Talk:Kiger mustang/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Seabuckthorn (talk · contribs) 13:24, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Nominator: Dana boomer (talk)

Hi! I'll review it. I'll be posting my review shortly. -- Seabuckthorn   ♥  13:24, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

1: Well-written
 * a. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:
 * b. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

Check for WP:LEAD:


 * 1) Check for Correct Structure of Lead Section:  ✅
 * 2) Check for Citations (WP:LEADCITE):  ✅
 * 3) Check for Introductory text:  ✅
 * 4) * Check for Provide an accessible overview (MOS:INTRO): ✅
 * 5) ** Major Point 1: Characteristics "Kiger Mustangs are most often dun in color, although they are found in other solid colors. Compact and well-muscled in appearance," (summarised well in the lead)
 * 6) ** Major Point 2: History "Originally feral horses with specific conformation traits discovered in 1977, the name also applies to their bred-in-captivity progeny. " & "DNA testing has shown that Kiger Mustangs are descended largely from Spanish horses brought to North America in the 17th century, a bloodline thought to have largely disappeared from mustang herds before the Kiger horses were found." (summarised well in the lead)
 * 7) ** Major Point 3: BLM management and private ownership "The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers two herd management areas for Kiger Mustangs in the Burns District—Kiger and Riddle Mountain, in the Steens Mountain area." (summarised well in the lead)
 * 8) * Check for Relative emphasis: ✅
 * 9) ** Major Point 1: "Kiger Mustangs are most often dun in color, although they are found in other solid colors. Compact and well-muscled in appearance," (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
 * 10) ** Major Point 2: History "Originally feral horses with specific conformation traits discovered in 1977, the name also applies to their bred-in-captivity progeny." & "DNA testing has shown that Kiger Mustangs are descended largely from Spanish horses brought to North America in the 17th century, a bloodline thought to have largely disappeared from mustang herds before the Kiger horses were found." (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
 * 11) ** Major Point 3: BLM management and private ownership "The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers two herd management areas for Kiger Mustangs in the Burns District—Kiger and Riddle Mountain, in the Steens Mountain area." (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
 * 12) * Check for Opening paragraph (MOS:BEGIN): ✅
 * 13) ** Check for First sentence (WP:LEADSENTENCE): ✅
 * 14) *** The Kiger Mustang is a substrain of Mustang horse located in the southeastern part of U.S. state of Oregon.
 * 15) ** Check for Format of the first sentence (MOS:BOLDTITLE): ✅
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 * 17) ** Check for Abbreviations and synonyms (MOS:BOLDSYN): None
 * 18) ** Check for Foreign language (MOS:FORLANG): None
 * 19) ** Check for Pronunciation: None
 * 20) ** Check for Contextual links (MOS:CONTEXTLINK): ✅
 * 21) ** Check for Biographies: NA
 * 22) ** Check for Organisms: NA
 * 23) Check for Biographies of living persons:  NA
 * 24) Check for Alternative names (MOS:LEADALT):  ✅
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 * 28) Check for Length (WP:LEADLENGTH):  ✅
 * 29) Check for Clutter (WP:LEADCLUTTER):  None

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Check for WP:LAYOUT: ✅


 * 1) Check for Body sections: WP:BODY, MOS:BODY.  ✅
 * 2) * Check for Headings and sections: ✅
 * 3) ** Heading 2 History is not accurate because from Heading 3 BLM management and private ownership onwards, the timeline is from 2007 to 2013. Refer this FA - Marwari horse, Heading 2 is History and Heading 3 is 1900s to today which renders clarity to the timeline. Also refer this FA - Andalusian horse, Heading 2 is History and "Heading 3"s are Early development, Dissemination, etc..
 * 4) ** In this case, I'd recommend using BLM as Heading 2 instead of History. In the History section, after the statement "In 1971, the Wild and Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act was passed ...", BLM becomes the focal point.
 * 5) * Check for Section templates and summary style: ✅
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 * 10) * Check for See also section (MOS:SEEALSO): None
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 * 12) * Check for Further reading (WP:FURTHER): None
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Check for WP:WTW: None

None


 * Prose is preferred over list (WP:PROSE):
 * Check for Tables (MOS:TABLES):

2: Verifiable with no original research
 * a. Has an appropriate reference section: Yes
 * b. Citation to reliable sources where necessary: very good (Thorough check on Google. Cross-checked with other FAs)

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Check for WP:RS: ✅

Cross-checked with other FAs: Icelandic horse, Marwari horse, Andalusian horse, Haflinger (horse), Boulonnais horse, Poitevin horse


