Wikipedia:Peer review/Opinion polling for the New Zealand general election, 2008/archive1

Opinion polling for the New Zealand general election, 2008
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because… I think that it is nearly up to the featured list criteria, and want some critical feedback before I take it to [[WP:FAC|FAC.

Thanks, Adabow  ( talk )  08:49, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Quick comment: The numerical data is impressively detailed, but the article has virtually no text. A Featured list (if that is your aim) would be expected to have a lead providing a reaonable summary of the pre-election polling and the trends identified. In this case, the lead doesn't even give the date of the election, or the result – essential information, I would have thought. I notice also that the online citations are all incorrectly formatted. The correct format should in each case show: Author (if known), title (incorporating link), date (if known), publisher (or newspaper/journal title) and last retrieval date. For example, Ref 3 should be formatted thus:


 * Brash struggles in ratings despite National's rise in popularity (3 April 2006) The New Zealand Herald Retrieved 19 June 2009

Tiresome but necessary work to get all these in order. Brianboulton (talk) 21:16, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Also: the links in refs 88, 89 and 130 appear to be broken - possibly others too. Brianboulton (talk) 21:21, 19 June 2010 (UTC)