Talk:Neighborhoods of Davenport, Iowa/GA2

GA Review
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Reviewer: –– Jezhotwells (talk) 20:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Checking against GA criteria

 * GA review (see here for criteria)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):
 * The Lead should be able to stand alone as a concise overview of the article. It should define the topic, establish context, explain why the subject is interesting or notable, and summarize the most important points—including any notable controversies. The emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic, according to reliable, published sources, and the notability of the article's subject should usually be established in the first sentence. Please see WP:LEAD. At present the lead clearly fails this criterion.
 * Downtown: Downtown contains the two tallest buildings in the Quad Cities: Never heard of them. Please explain "Quad Cities"
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * Two sources are used. One (used for the culf of references) dates from 1985. An updated version published 2005 can be found here. I would suggest that this and other recent city documents and newspaper features could provide more useful information to add to the article.
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * A map would be a useful addition to this article
 * Each section (and the lead) needs a little more history to place what is said about the modern neighborhoods in context. Reading this I have now idea of when or why Davenport was founded, what were or are its principal industries. There are a few tantalising glimpses but nothing coherent. A small demographics section and some explanation of how the city grew would be helpful. I do realise that this is covered in the main article Davenport, Iowa, but each article needs to stand on its own merits. At the moment this is a stub spun off from the main, with no reason to be considered a good article.
 * There is mention of rail station, bus station, the universities, major colleges, port (this is a river city, is it not?), military bases, sports stadia, surely these are part of the neighborhoods? Few of the landmarks are mentioned
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * THis artcile is a long way from GA status, failing on criterion 3 Broad in its coverage. Thee is the beginnings of an interesting article here, but a lot more work is needed. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 22:09, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * THis artcile is a long way from GA status, failing on criterion 3 Broad in its coverage. Thee is the beginnings of an interesting article here, but a lot more work is needed. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 22:09, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * THis artcile is a long way from GA status, failing on criterion 3 Broad in its coverage. Thee is the beginnings of an interesting article here, but a lot more work is needed. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 22:09, 10 April 2010 (UTC)