Talk:Anna Akhmatova/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Tea with toast (talk · contribs) 01:42, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Issues needing to be addressed

There are a few things that need to be sorted out before I can pass this article:

General items:

• In the quote box given in the "Works and themes" section, proper attribution needs to be given – I do not believe that a footnote is sufficient, you have to give the reader some sort of context for the quote.
• In the 2nd paragraph of the "Last years" section, the term "both Russias" is used, and it is a big ambiguous. I assume it means Soviet and pre-Soviet, but some readers may be confused by this, so some clarification would be helpful.

• In the "Accursed years", Marina Tsvetaeva is said to be Akhmatova's "sister poet". What is meant by this? She is not her real sister, correct?
• Being that Akhmatova was having affairs before her son was born, was there ever suspision that her husband was not the father? This is not a question that necessarily has to be answered for this article to pass GA (since I do not know if there are any sources available to address this), but it is just a question that I have that I'm sure other readers may have too.

Reference: (Ref# are as of this version)

• References needing full citation: #8, 11, 17, 20, 33, 52
  • 33 is a dead link. INeverCry 20:09, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
• Several items in the list of the Sources are lacking an ISBN. There are a few others in the references section needing an ISBN: #28, 50, 56, 57
  • I've added isbns for the sources section - the first source is a 1973 book with no isbn, only an asin. INeverCry 20:19, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
    • I've fixed 28, 50, and 57. 56 has no page number, and it seems a bit strange that the Oxford Companion to English Literature would be a ref on Akhmatova. INeverCry 20:09, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
• Ref#30 needs to be cited like #40 with Akhmatova as the author and the translators noted as such.

I will put this article on hold until these items can be addressed. Happy editing! --Tea with toast (話) 03:04, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Fixes

I think that between us we have addressed the points above. On ref #20 as was, the New York Times article, I am not sure what other information is needed. Span (talk) 21:44, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Final assessment

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

   My thanks to the editors who addressed all the items previously mentioned. I enjoyed reading this article. Great work!--Tea with toast (話) 18:22, 4 July 2012 (UTC)