Talk:History of the Song dynasty/GA1

GA Reassessment

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This article is being reassessed as part of the GA Sweeps process. ✽ Juniper§ Liege ^(TALK) 14:59, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

This is a very extensive article and quite a read. I have examined the previous attempt at reassessing this article for the GA Sweeps and concur with the conclusions reached. However, I do not feel that the quality of the prose, as is, requires rewriting at this stage - though it will for any attempt to bring this article to FA standards.

The main review to follow.

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose):

   • The quality of the prose has a rather "heavy" feel to it, but does not, in itself, preclude the article from meeting WP:WIAGA.

   b (MoS):

   • Conforms to manual of style.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references):

   • Well referenced. My only concern here is that certain sections seem to be heavily dependent on just one source. Again, this does not preclude the article from meeting GA standards, but I would strongly urge, as a step towards improvement, the introduction of alternative references as subject-matter sources. For instance, locating other sources for Kublai Khan, rather than just relying on Rossabi.

   b (citations to reliable sources):

   • Citations are to third party publications.

   c (OR):

   • No evidence of OR.

3. It is broad in its scope.

   a (major aspects):

   • Addresses major aspect of article subject matter.

   b (focused):

   • Given the extensive treatment, article remains remarkably focused.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy:

   • No issues concerning POV evident.

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):

   • Images are properly tagged and justified.

   b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   • Images are accompanied by contextual captions.

7. Overall:

   Keep/Delist: KEEP ✽ Juniper§ Liege ^(TALK) 15:12, 12 February 2010 (UTC)