Talk:Schmerber v. California/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: GregJackP (talk · contribs) 06:49, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

I will be starting this review. GregJackP  Boomer!   06:49, 15 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * Not a GA requirement, but you need to be consistent on your refs, either end all with no period or end all with a period. See n.19 (Wolf).
 * Done. I removed the period from n.19, though after looking at other SCOTUS GAs and FAs, it looks like most use periods at the end of citations, so I will likely go back at some point in the future and put periods at the end of all the references. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 19:03, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It's better to use a period because sometimes you have multiple sentences in a long note. It would look strange if earlier sentences end with a period but the last one does not. PraeceptorIP (talk) 19:48, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * , that's an excellent point, and I have already gone through the article to put periods at the end of every footnote. Also, thanks for adding the Bluebook template to the references section. Hopefully that will stop people from disrupting the citations! Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 21:42, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * , unfortunately it won't stop bots. There is a bot that goes around sniffing articles for ANY non-Bluebook citation, such as one dropped in by an itinerant junk donor who happened to pass by and decided to insert something that popped into his mind, and the bot upon finding one tries to change every BB cite to the other format (which doesn't allow pinpoint cites). GregJackP and I tried to talk the bot owner into inserting some code in his bot that would tell it to let alone articles with a BB template (in the manner of robot.txt). But he wouldn't do it. (Sigh) PraeceptorIP (talk) 22:05, 6 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Not a GA requirement, you do not have to use a long cite for the first cite of a dissent, you can short cite it with a parenthetical.
 * Done. All subsequent citations to a case are now short citations. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 19:23, 16 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Not a GA requirement, when using main, you need to summarize the article you are linking to in the template. Sometimes it is better to use See also, which does not need a summarized paragraph in the current article.
 * Done. I changed all three main tags to See also. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 19:08, 16 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Might I recommend that you request a GOCE review, a peer review, and that you take it to FA? Outstanding article that I'm pleased to pass. GregJackP   Boomer!   03:06, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for your kind words -- Hopefully I will be able to take this to FA status one day! -- Notecardforfree (talk) 19:25, 16 August 2015 (UTC)