Talk:Jediism/GA1

GA Review

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GA review (see here for criteria)

I'd like to introduce myself before I write this review. I'm an undergraduate religious scholar interested in how people make "illegitimate" religions legitimate, and I'm writing a thesis on a case study in this particular field. That being said:

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   This is written like a parody of a Wikipedia article. I could see it as a GA on Uncyclopedia, maybe. It's a list of statements made by unknown individuals ("some Jedi", "About.com")

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

   The sourcing of this article is terrible. I don't know what you were thinking putting it up for GA review at this stage. You cite an Internet forum. Are you trying to play a trick on me?

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Insofar as individual forum posters on the Internet have mused about the meaning of this religion, I will give you the benefit of the doubt and say you have accurately summarized the extent of their ponderings. I cannot say that you have come to a reliable consensus about Jediism in any way whatsoever.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   Why is one of the articles cited as "The bad publicity given by the BBC"? The sentence which cited this article is blatant OR. Unless if a more reliable source attests that the BBC is biased, then the BBC must be used to show that Jediism is a humorous parody religion.

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):

   What the hell is this Jediism "logo"? According to who is it the official logo? I'm twice as skeptical about this as I would be if I saw a "logo" at the top of the Atheism article, because you don't even have a cite for it. The image caption page says that it belongs to the Church of Jediism. Who runs that church and how do they speak for all Jedi?

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   Please come back in the next few days with a promise to completely rewrite this article or else I'll delist it.

P.S. My favorite part was when you unironically cited The Sun.

Reviewer: Shii (tock) 03:36, 9 November 2009 (UTC)