Talk:Microsoft Security Essentials/GA1


 * 1)  TechOutsider (talk • contribs) 22:53, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

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 * As per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates), dates shouldn't use th; for example, instead of (if such appeared in the article) using January 30th was a great day, use January 30 was a great day.[?]
 * As done in WP:FOOTNOTE, footnotes usually are located right after a punctuation mark (as recommended by the CMS, but not mandatory), such that there is no space in between. For example, the sun is larger than the moon [2]. is usually written as the sun is larger than the moon.[2][?]
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GA review
A few commnets:
 * The lead is somewhat short, and I have merged the two first paragraphs since the first paragraph was only one sentence.
 * Em-dashes are not spaced (though en-dashes are). (fixed)
 * Paragraphs are generally very short, and there are multiple instances of single-sentence paragraphs. (fixed)
 * Numbers of ten (optionally twelve) or lower should be spelled out. However, when smaller and larger numbers are in the same context, choose either digits or words. (fixed)
 * The MOS is restrictive of what should be in italics, see MOS:ITALICS. (fixed)
 * NYSE and other exchange ticker templates are only to be used on the article about the company. You will notice that with these included for Symantec and McAfee, this article is in both Category:Companies listed on NASDAQ and Category:Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (fixed)
 * Piping antitrust to United States antitrust law is systemic bias, since Microsoft very likely would also be subject to antitrust in other countries, such as the European Union. (fixed)
 * Works, such as magazines and newspapers, are in italics. (fixed)
 * The 'see also' section should not duplicate links found otherwhere in the article. If you want to cover the history of MS' antivirus programs, that is fine, but would probably best be done in the 'see also' section. (fixed)
 * Both 'external links' and 'see also' are discourage, although sometimes necessary. I have removed them, since all the other information is included in-line, except MS Antivirus. (fixed)

Congratulations! I am passing the article as good. Please look at the above advice for learn and become better. Again, I would encourage a longer lead, and I would also encourage using the cite templates to standardize formatting of references. Arsenikk (talk)  23:38, 5 October 2009 (UTC)