Talk:Belfast/GA1

GA failed

I see there is a lot of interesting info in the however. However, a GA must meet several criterias, and I must fail the article for the following reasons:

• There are some unreferenced and sweeping statements in the article, such as Many locals have quipped that this merely shows that "God loves a drinker".; in the transport section "Belfast is, by European standards, a relatively car-dependent city, and later Black taxis are common in the city, operating on a share basis in some areas
• Lacking any historical references. In addition, inline references are also necessary for sentences such as Belfast was heavily bombed in 1941 during World War II, killing 1,000 people and leaving tens of thousands more homeless. (History-section)
• "Points of interest" is trivia-like. This is not Wikitravel ;-). I suggest you restructure "Points of interest" into sections such as "Architecture and cityscape" and "Arts and culture"
• Lead -- should be expanded. For example it should say something about modern times. See some FA:s, such as Vancouver or Canberra.
• Would be nice with a reference of any sort to the section "Local politics"

Additional concerns:

• Could you put the reference to "Climate" in a better place? See Canberra#Climate

Sorry I can't pass the article, and that I cannot pinpoint everything that needs to be done. I suggest you look at some other GA and FA articles on cities, and structure this article after those.

Fred-Chess 13:09, 13 January 2007 (UTC)