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Barefoot
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've been trying to get this article up to WP:GA or WP:FA standards, and have recently given it a significant overhaul, adding numerous citations (both books and media publications). A recent GA review by a fairly inexperienced editor produced several interesting areas to add that I seemingly overlooked, such as barefoot dancing and asian/pacific islands cultural info. While I think some info on the "sexualization of the barefoot" or foot fetishes could be included, there's already an article on foot fetish, and for the most part, people simply don't go barefoot for sexual desires. One suggestion was to add info on "barefoot torture" or the "torture of the bare foot", which I really have no idea how that incorporates into the article. Google searches for those terms reveal nothing more than BDSM, bondage, and sex sites, which are pretty much useless for improving the article. So if anyone has any ideas on how to make this article better, I'd appreciate it! Thanks, WTF? (talk) 22:01, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Comments. I'm happy to see you are seeking other opinions on your work... (discussion about GAN process transferred to article talk page)


 * OK, I'll have a go. Please don't respond immediately to my comments, in case I have second thoughts about some. Now I'll quickly read the article to get my bearings, then I'll start real work. --Philcha (talk) 17:24, 15 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I generally use a standard procedure:
 * Coverage, in other words what to include / exclude per WP:WIAGA.
 * Structure. To group aspects of the article to other and often to order that so that (sub-)sections that provide information precede those that use that information.
 * (Sub-)sections, looking at e.g. prose and citations.
 * Check for broken links and DAB pages - see User:Philcha.
 * Check the lead last, when no further changes are expected in tha main text.
 * A GA reviewer will expect that you will do all this before the reviewer, as a review is quality control, not an article improvement service. --Philcha (talk) 19:22, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Coverage
I think that we're looking at the wrong article, and that Footwear should be the focus:
 * I remember reading that the Cromagnons about 35,000 years ago use snowshoes during the last glaciation.
 * Footwear cites the book Oregon: This Storied Land as giving evidence of sandals from about 500,000 years ago.
 * It appears from Homo_sapiens that at about that time Homo sapiens and  Homo neanderthalensis diverged from a common ancestor.
 * I've requested some expert help from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anthropology.
 * The use of the sandals from about 500,000 years ago are unknown, but the Cromagnons' snowshoes look practical rather than social.
 * It's easy to see other practical examples, e.g. used by various types of soldiers. --Philcha (talk) 21:36, 15 July 2010 (UTC)