Talk:Bidni/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Tim riley (talk · contribs) 08:52, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Starting first read-through. More soonest. Tim riley talk 08:52, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Initial comments

There are some points that need working on:

• Use of bold type for "Bitni" and "Bidni" in the main text: fine in the first line of the lead but you need to lose the bolding throughout the rest of the article. (Manual of Style).
• "oil which is thought to be low in acidity" – thought to be? Hasn't it been checked scientifically?
• "This dispels several online sources" – dispels? Contradicts, possibly.
• Block quote: we do not use quotation marks to introduce and conclude block quotes (MOS:BQ).
• "Olive Oil Times" – needs italicising.
• "Malta's ancient Bidni olive trees, which have been confirmed through carbon dating" – it is not the trees but their antiquity that has been confirmed.
• "still bear fruit, however their olives" – stronger stop than a comma needed.
• "this statistic comes as no surprise" – you should remove the WP:EDITORIAL
• "predominant, testimony" – stronger stop than a comma needed.
• "eat these ... serve these" – "them" would be clearer than "these" here
• "On a different note" – more editorialising.

I'll put the review on hold to give you time to deal with these points. Tim riley talk 09:14, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Following the nominator's recent changes I think the article now meets the GA criteria, so ...

Overall summary

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria In my judgment this article could be a worthy candidate for WP:FAC.

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   Well referenced

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   Well referenced

   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:

   Well illustrated

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

   Well illustrated

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

I found this a pleasing, and indeed instructive, article to review. It gives me great pleasure to promote it to GA status. - Tim riley talk 16:05, 3 April 2019 (UTC)