Talk:Coal ball/GA1
Latest comment: 13 years ago by Sp33dyphil in topic GA Review
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Reviewer: Sp33dyphil (talk • contribs • count) 01:40, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
- "Coal balls, despite their name, are calcium-rich masses of permineralised life forms, generally having a round shape.
Coal balls are not made of coal, despite the name." - why is period capitalised?
- Not done Like the other geologic time scales, you would say "Permian Period", or "Carboniferous Period" in this case. →Στc. 07:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
- "exceptionally well" an adverb describing an adverb? I suggest "They
can preserveare exceptional at preserving organic matterexceptionally well" - "
, and theinitial research on coal balls was carried out in Europe, and it was not until 1922 that coal balls were discovered and identified in North Americain 1922" - "coal seams" --> "coal mines"?
- Not done The coal seam (currently a redirect) has much potential to become an article. They are related to coal mining, but I believe it can stand as an article by itself. Besides that, the sources unanimously state "coal seam". →Στc. 07:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
- "and European scientists did much of the early work on these objects
was done by European scientists" - "formed in situ, where organic matter are gently accumulated" or "
that is,organic matter gently"
- Note I always imagined that GA reviews would involve usage of the support symbol. I seem to have been wrong. →Στc. 07:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
- It is reasonably well written.
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- It is broad in its coverage.
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- It follows the neutral point of view policy.
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- It is stable.
- No edit wars, etc.:
- No edit wars, etc.:
- It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
- a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- Overall:
- Pass/Fail:
- Pass/Fail:
- End note
I'm happy with the article, which is very worthy of GA status. I'd love to see this get the Star. Sp33dyphil "Ad astra" 23:57, 25 September 2011 (UTC)