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GA Review

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Reviewer: Whiteguru (talk · contribs) 03:05, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]


Starts GA Review. The review will follow the same sections of the Article. Thank you --Whiteguru (talk) 03:05, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Whiteguru, do you have a timeframe for when you might have this review up? Eddie891 Talk Work 13:56, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Eddie891 It's in my sandbox, complete, basically. Plan is to comb through the article again. I should be able to put this up tonight. --Whiteguru (talk) 20:02, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 


Observations

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   HTML document size: 170 kB
   Prose size (including all HTML code): 24 kB
   References (including all HTML code): 66 kB
   Wiki text: 36 kB
   Prose size (text only): 13 kB (2141 words) "readable prose size"
   References (text only): 7656 B
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):
  • In the lead, Her works have won various awards; duplicates an earlier sentence. Suggest removal of this part.
  • cut Green tickY
  • (Biography) after several jobs was hired to work in a The Bookman (drop the "a" )
  • cut Green tickY
  • (Biography) is a link to maternity leave necessary?
  • cut Green tickY
  • (Biography) The article is about this author, not her editor. Drop the reference to Kara LaReau.
  • cut Green tickY
  • (Biography) Afterwards, DiCamillo moved into a house; the trappings of succcess are important, but is this necessary for this article?
  • cut Green tickY
  • (Writing career and recognition) DiCamillo said she was shocked by the news and "very, very happy."[21] What news? insert (of the award)
  • added Green tickY
  • (Writing career and recognition) and ending with Mery Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (2009) spelling Mery → Mercy
  • fixed Green tickY
  • (Writing career and recognition) DiCamillo was reportedly woken up at 5:30 a.m. with a call telling her the news and said she was stunned by it.[26] is superfluous...
  • cut Green tickY
  • (Writing career and recognition) "Stories Connect Us".[27]{[29] In both the ← stray curly brace in there
  • fixed Green tickY
  • (Writing career and recognition) In The New York Times the author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley wrote that . Bradley is writing as a reviewer. drop the author.
  • I think it's a relevant description so the of what Brubaker is notable for so they aren't necessarily left thinking "who is she"? accepted Green tickY
  • (Writing career and recognition) overlinking: I am not inclined to link to Minnesota, nor Tim Walz, however gubernatorial he is.
  • Cut link no Minnesota, not sure why linking Walz would be overlinking, could you elaborate? In this particular context, it appears a superfluous link; I am not convinced readers of this (rather good and readable) article will leave it to go read about a governor... Green tickY
  • (Adaptations) overlinking: drop links to Netflix and Walt Disney Pictures and cameo.
  • Cut link to cameo, not sure why Netflix/Disney are overlinks, could you elaborate? These are common words (easily recognized Titles) in the public domain. Why do we need links to material that is commonly recognized? Green tickY
  • (Analysis) the link to read between the lines, goes to a 404 and then to archive.org. Repair?
  • Ran IABot Green tickY
  • Reference 46 should say (subscription required)
  • Reference 53 should say (registration required)
  • All references using the New York Times will have to say (subscription required).
  • Fixed the above Green tickY
  1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
  1. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  • Page is "readable prose size"
  • Good coverage of this author and her works
  1. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  • NPOV is presented in this article.
  1. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  • Page created 7 January 2005
  • Page has 1,234 edits by 649 editors
  • ClueBot NG has been on the page (both versions) 47 times, indicative of vandalism
  • Page size has expanded considerably since 2020
  • 90 day page views = 24,337 with a daily average of 268 page views.
  • Recent page history indicates puerile vandalism, likely by children (IP addresses) as DiCamillo is a children's author
  • Page has a reasonable number of active watchers; it is noted that vandalism like the above is reverted quickly.
  • Else, page is considered stable with steady improvement.
  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):
  • File:2018-us-nationalbookfestival-kate-dicamillo.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
  • File:Magician's Elephant (signed) (cropped).png = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
  • File:Kate DiCamillo 9198 1024 (27648278583).jpg = originally posted to Flickr by Kalamazoo Public Library at https://flickr.com/photos/28641332@N03/27648278583 = no known copyright restrictions
  1. Overall:
  • Good coverage of the work and labors of this author
  • Some clean-up noted
  • The New York Times: repeatedly had to go to archive.org to examine references. Might be worthwhile running the IA bot over the references and see if this sorts the matter for you.
  • After minor clean-up, this should go to GA. --Whiteguru (talk) 20:51, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, Whiteguru, responded to most, some q's. What say you?
OK, @Whiteguru, that's fine. I've gone ahead and cut those three links. Thoughts? Eddie891 Talk Work 16:26, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 

 Passed