User:Miranda/BootX (Apple)

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 * GA review (see here for criteria)

Article: BootX (Apple)
 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
 * 1) It is stable.
 * 2) It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
 * a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA):  c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
 * 1) Overall:
 * a Pass/Fail:

General

 * Please replace all instances of "it" with a common/proper noun.
 * ✅ Atyndall93  |  talk  07:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Assume that your target audience is computer/software ignorant.
 * ✅ I have tried to make it as newb friendly as possible, do you have any specific areas that need a rewrite? Atyndall93  |  talk  07:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Lead
It is released
 * What is "it"?
 * ✅ Replaced "it is released" with "it is freely available". Atyndall93  |  talk  07:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Boot process
''Once this is completed, control switches from the ROM to the hard drive and BootX is started.[6]

BootX then configures the keyboard and display, claims memory for various purposes and checks to see if various key combinations are being pressed.''
 * Needs better transition sentence from paragraph to paragraph.
 * ✅ I tried my best to transition those, if you have a better suggestions, feel free to mention it. Atyndall93  |  talk  07:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Other

 * I saw this link from the Apple developers. Maybe you can incorporate some information from there into the article.
 * ✔️ It is already cited as reference 4 and many parts of it are integrated into the article. Atyndall93  |  talk  07:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Has there been any criticism of this product/praise?
 * ✔️ no opinions to be found through Google Search, Books and News. Atyndall93  |  talk  07:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Decision

 * On hold for 1 week.  miranda   03:53, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * All issues have been addressed, see comments above. If you find it to be of a good standard, can it be passed sooner? And wtf is the wtf symbol for ? Does this GAN cause your brain to yell wtf? :-D Atyndall93  |  talk  07:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * "WTF" means that there are some issues to be addressed. I don't really yell "wtf" when making the assessment. I can check today since you requested the assessment to be made earlier.  miranda   20:17, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I looked over the issues and decided to promote this article.  miranda   01:19, 25 May 2008 (UTC)