Talk:Kennedy Road, Durban/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: GhostRiver (talk · contribs) 21:30, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello! I'll be taking a look at this article for the January 2022 GAN backlog drive. If you haven't already signed up, please feel free to join in! Although QPQ is not required, if you're feeling generous, I also have a list of GA nominations of my own right here.

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Infobox and lede

• Since ANC isn't mentioned again in the lede, the acronym can be removed
  • If it's OK I'd rather keep ANC since the party is so well-known under that name Mujinga (talk) 12:52, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

History

• "people have lived there" → "the site has been occupied"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 12:55, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
• Comma after "Various attempts to force people off the land were resisted"
  • went with semi-colon on rephrase Mujinga (talk) 12:55, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
• "were resisted" → "were met with resistance"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 12:55, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
• Lowercase "City" in "by the late 1980s the City"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 12:55, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
• The Kennedy Road Development Committee (KRDC) was pressuring local councillors to improve living conditions Can you give a specific date or range for this? And for the O'Sullivan film?
  • 2005 added for both Mujinga (talk) 12:58, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

2005 road blockade

• "When people" → "When the inhabitatns of Kennedy Road"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:01, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
• "protst" → "protest"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:01, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
• "This second march led to visits"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

September 2009 violence

• Maybe rename section to "attack" in accordance with the specific article about it
  • good point Mujinga (talk) 13:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
• Delink Abahlali baseMjondolo and African National Congress here, as both were linked above
  • done, the AbM link was to Abahlali baseMjondolo (membership & structures) but doesn't seem needed Mujinga (talk) 13:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
• "2 people" → "two people" per MOS:NUMERAL
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
• ""grave concern about reports of organized intimidation and threats to members of advocacy group, Abahlali baseMjondolo."" → ""grave concern about reports of organized intimidation and threats to members of advocacy group, Abahlali baseMjondolo"." per MOS:LQ
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Recent events

• "More recent" could use a stronger time range
  • agreed and chopped because ref is dead Mujinga (talk) 13:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
• "which included" → "including"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

References

• [22] is a permanent dead link; it also ties into an area I flagged earlier; if no suitable replacement link can be found, maybe that can be cut entirely
  • cut Mujinga (talk) 13:12, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

General comments

• Image is relevant and suitable for use
• No stability concerns in the revision history
• Copyvio score looks good

Putting on hold to allow nominator to address comments. Feel free to ping me with questions, and please let me know when you're finished! — GhostRiver 22:44, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

@GhostRiver: Thanks for the review, I hope I've addressed everything now Mujinga (talk) 13:13, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for making those changes, happy to pass this article! — GhostRiver 19:54, 2 February 2022 (UTC)