Talk:Sleaford Navigation/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 01:57, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I'll be glad to review this one. I'll do a close readthrough of the article's text today and/or tomorrow, noting any initial problems I encounter; then we'll move on to the criteria checklist. Thanks in advance for your work on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:57, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

First readthrough
This looks like strong work, and I don't see many problems here that will need to be addressed. A few points below need clarification or modification:


 * "the committee persisted" -- what committee?
 * ✅ committee introduced.


 * "Sir Joseph Banks" -- is it possible to give just a touch of context on who he is beyond his name?
 * ✅ Details found in Australian Dictionary of Biography.


 * " it did not actually close until 14 May 1881" -- unclear pronoun. The Act? The company? The navigation?
 * ✅ Clarified, as the company and the navigation ceased on that date.


 * "the Navigation Society was wound up" -- avoid idiom here per WP:WTA
 * ✅ Not convinced this is idiom, since the Liquidation article also uses the term, but changed to "disbanded".


 * "They have continued to work " -- unclear pronoun-- the Trust, the Society, or both together?
 * ✅ It was the Trust.
 * "Funding for the restoration of the warehouse and the former offices of the canal company was organised by the local council in 2002, and a further study which looked at how to provide an adequate water supply for a re-opened canal was funded by Lincolnshire County Council." -- rewrite to avoid the two uses of passive voice
 * ✅ Re-written to use active voice.


 * "which is the current limit of navigation" -- modify per WP:RELTIME (probably use "the limit as of [date]")
 * ✅ Changed to "has been the limit of navigation since 1986".

-- Khazar2 (talk) 02:20, 2 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Greetings. I am only the Nominator, not the principle editor.  I've passed your notes to User:Bob1960evens (talk) --Robert EA Harvey (talk) 07:11, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I think that I have now addressed all issues raised. Bob1960evens (talk) 10:27, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the speedy response. I'll start the checklist in a moment. -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:14, 2 January 2013 (UTC)