Talk:Squatting in Albania/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Nolabob (talk · contribs) 10:39, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

I volunteer to conduct a GA review on this article. I intend to use the table template to track my review. My initial impression of this article is the scope is a possible concern. More details to come. Nolabob (talk) 10:39, 23 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for taking this on! Mujinga (talk) 12:50, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Reply on broadness/scope
Hiya I'm not sure if the review is finished yet but since I was checking in on the progress, perhaps I can reply on the query about scope. The criterion 3 for a GA says "Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic;[5] and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail". I feel I've summarised what is useful for the article from the sources, the examples for expanded scope appear as first glance to me beyond what is needed in an article about squatting in Albania and might be better covered elsewhere. For example, "Why was the decollectivism process chaotic after the fall of communism in Albania?" might be better answered by Fall of communism in Albania. I'm happy to discuss this further and perhaps the answer is to add some links to other wikipedia pages about Albania? As a comparison, previous good articles in this area include Squatting in Thailand and Squatting in the Philippines. Mujinga (talk) 10:10, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
 * @Mujinga, This is an important and humanitarian topic. Therefore, I encourage you to do further work on the article through expanded scope. There are a fair number of other Wikipedia articles on squatting (as you point out). Most of them have broader scope than this one. However, I think you also have another option: You refer to the article on Fall of communism in Albania. You could merge this article and then work on elevating the new article to GA status. That would be an important contribution. Regardless of which route you choose, I'm willing to take another look at the article. Best regards, Nolabob (talk) 10:28, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hiya, I don't really think you are following the GA review process here. In my view, you would do the review and then put the article on hold to give me up to seven days to make changes and improvements. Instead, you suggested above that the scope of the article was too narrow, then I replied on that point thinking we would discuss, now you have failed the article. I am quite surprised by that course of action.
 * I mentioned the Fall of communism in Albania article as a place where perhaps some of the things you were asking to be in this article would be better placed, now you have suggested I simply merge this article into that one. That idea doesn't make much sense to me at all since I am summarizing the literature on squatting in Albania throughout history, whereas the fall of communism took place between 1990 and 1992. I honestly don't think the other articles I suggested have broader scope than this one but I'm happy to take some more time to consider your suggestions before renominating. All the best, Mujinga (talk) 11:41, 25 August 2022 (UTC)