Talk:Immortality in fiction/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Whiteguru (talk · contribs) 01:02, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Starts GA Review. The review will follow the same sections of the Article. Thank you -- Whiteguru (talk) 01:02, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

 

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Observations

   HTML document size: 130 kB
   Prose size (including all HTML code): 29 kB
   References (including all HTML code): 60 kB
   Wiki text: 30 kB
   Prose size (text only): 13 kB (2058 words) "readable prose size"
   References (text only): 8942 B

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

• Well written, well referenced.

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

• The lead is a well written telling of what is to come in the article.

1. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

• A wide excursus of written material is compressed in the history section, citing from Fantasy and the Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction. A well scribed section, succinct.
• The Causes section touches many bases, and reveals a strong and scholarly grasp of SF and Fantasy along with related genres such as gothic, horror and early speculative fiction engaging in one or another form of endless life. The mention of Undeath is an intriguing aspect of the vampire / zombie genre.
• Good coverage of the different types of immortality, its causes, and the numbers and that effect on how the narrative unfolds. Corporeal and incorporeal forms. Good observations here.
• Utopia v. dystophia: exists in these narrative worlds of immortality. Ditto whether immortality is universal or not; and the existence of the afterlife. All excellent and thought provoking inclusions.

1. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

• Yes, NPOV is preserved in presenting all these different, fictional presentations of immortality, along with the positive and negative aspects of same.

1. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

• Page created 16 February 2008
• Page has 516 edits by 276 editors
• ClueBot NG has been on the page 3 times suggesting this page is not subject to vandalism
• Examination of page history shows stability.
• 90 day page views = 9,597 views = 105 page reads daily

1. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

• One image on page
• File:British Museum Flood Tablet.jpg = Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

1. Overall:

• The Talk page reveals that one or another has come with their particular (or peculiar) favourite take on this theme. This has been rescued with a strong, scholarly, impartial presentation of a far-reaching and challenging overview of many aspects of immortality in fiction. Excellent work on references. --Whiteguru (talk) 01:00, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

 

 Passed