Talk:Ikeji festival/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Goldsztajn (talk · contribs) 06:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

I'll take this, give me a few days for initial comments. --Goldsztajn (talk) 06:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, this was quicker than I expected as I'm going to have to give this a quick fail on the basis of the sourcing (both what is in the article and what is lacking) and content. A short search shows that there's significant academic work existing on the festival, yet none of it is referenced within the article (some examples    ).  There's different sourcing which indicates that the there are multiple origin stories of the festival, yet none of this is elaborated in detail in the article. There's no sense that the performances in the festival are part of a larger dynamic of masquerade in Southeastern Nigeria. Performers in the festival are only men; there's no examination of the gendered divisions of labour around the festival (origins, "justifications", responses).  There's information which requires clarification and revision (eg what actually is a "traditional prime minister" in Igbo cosmology? The expression "Igbo race" is inappropriate). Just a very quick check of the references shows three which cannot be considered reliable; one is tagged as a dead link to a tourism website (hellotravel), two mirror the same information (Origin, relevance of Ikeji festival; Ikeji Festival of Arondizuogu). I'm not really sure any tourism website could be considered a reliable (ie independent) source in this case (other than to indicate that there has been ongoing attempts to commercialise the festival).  The article in present form is perhaps just start class and requires a substantial reworking before being ready for another GA nomination.


 * Regards,--Goldsztajn (talk) 23:21, 1 July 2021 (UTC)