Talk:Richard Goldstone/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Viriditas (talk) 00:47, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Overview

• Lead section:
  • In 2009 Goldstone led an independent fact-finding mission created by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate international human rights and humanitarian law violations related to the Gaza War. The mission's findings that Israel and Hamas had both committed serious violations of the laws of war led to a major international controversy.
    • The first sentence is fine, but the second goes off topic and comments on the findings, which does not belong in a lead section about a BLP. The topic is Goldstone, not the results of a UNHRC fact-finding mission. There's no problem including this in the body of the article, however. Viriditas (talk) 06:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

• Family life and religious background:
  • Not much here. Isn't this a BLP? Viriditas (talk) 06:15, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

• Career:
  • I don't see the need for second and third level headings here, nesting from "South Africa", which is really an "Education" section. Viriditas (talk) 06:48, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

• Academic and charity activities:
  • Citation needed tag for "Justice Goldstone taught at Harvard University in the Spring 2007 semester." Viriditas (talk) 06:19, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
    • Removed to pass. I looked for a ref and couldn't find one. Viriditas (talk) 07:09, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

• UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict:
  • Seven paragraphs about this in a BLP? Appears excessive. We already have an article on this subject. Viriditas (talk) 06:41, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

• References:
  • Three dead links. Viriditas (talk) 05:18, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Checklist

GA review (see here for criteria)

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1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail: