Talk:Parliamentary Monitoring Services/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Seabuckthorn (talk · contribs) 21:43, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Nominator: &mdash; Cirt (talk)

Hi! I'll be reviewing this article for GA status, and should have my full review up shortly. -- Seabuckthorn   ♥  21:43, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for doing the review, . Please feel free to take your time, no rush, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:43, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --  Seabuckthorn   ♥  15:13, 16 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: Political research "The company researches the activities of … formerly Huveaux PLC." (summarised well in the lead)
 * 6) ** Major Point 2: Commentary "Colin Doeg, author of … as a "well-known political lobbying firm"." (summarised well in the lead)
 * 7) * Check for Relative emphasis: ✅
 * 8) ** Major Point 1: Political research "The company researches the activities of … formerly Huveaux PLC." (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
 * 9) ** Major Point 2: Commentary "Colin Doeg, author of … as a "well-known political lobbying firm"." (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
 * 10) * Check for Opening paragraph (MOS:BEGIN): ✅
 * 11) ** Check for First sentence (WP:LEADSENTENCE): ✅
 * 12) *** Parliamentary Monitoring Services is a United Kingdom-based political research and publishing company.
 * 13) ** Check for Format of the first sentence (MOS:BOLDTITLE): ✅
 * 14) ** Check for Proper names and titles: ✅
 * 15) ** Check for Abbreviations and synonyms (MOS:BOLDSYN): None
 * 16) ** Check for Foreign language (MOS:FORLANG): None
 * 17) ** Check for Pronunciation: None
 * 18) ** Check for Contextual links (MOS:CONTEXTLINK): ✅
 * 19) ** Check for Biographies: NA
 * 20) ** Check for Organisms: NA
 * 21) Check for Biographies of living persons:  NA
 * 22) Check for Alternative names (MOS:LEADALT):  ✅
 * 23) * Check for Non-English titles:
 * 24) * Check for Usage in first sentence:
 * 25) * Check for Separate section usage:
 * 26) Check for Length (WP:LEADLENGTH):  ✅
 * 27) 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) * Check for Section templates and summary style: ✅
 * 4) * Check for Paragraphs (MOS:PARAGRAPHS): ✅
 * 5) Check for Standard appendices and footers (MOS:APPENDIX):  ✅
 * 6) * Check for Order of sections (WP:ORDER): ✅
 * 7) * Check for Works or publications: ✅
 * 8) * Check for See also section (MOS:SEEALSO): ✅
 * 9) * Check for Notes and references (WP:FNNR): ✅
 * 10) * Check for Further reading (WP:FURTHER): None
 * 11) * Check for External links (WP:LAYOUTEL): ✅
 * 12) * Check for Links to sister projects: ✅
 * 13) * Check for Navigation templates: ✅
 * 14) Check for Formatting:  ✅
 * 15) * Check for Images (WP:LAYIM): ✅
 * 16) * Check for Links: ✅
 * 17) * Check for Horizontal rule (WP:LINE): ✅

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Check for WP:WTW: ✅


 * 1) Check for Words that may introduce bias:  ✅
 * 2) * Check for Puffery (WP:PEA): ✅
 * 3) * Check for Contentious labels (WP:LABEL): ✅
 * 4) * Check for Unsupported attributions (WP:WEASEL): ✅
 * 5) * Check for Expressions of doubt (WP:ALLEGED): ✅
 * 6) * Check for Editorializing (MOS:OPED): ✅
 * 7) * Check for Synonyms for said (WP:SAY): ✅
 * 8) ** Fix "Zetter noted in Public Affairs in Practice: ". What follows is his interpretation, so a verb like "assesses" or "opines".
 * 9) Check for Expressions that lack precision:  ✅
 * 10) * Check for Euphemisms (WP:EUPHEMISM): ✅
 * 11) * Check for Clichés and idioms (WP:IDIOM): ✅
 * 12) * Check for Relative time references (WP:REALTIME): ✅
 * 13) * Check for Neologisms (WP:PEA): None
 * 14) Check for Offensive material (WP:F***):  ✅

Check for WP:MOSFICT: ✅


 * 1) Check for Real-world perspective (WP:Real world):  ✅
 * 2) * Check for Primary and secondary information (WP:PASI): ✅
 * 3) * Check for Contextual presentation (MOS:PLOT): ✅

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: excellent (Thorough check on Google.)

