Talk:Richard III of England/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Tim riley (talk · contribs) 17:44, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Beginning first read-through. More soonest. From a swift once-over think I have a treat in store for me.  Tim riley  talk    17:44, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Don't let it spoil your weekend though... Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi  18:01, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Review
There is much good material in this article, and I found it highly enjoyable, well written and convincing, but it is not within striking distance of GA standard. I am afraid it comprehensively falls short of one of the six GA criteria – WP:VERIFIABILITY – because of the persistent lack of citations for your statements: *Marriage and family relationships I am failing the nomination, but I hope you will address this problem of wholesale lack of citations and re-nominate the article in due course. There are some other points that need addressing, including some incidental errors of fact, but nothing that can't be fixed during a WP:Peer review and/or a second nomination for GAN. My advice is that once you have fixed all the missing references you take the article to peer review before putting it up again for GAN: the input of other editors is of great help in getting an article up to standard. –  Tim riley  talk    19:30, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * First para is mostly without references
 * Second para has none
 * Fifth and sixth paras – far too many statements lacking citations, most glaringly, perhaps, "There is no evidence of Richard's involvement in George's subsequent conviction and execution on a charge of treason."
 * Estates and titles
 * Mostly unreferenced
 * Accession
 * Third para – no citations
 * Fourth para – ditto
 * Rebellion of 1483
 * Second para – no citations
 * Third para – ditto
 * Death at the Battle of Bosworth Field
 * First para – mostly uncited
 * Second para – final sentences uncited
 * Succession
 * First para – no citations
 * Legacy
 * First para – no citations
 * Third para – no citations
 * In culture
 * Second para – no citations
 * Third para – no citations
 * Fifth para – no citations