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Steeple Aston
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because it was listed as a GA nominee, but I think a bit prematurly. I have tried to help expand the article to as close to WP:UKCITIES guildline as possible, and O would like some advice as to how it needs to change in order to become GA standard.

Thanks, Dharmaquila (talk) 23:22, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Brianboulton comments: Here are some suggestions for improving/expanding the article:- This could form part of a generally beefed-up History section.
 * There are two links to disambiguation pages that need fixing. Use the toolbox in the top right corner of this PR page to identify them, and then fix them
 * Refs 3 and 14 go to dead links, marked as such in the References section of the article. These must be restored or replaced, or the content to which they refer should be withdrawn from the article.
 * References are not properly formatted. Each should minimally give the title, publisher and last access date. Other information when known, e.g. author, should also be given.
 * The article is fairly well written, but it seems very slight, at around 700 words of prose. I have looked at some "town" articles that have become GAs and they are mostly a great deal longer and more detailed. Other than the short History section, the rest of the content reads rather like the village guide, which is unsurprising when a main source is the Steeple Ashton website. It would be worth consulting other Good Articles to see how this article matches up, in terms of content and detail.
 * It is not a good idea to name the holders of the various offices in the Governance section, since these can change frequently. What might be more relevant, especially to readers without knowledge of the levels of English local government, would be to summarise the powers of the bodies to which you refer. What does the parish council do for the village? What does Cherwell District Council do? What does the county council do?
 * Other suggestions for expansion: say more about the school - how many children, what age range? If it's been there since 1640 it must have a bit of its own history, so let's hear it. Do we have any information from recent OFSTED reports? Some of the pub activities seem a bit too trivial to be mentioned, but could more be said about the so-called "annual highlights" of village life.
 * Could you say more about the general character of the village; how much of it is "old", how many of its houses are post-war, etc?

I hope these comments are helpful Brianboulton (talk) 21:46, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

A few further ideas: Hope these are helpful.&mdash; Rod talk 14:59, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The lead is a bit short - see WP:LEAD
 * There are 41 listed buildings shown on the list at Images of England some of these may be worth a mention, particularly more on the Church, Cuttle Mill and the Eyecatcher Folly which are II* listed.
 * Are there any sporting or cultural clubs etc?
 * Any more on demography eg ethnic, religious, etc - where do most people work?
 * Anything on public services eg Fire, Police, Ambulance, power companies, hospitals, Drs etc