Talk:Republic of Ireland/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: DrKiernan (talk) 12:02, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for criteria)

Unfortunately, this article does not meet the criteria in my opinion.
 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):
 * It is verbose, for example the Etymology section is far longer than it needs to be since there is a daughter article that gives the detail.
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * There are whole paragraphs without any citations.
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * At over 150kb the page is really too long, and needs to be more focused on the main points. The article should employ Summary style.
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * It is difficult to judge the article's neutrality. There are unsourced claims in the history section, for example, that might be contentious.
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * There are currently no edit-wars, but the article has been the subject of intense disruption in the past.
 * 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):
 * The images look OK for the most part; File:Anglo-Irish Treaty signatures.gif is from the National Archives of Ireland but is tagged as created by the United Kingdom government, which looks odd but I guess it's correct.
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * I feel the article would benefit from pruning, and verification of the unsourced material.