Symbol wait.svg|15px]] Generally the article meets or exceeds the GA requirements for referencing and in-line citations. However, there are a few places in the article needing further in-line citations. The rest of the article is well-cited, but there are several direct quotes without adjacent citations. The GA criteria requires that all direct quotes have citations immediately following. Places where this does not occur:

One additional suggestion: in the lead, it might be better to put the cite at the end of the sentence in order to verify the evaluation of the tendency towards anarcho-capitalism. That might be a more controversial interpretation than simple anarchism, from my perspective.
 * the 1st sentence of Social conditions
 * the 1st sentence of Communications
 * early in Education
 * twice in the Economic impact of anarchy section
 * 3. Broad in coverage?: [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]] Broad and concise.
 * 4. Neutral point of view?: [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]] Gives fair treatment to all significant points of view. Good work.
 * 5. Article stability? [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]] Not exclusively the subject of unresolved current events or edit wars.
 * 6. Images?: [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]] Gives proper source and licensing info for all images.

Please address these matters soon and then leave a note here showing how they have been resolved. After 48 hours the article should be reviewed again. If these issues are not addressed within 7 days, the article may be failed without further notice. Thank you for your work so far.— Van Tucky 02:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)