Talk:Politics/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) 06:48, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I am planning on reviewing this article for GA Status, over the next couple of days. Thank you for nominating the article for GA status. I hope I will learn some new information, and that my feedback is helpful.

If nominators or editors could refrain from updating the particular section that I am updating until it is complete, I would appreciate it to remove a edit conflict. Please address concerns in the section that has been completed above (If I've raised concerns up to references, feel free to comment on things like the lede.)

I generally provide an overview of things I read through the article on a first glance. Then do a thorough sweep of the article after the feedback is addressed. After this, I will present the pass/failure. I may use strikethrough tags when concerns are met. Even if something is obvious why my concern is met, please leave a message as courtesy.

Best of luck! you can also use the ✅ tag to state when something is addressed.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs)

Please let me know after the review is done, if you were happy with the review! Obviously this is regarding the article's quality, however, I want to be happy and civil to all, so let me know if I have done a good job, regardless of the article's outcome.

Immediate Failures

 * It is a long way from meeting any one of the six good article criteria - The amount of uncited work is too much for me.
 * It contains copyright infringements - No issues ✅
 * It has, or needs, cleanup banners that are unquestionably still valid. These include,, or large numbers of , , or similar tags. (See also ). - two tags on page, would need addressing
 * It is not stable due to edit warring on the page. - Fine ✅

GA Review

 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):  d (copyvio and plagiarism):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

Review meta comments

 * I'll begin the review as soon as I can! If you fancy returning the favour, I have a list of nominations for review at WP:GAN and WP:FAC, respectively. I'd be very grateful if you were to complete one of these if you get time. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski  (talk • contribs) 06:48, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi - I thought I'd pick the review straight away to let you know that the article isn't quite suitable for GA just yet, but that doesn't mean you have been doing anything wrong. There is just too much here that is unsourced. Sections such as:
 * History [Early states]
 * Globalization
 * Political science
 * Forms of government
 * Source of power
 * Vertical integration
 * Constitutions
 * Political dysfunction
 * Macropolitics
 * Equality

Are all uncited. Whilst finding these shouldn't be too difficult, this isn't something to do during an GAN. There are also individual arguments that are uncited. There's also two cleanup tags that need looking at, as well as some WP:BOLDAVOID in state formation. I'm going to close this one as failed now, but I suggest making the entire article well sourced, and giving it another go. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 06:55, 21 October 2020 (UTC)