Talk:Ashton Court Festival/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Adabow (talk) 09:35, 6 May 2010 (UTC) GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

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:

Well written?

Prose

• "The first festival was held in 1974, organised by Royce Creasey and friends. and the event grew steadily through the 1970s" the full stop needs to be replaced by a comma, or to be broken up into two grammatically correct sentences, starting with capital letters

Done. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 11:50, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

• Parts of the 'History section' (i.e. the parts relating to performances) should be broken up into a new level two heading (using == ==)

Done –– Jezhotwells (talk) 11:50, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

MoS

Lead

Compliant

Layout

The 'History' section could be broken into a few level three headings (using === ===)

Done –– Jezhotwells (talk) 11:51, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

The 'References' section should before the 'See also' section

Incorrect, please see [[WP:MoS}}. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 11:51, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Words to avoid

Can't seem to spot any

Fiction

Not applicable

List incorporation

As above, the list of performers should be moved into a new section

Factually accurate/verifiable?

References to sources

There seem to be several unreferenced paragraphs and look like OR (detailed below)

Reliable sources

Sources seem reliable and live, well formatted

No original research

• The lead's opening paragraph "As it was mainly aimed at local residents, the festival was not widely promoted, nor did it have overnight camping facilities." In fact, the lead contains no refs.

The lead does not require references as it is a succinct summary of the whole artcile, which is referenced throughout.

• 'History': Most of this section is unreferenced and probably OR. For example, "The festival took place in a large sloped clearing surrounded on three sides by woods. The main stage was placed at the bottom of the slope and the second stage in a natural amphitheatre near the entrance to the clearing. There was also a dance tent, marquees for world music, acoustic acts and performing arts, and the "Blackout" tent for experimental music and video, as well as a children's area and funfair rides." Several statements are referenced, but the fair bulk of it isn't
  • Some of these issues may be addressed by simply removing the more trivial information

Addressed by reorganisation and additional cites. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 12:13, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

While I can see that the article has been improved by addition citations, I am still concerned about some statements that may be OR, such as "Although locals have long referred to the festival as the "Ashton Court Festival", before 2004 it was officially called the Bristol Community Festival." and "however, the "suggested minimum donation" for entry become a gradually increasing compulsory entry fee. From 2007, children (aged 10 - 16) also had to pay an entry fee, while under 10s remained free (previously all children got in free), and a new discounted weekend ticket became available." Adabow (talk) 06:53, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Well that is all there in the citations, do you want quotes? –– Jezhotwells (talk) 15:30, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Broad?

Main aspects

Pretty good, although I find the article quite short. Is there more information out there? If there are no obvious omissions (I certainly can't think of any), then just ignore this comment.

Short of adding repetive information about various local bands, benefits and slightly varying paerfomances paces, i think this meets the WP:SUMMARY style –– Jezhotwells (talk) 12:15, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Focused

Several miscellaneous statements such as "The festival took place in a large sloped clearing surrounded on three sides by woods." probably aren't necessary

Refined. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 12:15, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Neutral point of view?

No bias that I can spot

Stable?

No edit warring or ongoing disputes/discussions.

Imagery?

Appropriate use/tags

• The infobox image should not be in a thumbnail size.

Template:Infobox music festival does not have the proper attributes to not use the thumbnail attribute. See Reading and Leeds Festivals and V Festival. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 12:23, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Neither of these articles use thumbnail images, as the infobox does allow for non-thumbnail attributes. Adabow (talk) 06:41, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Right got that, I thought you meant the size attribute. Fixed. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 15:25, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

• Images have proper copyright tags

Captions

The infobox's image can be captioned using the |caption= parameter in the infobox, rather than forcing the image into a thumbnail.

Overall

The article has some minor styling issues, but some major reliability problems. I have placed the review on hold for seven days, awaiting changes. I will reassess the situation then. Adabow (talk) 09:35, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

I have passed the article. Congratulations! Adabow (talk) 22:14, 7 May 2010 (UTC)