Talk:Langlois Bridge at Arles/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 18:41, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: three found and fixed.[1] Jezhotwells (talk) 18:44, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Linkrot: none found. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:45, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

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

1. It is reasonably well written.

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

   The lead fails to be a concise summary of the article, please read WP:LEAD. It also contains unsupported statements of opinion and fact, viz: He employs a creative use of color to bring light, reflection and intensity to the work. Van Gogh enjoyed making this group of paintings and drawings because the scenery reminded him of his homeland in the Netherlands.

   I corrected one spelling mistake.[2]

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

   Just as canals were a feature of the Dutch landscape, they were also important in southern France. New canals were opened up as they were needed to expand the network of canals. In the first half of the 19th century, a canal was built from Arles to Bouc, located on the Mediterranean Sea. Locks and bridges were built, too, to manage water and road traffic. needs citation.

   ref #9[3] appears to be broken, no detail at this URL

   ref #19[4] is an image - the interpretation is WP:Original research.

   ref #24[5] states: Painting, Oil on Canvas, Arles: March, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Europe which does not support the statement: The painting is currently at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, Germany.

   I assume good faith for off line sources.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   Some evidence of oR as mentioned above

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):

   Correctly licensed, captioned and tagged.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   On hold for seven days for above issues to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:27, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

   OK, all seems to be in order now,, thanks for the fixes, passing as GA. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:10, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Updates made to the article. On my first attempt I tried to integrate with the section above, but I messed up the numbering scheme, so I hope it's ok that I put my comments here. If not, I can reformat to fit a standard process for gathering updates/comments:

• #1) Lead Regarding: The lead fails to be a concise summary of the article, please read WP:LEAD. It also contains unsupported statements of opinion and fact, viz: He employs a creative use of color to bring light, reflection and intensity to the work.

 Done it was actually a summary of a number of sentences (Japanese prints, contracting colors, impasto technique). I broke it down into more sentences to get a bit more specific about each of the points, does that help?

• #1) Lead continued, Regarding: Van Gogh enjoyed making this group of paintings and drawings because the scenery reminded him of his homeland in the Netherlands.

 Done Added more refs about reminder to his homeland in the body of the article. I reworded the sentence in the lead, too.

• #2 Regarding: "Just as canals were a feature of the Dutch landscape, they were also important in southern France. New canals were opened up as they were needed to expand the network of canals. In the first half of the 19th century, a canal was built from Arles to Bouc, located on the Mediterranean Sea. Locks and bridges were built, too, to manage water and road traffic. needs citation.

 Done removed first sentence, not really needed. Added refs that were missing.

• #2 Regarding:ref #9[3] appears to be broken, no detail at this URL

 Done fixed link.

• #2 Regarding:ref #19[4] is an image - the interpretation is WP:Original research.

 Done added refs that were missing.

• #2 Regarding:ref #24[5] states: Painting, Oil on Canvas, Arles: March, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Europe which does not support the statement: The painting is currently at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, Germany.

 Done the reference had the painting info for another painting, fixed ref.--CaroleHenson (talk) 21:04, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

updated last item--CaroleHenson (talk) 21:15, 7 June 2011 (UTC)