Talk:Terraforming/GA1

GA Reassessment
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This article has a major problem with citations. For a topic that is rooted in hard science, the number of references is extremely low. The article is filled with various in-line tags. It is a well written article, but it is too full of unverified claims, what appears to be opinions and possible original research at the time being. --Pstanton (talk) 03:57, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Your tagging appears to be a bit out of control. First of all, the lead is a summary of the article and doesn't require citations.  Second, many of the things you added tags for are either already sourced or are common knowledge.  Third, it is best to use the talk page if you are unsure of what you are tagging.  While I'm sure you mean well, the way you are going about it is wrong.  I'm going to cleanup after you per guidelines.  Fact tags are useful for anything that can be challenged or is dubious, but you aren't using them in this way.  I've removed the tags from the lead as everything is acceptable in that section.  Your tagging of the "History of scholarly study" is also erroneous, but it looks like the section can be cleaned up.  I've removed the tags you added to the "Planetary habitability" section, as it is not only 100% wrong, but it is a summary of a fully referenced featured article.  Your tagging of the "Mars" section is borderline disruptive. I have no objections to the removal of this article from GA, but I do object to your haphazard use of the fact tag. Viriditas (talk) 12:26, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, thats valid, I'll try and be more circumspect in the future. --Pstanton (talk) 08:51, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

After reading through the article several times, I concede I went overboard. While this article still does have some citation issues, I tagged far too many common knowledge statements, and most of the citation issues can be rectified easily. I'm closing as kept. --Pstanton (talk) 20:28, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

I removed the header from the talkspace. In light of the circumstances, I didn't add it to the history. ~ Amory (talk) 15:23, 7 June 2009 (UTC)