Talk:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009/GA1

GA Review

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GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   Y The lead needs to be split into paragraphs Chris (talk) 23:20, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Use the {{lang-cs}} template for the Czech name. Also, it should be in italics, not bold. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Endashes should be spaced if used between full dates ('18 February–1 March 2009' is wrong, but not when between just years or days, for instance '1–15 February' is correct). lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y There is no mention of the selection process in the body, just in the lead. The lead is to summarize the body, and everything in the lead must be repeated in the body. Chris (talk) 23:20, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Gundersen system needs wikilinking on the first occurrence, not the third. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Did the history of the even not start until 2007? Please include information on the bid, selection process and history prior to 2007. It was after all selected in 2004. Chris (talk) 23:20, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Need a comma after 'Zurich, Switzerland'. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   YCapitalization of titles in the 'organisation' section is inconsequential. If used as a prefix, titles are capitalized, otherwise they are not. Parts of the section are in present tense. Chris (talk) 22:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y No need to include '...' in quotes at a beginning, when only using a fragment. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Never use Xth for dates, event went talking about a single date. Use full day + month. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y In '2008', it has already been established that Neumannová is OCP, so repeatedly using her full title clogs up the prose. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y The sentence "The championships are now the biggest sports event in the history of the Czech Republic." does not sound good. Why is it in the middle of the '2008' section, why is it in present tense and what does 'now' mean? Reworded Chris (talk) 22:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y This sentence does not make sense at all: "As of 21 January 2009, there have been a total of 600 competitors from 59 nations, both Championship records." Sentence eliminated since official athletes and nations now confirmed. Chris (talk) 22:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Several places, the prose is written as if the games are not yet over. Adjusted to past tense.Chris (talk) 22:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y No not use a hyphen (-) for punctuation, instead use an emdash or endash. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Would it not be better if 'media accreditation' and 'mascot' were in the 'organisation' section, and the opening ceremonies as part of the events (as is common for the Olympic articles)? Moved to Organisation, now "history" section Chris (talk) 23:20, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y 'Nations' is very short, and I would have thought participants was a better name. Changed to participants Chris (talk) 23:20, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Include (EBU) after the first occurrence of European Broadcasting Union, and then do not link to subsequent use. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Use {{convert}} for all metric values. As for the skiing lengths, I believe it can be accepted to not use conversion, but all other use needs it. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Countries keep being wikilinked again and again. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y No need to say 'back in 2004', just say 'in 2004'. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Start sentences with 'on 1 February', not '1 February'. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Art and media has an audience, while sport has spectators. lil2mas (talk) 20:40, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Instead of typing "For more detailed information, please see the article", use the {{main}} template. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   YI would like to have seen some prose about the events, not just the top-three results.

   There are three sub-articles, XC, NC & SJ, that includes prose on every event of the championship, isn't this sufficient enough? lil2mas (talk) 20:40, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

   Prose put in all three disciplines per request. Chris (talk) 15:25, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y"Post-championship comments" is not an encyclopaedic section header. The second paragraph is too short to stand on its own. Could you also elaborate about why the Czech press were so negative? What does "at least" mean? Section changed to "Closing ceremonies" Czech press sentence removed to not being able to find additional information on this. Chris (talk) 23:18, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y 'Anders Jacobsen', 'EPO' and 'FIS' all link to disambiguation pages. lil2mas (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

   Y The references are not correctly formatted. In addition to a title, accessdate and url (if applicable), they need an author. They are also not formatted the way one would expect: consider using the {{cite web}} template. (Doing) lil2mas (talk) 20:40, 12 March 2009 (UTC) (Done) Chris (talk) 23:23, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. 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):

   Y Image:FIS Nordic WSC 2009 logo.png should be cropped. First, the image is not centred; second, the text 'Oficiální stránki MS 2009' does not occur on the logo as portrayed on the web site. Chris (talk) 23:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

   Y Use standard sizes for images; due to accessibility reasons, do not force image sizes. Chris (talk) 00:29, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   I am placing the article on hold. The article is still has some work before reaching GA, but most of the elements are in place. Good work so far. Do not hesitate if there are any questions or comments. Arsenikk ^(talk) 09:23, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

   The article is much better now, and meets the GA criteria. Sorry for the delay. Arsenikk ^(talk) 16:45, 23 March 2009 (UTC)