Talk:Dubai/GA2

GA Reassessment

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I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following a request for Good Article reassessment. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 20:32, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Disambiguations: fixed one disambiguation.[1]

Linkrot: fixed one and tagged two deadlinks.[2]

Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   It appears that some major faults found in the FAC review have been addressed although, I think a copy-edit by an independent editor would be good.

   reported that prostitution in clubs is tolerated by authorities  ?

   Reply Clarified wording. This is reported by a PBS Frontline episode. This is the reality versus what is professed. Xtzou (Talk) 15:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

   The result of sewage dumped into storm drains is that it flows directly into the Persian Gulf, near to the city's prime swimming beaches. ?

   Reply This has been reworded to "Sewage dumped into storm drains flows directly into the Persian Gulf near to the city's prime swimming beaches." This is the state of a country ripped into the 21rst century. Xtzou (Talk) 15:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

   Etisalat uses a proxy server to filter internet content that is deemed to be inconsistent with the values of the country, that provides information on bypassing the proxy, dating, gay and lesbian networks, pornography, sites pertaining to the Bahá'í faith and sites originating from Israel. Confusing

   Reply. Fixed with some creative punctuation. Xtzou (Talk) 15:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

   The penal code also contains some provisions; Really? What provisions?

   Reply. Fixed by adding pornography from the source. Xtzou (Talk) 15:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

   Dubai has 33 sister cities, and most of the twinning agreements have been done post-2002 Have been done?

   Reply"have been made after 2002." Xtzou (Talk) 15:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

   Emirati culture mainly revolves around the religion of Islam and traditional Arab, and Bedouin culture. Being a highly cosmopolitan society, the UAE has a diverse and vibrant culture. Contradictory statements.

   Reply Fixed. Reworded. Xtzou (Talk) 15:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

   Plans called for a dedicated road between the current Dubai International Airport and the new one, but currently progress is stalle Why?

   Reply Fixed. - stalled by unspecified "challenges", according to an Emirates spokesperson. Xtzou (Talk) 15:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

   Please get this copy edited and reworded for clarity.

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   Two dead links found and tagged, some references don't have publisher or publication date details.

   ref #84 [3] doesn't appear to be RS; also #94 [4]; book references need page numbers;

   Reply The two dead links are not dead but are "server timed out" links. Since the are government links that did work previously with no problems, I would like to make should that this is more than a temporary problem before removing them. However, I commented them out, along with the info they referneced. Removed ref 84 along with the information. Ref 94 is not a book. Xtzou (Talk) 15:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

2. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

3. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

4. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

5. 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):

   Images appear OK

6. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   On hold for seven days for above issues to be addressed. ––Jezhotwells (talk) 21:14, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

   OK, the major issues have been addressed, but the prose could do with a throrough copy-edit. I am happy to let thuis remain as a GA. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 21:02, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I am the GA reviewer that passed this article and I feel guilty that it has to have a reassessment. I don't think the article's editor knows, so I have notified him.

• Dead links - Could you identify them? I only see two servers that timed out at [5] and since they worked until very recently, this most likely is temporary. I thoroughly went through the references over and over when doing the review.

I'll check them again tomorrow. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 22:05, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

• Some links do not have completely information, such as author for example, or location or date, but if you look at them they appear ok. I figured in my review, since this is a GA review and not a FA review, that some slack could be cut for references that appear neutral and authoritative but do not have complete referencing information for a country like Dubai. None of these references are sourcing controversial information. Best regards, Xtzou (Talk) 21:42, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

References need to be attributed, some are just straight html, need author, publication date and publisher as appropriate. Books need page numbers, some are not RS as per above. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 22:05, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't think any are bare urls. I can remove all the info plus the references that are inexplicable timing out today. Should I do that? Also, I can remove the information plus the links of any you deem unreliable. I spent a lot of time on the references, and they have all the information available on them. So tell me which to remove. Xtzou (Talk) 22:30, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

• Reply. I have addressed all your concerns, and removed information and links where necessary (or commented them out). I hope the result is satisfactory. Xtzou (Talk) 15:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing these things. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 21:02, 7 May 2010 (UTC)