 * 1) Check for the material (WP:RSVETTING):  (not contentious) ✅
 * 2) * Is it contentious?: No
 * 3) * Does the ref indeed support the material?:
 * 4) Check for the author (WP:RSVETTING):  ✅
 * 5) * Who is the author?:
 * 6) ** (Kiger Mesteño Association)
 * 7) ** (The International Museum of the Horse)
 * 8) ** Dutson, Judith (Storey Publishing)
 * 9) ** (U.S. Geological Survey)
 * 10) ** (Bureau of Land Management)
 * 11) ** (Steens Mountain Kiger Registry)
 * 12) ** (Kiger Horse Association and Registry)
 * 13) ** (Portland State University)
 * 14) ** Steves, David (Eugene, Oregon: Guard Publishing)
 * 15) ** (Return to Freedom American Wild Horse Sanctuary)
 * 16) * Does the author have a Wikipedia article?:
 * 17) * What are the author's academic credentials and professional experience?:
 * 18) * What else has the author published?:
 * 19) * Is the author, or this work, cited in other reliable sources? In academic works?:
 * 20) Check for the publication (WP:RSVETTING):  ✅
 * 21) * Kiger Mesteño Association
 * 22) * The International Museum of the Horse
 * 23) * Storey Publishing
 * 24) * U.S. Geological Survey
 * 25) * Bureau of Land Management
 * 26) * Steens Mountain Kiger Registry
 * 27) * Kiger Horse Association and Registry
 * 28) * Portland State University
 * 29) * Eugene, Oregon: Guard Publishing
 * 30) * Return to Freedom American Wild Horse Sanctuary
 * 31) Check for Self-published sources (WP:SPS):  ✅

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Check for inline citations WP:MINREF: ✅


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 * 3) Check for Contentious material about living persons (WP:BLP):  NA


 * c. No original research: ✅

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3: Broad in its coverage

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Cross-checked with other FAs: Icelandic horse, Marwari horse, Andalusian horse, Haflinger (horse), Boulonnais horse, Poitevin horse


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 * 7) Check for All material that a reader would be likely to agree matches the specified scope is covered:
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 * 9) Check for Stay on topic and no wandering off-topic (WP:OFFTOPIC):

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 * 1) Check for Readability issues (WP:LENGTH):
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4: Neutral

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4. Fair representation without bias: ✅


 * 1) Check for POV (WP:YESPOV):  ✅
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 * 11) Check for Attributing and specifying biased statements (WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV):  ✅
 * 12) Check for Fringe theories and pseudoscience (WP:PSCI):  None
 * 13) Check for Religion (WP:RNPOV):  None

5: Stable: No edit wars, etc: Yes

6: Images ✅ (PD)

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6: Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content: ✅


 * 1) Check for copyright tags (WP:TAGS):  ✅
 * 2) * Image (Mesteno.jpg): This work is in the public domain. The creator permanently relinquished all rights to the work.
 * 3) Check for copyright status:  ✅ Free
 * 4) Check for non-free content (WP:NFC):  None
 * 5) Check for valid fair use rationales (WP:FUR):  NA

6: Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions: ✅


 * 1) Check for image relevance (WP:IMAGE RELEVANCE):  ✅
 * 2) * Image (Mesteno.jpg): Relevant.
 * 3) Check for Images for the lead (WP:LEADIMAGE):  ✅
 * 4) * Appropriate & Representative
 * 5) Check for suitable captions (WP:CAPTION):  ✅
 * 6) * Caption: "Mesteño, a Kiger Mustang stallion" succinct and informative

As per the above checklist, the issues identified are:
 * I recommend changing Heading 2 History to something more appropriate.

This article is a very promising GA nominee. I'm glad to see your work here. I'm putting the article on hold. All the best! -- Seabuckthorn   ♥  04:34, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your review. I have done a bit of rearranging, ending up with two second level headers instead of a second and a third. The "History" section really does cover the history, from the 1500s to today, but I have now separated two of the last three paragraphs off into a separate section for management and private ownership. "History" is a necessary and standard header for horse breed articles, so we really do need it in there. Hope this works, Dana boomer (talk) 18:28, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The article looks perfect now. Thank you very much for your meticulous articles. Your diligence here has been an inspiration for me. -- Seabuckthorn   ♥  21:31, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Promoting the article to GA. -- Seabuckthorn   ♥  21:31, 14 January 2014 (UTC)