Talk:Board of Control for Cricket in India/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Boca Jóvenes (talk · contribs) 16:15, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

I'll review this. Hope to find time over the weekend. BoJó | talk UTC 16:15, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

WP:GAFAIL

There is no need for me to find time over the weekend because this is an immediate fail. The article should not have been nominated without proofreading and copyediting. It seems the nomination was done without consideration of the GA criteria. Please see points 1 and 3 of WP:GAFAIL. Point 1 applies if the article is a long way from meeting any one of the six good article criteria. Point 3 applies if it has cleanup banners that are unquestionably still valid.

WP:GACR#1 is titled "Well written" meaning that the prose must be good, the spelling and grammar must be correct and the article must be readable and understandable. Something that begins with "First time game of cricket was played in India by European sailors" is not well written. Even if that was a mistake, the prose and grammar do not improve as you read on. For example, the sub-section 1945–1960 is something a small child would write better.

The presence of cleanup banners is appropriate because the article needs a lot of work to bring it up to standard. Right at the top of the page is Template:Copy edit which means what it says. A good article does not require copyediting; it has already been copyedited so that it qualifies for review. This article is a long, long way from any kind of acceptable standard. BoJó | talk UTC 17:00, 21 October 2022 (UTC)