User:Whiteguru/Vipond

GA Reassessment
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'''Starts GA Reassessment. The reassessment will follow the same sections of the Article.''' --Whiteguru (talk) 03:41, 14 June 2021 (UTC) Instructions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_reassessment 

Observations

 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * The Infobox does not give a year of birth.


 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):  d (copyvio and plagiarism):
 * Reference 1 is user generated, it is a press release announcing the launch of CFI's new Advanced Excel Formulas Course.
 * Reference 2 is an interview on Business in Vancouver, a business news site; non-substantial
 * Reference 3 is about participation in the Dartmouth men's squash team
 * Reference 4 is an article on thesoftwarereport.com - a reasonable history of his business achievements.
 * Reference 5 is a dead link. See archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20180409045041/http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Programs/MBA/MBA_Full_Time/Student_Life/Student_Profiles/Tim_Vipond
 * Reference 5 is somewhat MOS:PEACOCK, promoting the School of Business rather than Vipond.
 * Reference 6 is a dead link. See archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20170809133359/http://www.chainstoreage.com/article/shoescom%E2%80%99s-q1-gross-revenue-89-amid-repeat-traffic
 * Reference 6 talks about repeat business and gross revenue up 89%; it does not talk about the bid to take over Osisko Mining. Confusing.
 * Reference 7 is advertising material for Sauder School Of Business; Vipond gets a mention. is all.
 * Reference 8 is Linked In, (a dead link). Linked in is considered a user generated source and is self-sourced: See WP:SELFSOURCE and WP:ABOUTSELF
 * Reference 9 is a website for a company founded by Vipond. It is not about Vipond himself.
 * Reference 10 is about CFI and the training courses founded by Vipond. It is promotional in nature.


 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * Article is divided up into Early life and education, Career, Founding Corporate Finance Institute, Awards and honours
 * The article narrates the subject's career as an investment banker and financial analyst who founded a financial investment institute.
 * Subject does not have an entry in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography


 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * A number of references are laudatory and promotional in nature.


 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * Page created 20 September 2016
 * Article has 65 edits from 12 editors
 * Page views in the past 30 days	= 365
 * Page views in the past 90 days = 1207, daily average of 13
 * Page history shows primary editing in 2106, 14 edits since
 * Page Creator is Meatsgains; has not contributed to the article since 2017
 * Article is considered stable


 * 1) Notifying Editors:
 * Top Editor Meatsgains: latest edit = 2021-05-14 23:22
 * Next editor is Jjj84206: currently editing
 * Next editor is Timmuthy who made edits in 2016.
 * A total of three involved editors were able to be notified.


 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * Article has no images

Far any biography of a living person in business or economics, they may meet any of the following standards:
 * 1) Consideration:
 * The person has received a well-known and significant award or honour, or has been nominated for such an award several times.
 * The person has made a widely recognised contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field.
 * The person has an entry in a country's standard national biographical dictionary (e.g. the Dictionary of National Biography).


 * 1) Overall:
 * Article is considered to not meet broad in coverage nor neutral point of view.
 * Involved editors are invited to address these issues and issues raised in references. --Whiteguru (talk) 06:52, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

for seven days.