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Binders full of women
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because it failed at AfD, I feel it should be improved. It is reasonable controversial, as such I would like to bring it up to at least GA standards. A peer review from a non-involved editor will help in that process.

Thanks, Casprings (talk) 02:15, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Brianboulton comments: When you say the article "failed" at AfD, what you mean is that the attempt to delete it failed. As a non-involved editor, I would say that the subject-matter is slightly amusing—all politicians speak clumsily at times, critics make a disproportionate response, and the fun often is seeing the hapless pol trying to squirm his/her way out of the fuss. However, in my view this "gaffe" ranks about 3 out of 10 in the scale of such things; I can think of many far worse instances of mis-speaking, by British as well as US politicians. A few years back one of our people inserted an unwanted "n" when he referred to "the cuts in the Defence Department".

I can offer a few suggestions for improving the article, but in all honesty it is hard to see so slight a matter ever becoming GA-worthy:
 * The first of the two main sections is head "Meme". In what sense are you using the word "meme" here?
 * An internet meme.Casprings (talk) 01:41, 23 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Obama's quotation needs a source
 * DoneCasprings (talk) 01:45, 23 March 2013 (UTC)


 * The Joel Mathis sentence could be expanded.
 * After ready the source, I think the sentence should be removed


 * The "Jeopardy" sentence is trivia, uncited, best removed.
 * Removed


 * The "MassGAP Response" sections looks like it could be expanded, given the number of sources you have cited this slim material to.
 * All the sources say the same thing. I will bundle them.  Casprings (talk) 01:55, 23 March 2013 (UTC)


 * What do the "further readings" articles add to what is already in the article? If they contain new information they could be used as sources; otherwise, why bother?
 * RemovedCasprings (talk) 01:55, 23 March 2013 (UTC)


 * There are format errors in the references. For example, retrieval dates ought to be in a single format. Titles of journals and newspapers should be italicised.

Not much else I can suggest. Good luck with it. Brianboulton (talk) 16:31, 20 March 2013 (UTC)