Talk:Keira Knightley/GA1

GA Reassessment

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This article does not merit its GA status, which it acquired back in 2006 when standards were very different and all it took was this quite cursory review.

In particular, the article is in acute violation of WP:WIAGA 2a and 2b, with at least ten "citation needed" flags currently present. In addition, one of the main sources that is used is a Biography Today series volume, which are intended for juvenile audiences and may not be especially reliable.

The article also has trouble with respect to WIAGA 3a, in that the very first sentence says that she's a model, yet nothing in the article ever describes any modeling career. And the lead section has a problem with WIAGA 4, in that it stresses her positive notices to the exclusion of the negative ones (such as for The Misanthrope).

In terms of writing style, there are problems with WIAGA 1, in that there are too many short, choppy, one- or two-sentence paragraphs, especially in the later sections. And the while the footnote formatting isn't terrible, a number of them are missing some of the information (author, publisher, publication date, etc).

In sum, this article falls short of GA standards in multiple areas. If it were nominated today in its current state, it would be quick-failed. Wasted Time R (talk) 17:46, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

A week having gone by with no response or changes in accordance to the points raised here, I have delisted the article. Wasted Time R (talk) 12:12, 18 March 2012 (UTC)