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Check for WP:RS: ✅


 * 1) Check for the material (WP:RSVETTING):  (contentious) ✅
 * 2) * Is it contentious?: Yes
 * 3) * Does the ref indeed support the material?:
 * 4) Check for the author (WP:RSVETTING):  ✅
 * 5) * Who is the author?:
 * 6) ** Doeg, Colin (Springer)
 * 7) ** Macintyre, James; Nigel Morris (The Independent)
 * 8) ** (BusinessWeek)
 * 9) ** Keena, Colm (The Irish Times)
 * 10) ** Quainton, David (PR Week)
 * 11) ** Prescott, Michael (The Sunday Times)
 * 12) ** Nelson, Dean; Jonathan Calvert (The Observer)
 * 13) ** Obourne, Peter (Evening Standard)
 * 14) ** Page, Edward C. (Hart Publishing)
 * 15) ** Kober-Smith, Mark (Routledge Cavendish)
 * 16) ** Reference & Research Book News staff (Reference and Research Book News) (Reference and Research Book News is a publication of Book News, Inc. that focuses on reference and scholarly works in the social sciences and the ...)
 * 17) ** Boothroyd, David (Jacket)
 * 18) ** PR Week staff (PR Week)
 * 19) ** Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords, HM Government (Parliament of the United Kingdom)
 * 20) ** Coates, Sam (The Times)
 * 21) ** Hall, Ian (PR Week)
 * 22) ** Thomson, Stuart; Steve John (Kogan)
 * 23) ** Coates, Sam (The Times)
 * 24) ** (AFX News Limited)
 * 25) ** Smith, Andrew (Parliament of the United Kingdom)
 * 26) ** Gregory, Anne (Kogan)
 * 27) * Does the author have a Wikipedia article?:
 * 28) * What are the author's academic credentials and professional experience?:
 * 29) * What else has the author published?:
 * 30) * Is the author, or this work, cited in other reliable sources? In academic works?:
 * 31) Check for the publication (WP:RSVETTING):  ✅
 * 32) * Springer
 * 33) * The Independent
 * 34) * BusinessWeek
 * 35) * The Irish Times
 * 36) * PR Week
 * 37) * The Sunday Times
 * 38) * The Observer
 * 39) * Evening Standard
 * 40) * Hart Publishing
 * 41) * Routledge Cavendish
 * 42) * Reference and Research Book News (Reference and Research Book News is a publication of Book News, Inc. that focuses on reference and scholarly works in the social sciences and the ...)
 * 43) * Jacket
 * 44) * PR Week
 * 45) * Parliament of the United Kingdom
 * 46) * The Times
 * 47) * PR Week
 * 48) * Kogan
 * 49) * The Times
 * 50) * AFX News Limited
 * 51) * Parliament of the United Kingdom
 * 52) * Kogan
 * 53) Check for Self-published sources (WP:SPS):

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Check for inline citations WP:MINREF: ✅


 * 1) Check for Direct quotations:  ✅
 * 2) * "comprehensive service",[3]
 * 3) * "Comprehensive service covering the proceedings of Westminster and European Parliaments as well as US Congress."[3]
 * 4) * "well-known political lobbying firm".[4] (Lead)
 * 5) * "well-known political lobbying firm".[4] (Commentary)
 * 6) * "revealed that, for the first time, more Conservatives were educated in state schools than in private schools".[8]
 * 7) * "regular remunerated employment" … .[17]
 * 8) * "Without parliamentary monitoring, political news and political intelligence no public affairs campaign can hope to succeed."[20]
 * 9) * "The Department does not compile personal profiles on MPs. We do have access to parliamentary reference works such as Dods and in order to provide, in a cost-effective way, such reference information to the large number of officials drafting parliamentary answers we subscribe to Parliamentary Monitoring Services Ltd. (PMS)."[24] (Random check on source 24, successful, "Mr. Andrew Smith: The Department does not compile personal profiles on MPs. We do have access to parliamentary reference works such as Dod's and in order to provide, in a cost-effective way, such reference information to the large number of officials drafting parliamentary answers we subscribe to Parliamentary Monitoring Services Ltd. (PMS).")
 * 10) * "a political research, publishing, polling and campaigning company".[25]
 * 11) Check for Likely to be challenged:  ✅
 * 12) Check for Contentious material about living persons (WP:BLP):  NA


 * c. No original research: ✅

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 * 1) Check for primary sources (WP:PRIMARY):  ✅
 * 2) Check for synthesis (WP:SYN):  ✅
 * 3) Check for original images (WP:OI):  ✅

3: Broad in its coverage

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 * 1) Check for Article scope as defined by reliable sources:
 * 2) Check for The extent of the subject matter in these RS:
 * 3) Check for Out of scope:
 * 4) Check for The range of material that belongs in the article:
 * 5) Check for All material that is notable is covered:
 * 6) Check for All material that is referenced is covered:
 * 7) Check for All material that a reader would be likely to agree matches the specified scope is covered:
 * 8) Check for The most general scope that summarises essentially all knowledge:
 * 9) Check for Stay on topic and no wandering off-topic (WP:OFFTOPIC):

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 * 1) Check for Readability issues (WP:LENGTH):
 * 2) Check for Article size (WP:TOO LONG!):

4: Neutral

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4. Fair representation without bias: ✅


 * 1) Check for POV (WP:YESPOV):  ✅
 * 2) Check for naming (WP:POVNAMING):  ✅
 * 3) Check for structure (WP:STRUCTURE):  ✅
 * 4) Check for Due and undue weight (WP:DUE):  ✅
 * 5) Check for Balancing aspects (WP:BALASPS):  ✅
 * 6) Check for Giving "equal validity" (WP:VALID):  ✅
 * 7) Check for Balance (WP:YESPOV):  ✅
 * 8) Check for Impartial tone (WP:IMPARTIAL):  ✅
 * 9) Check for Describing aesthetic opinions (WP:SUBJECTIVE):  ✅
 * 10) Check for Words to watch (WP:YESPOV):  ✅
 * 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 (None)

(NA)

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) Check for copyright status:
 * 3) Check for non-free content (WP:NFC):
 * 4) Check for valid fair use rationales (WP:FUR):

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) Check for Images for the lead (WP:LEADIMAGE):
 * 3) Check for suitable captions (WP:CAPTION):

As per the above checklist, the issues identified are :
 * Fix "Zetter noted in Public Affairs in Practice: ". What follows is his interpretation, so a verb like "assesses" or "opines".

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   ♥  02:56, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅, changed word, per recommendation of GA Reviewer,, above. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:28, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I hope I'm right in this recommendation. WTW are the hardest to judge for me. If you think I've committed a mistake, please feel free to revert. -- Seabuckthorn   ♥  04:57, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

OK, everything looks good now. Passing the article to GA status. -- Seabuckthorn   ♥  04:57, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:14, 17 January 2014 (UTC)