Talk:Lake Kariba/GA1

GA Reassessment

In order to uphold the quality of Wikipedia:Good articles, all articles listed as Good articles are being reviewed against the GA criteria as part of the GA project quality task force. While all the hard work that has gone into this article is appreciated, unfortunately, as of September 18, 2008, this article fails to satisfy the criteria, as detailed below. For that reason, the article has been delisted from WP:GA. However, if improvements are made bringing the article up to standards, the article may be nominated at WP:GAN. If you feel this decision has been made in error, you may seek remediation at WP:GAR.

• This article does not meet the broadness GA criterion, 3a. We're told that it's "one of the world's largest man-made reservoirs", but we're told nothing about its construction.

• Where were the local Tonga people moved to?

• The last three sections – Ecology, Protected Areas, and In popular culture – are entirely uncited.

--Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 20:10, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

• Some observations on this:
  • The 'where' of the relocation is addressed in the second paragraph.
  • While the construction of such a large project might be included -- and I hope that someone will do so -- I don't think is required to meet the GA designation. I haven't encountered problems with that designation before so am not certain. Could you do some advising here on the discussion page?
  • Ecology needs more references. I think that the section on protected areas is fine, although a map would be helpful. In Popular Culture needs citations, especially and most importantly re ownership of a resort.
  • I haven't checked the references yet; some of this may already be covered there.
  • Not, perhaps, a fully satisfying GA because of the lack of citations but but very close. I hope that more is done with it.
  • I don't check for changes on Wikipedia as often as I should, and certainly not my own talk page, but will look for your assistance here.

--Kovar (talk) 02:58, 23 December 2009 (UTC)