Talk:Nepal/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: 3family6 (talk · contribs) 18:43, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

   The results of Earwig's tool don't reveal any copyvio or close paraphrasing issues.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   Though Earwig's tool didn't find anything, I did find this passage, "However increasing access to secondary education (grades 9-12) remains a major challenge, as evidenced by the disturbingly low net enrollment rate of 24% at this level. More than half of primary students do not enter secondary schools, and only one-half of them complete secondary schooling. In addition, fewer girls than boys join secondary schools and, among those who do join, fewer complete the 10th grade." This is a verbatim copy from the World Bank source. This is completely unacceptable, and suggests that there could be other copyvios in this article, that Earwig's tool didn't detect. In fact, a further check with the Duplication detector also found multiple copyvios from the World Bank source. This is a major, major, problem, and needs to be solved ASAP, regardless of the GA issue. In fact, in light of this problem, and the lack of sources that I mentioned below, I will have to fail this article.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 00:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

   "The ruling granted full rights for LGBT individuals, including the right to marry[67] and now can get citizenship as a third gender rather than male or female as authorized by Nepal's Supreme Court in 2007.[68]" - Should be "...right to marry, and individuals may register as a third gender..."--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   "Cricket in Nepal is making quick progress as the Nepal cricket team has won the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four and the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three[163] simultaneously hence qualifying for 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier." - reword to something like "... ICC World Cricket League Division Three[163], thus qualifying for 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier."

   "Since the establishment of the national team, Nepal has played its home matches on the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground.[citation needed]." - This sentence should follow this one: "Cricket has been gaining popularity since the last decade.".--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

   The lead has too many citations in it. This is a GAR, not and FAR, so it is okay if there are some citations in the lead, but this is excessive.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   "The 'Skanda Purana' has a separate chapter known as 'Nepal Mahatmya', which 'explains in more details about the beauty and power of Nepal.'" - Why is this italicized?

   Some paragraphs contain only a single sentence. These should be merged into another paragraph.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   Inappropriate use of bold font in the Geography section. Native names should be italicized.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   "Highest Mountains in Nepal. [49]" - Should be made into a sub-section, with "Highest Mountains in Nepal" as the title.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Has an appropriate reference section:

   Has a reference section, but doesn't follow a consistent format. Many of the citations are bare urls.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   Three of the external links I don't think are appropriate for that section. The World Bank profile is specifically for 2011, though you can navigate to other years. I think this would better work either as a direct citation in the article, or in the further reading section. The article on glacial activity is already listed in the further reading section, where it is a better fit, and should not be duplicated in the external links section. And this article on the Nepal conflict also belongs in further reading.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   B. Citations to reliable sources, where necessary:

   Citation needed tag in the lead, as well as many more scattered throughout the article. Numerous, and I mean numerous, paragraphs lack citations. I considered quickfailing this article because of this, but I will give editors a chance to rectify this issue, as I believe that the material is verifiable, just not cited.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   What makes RoyalArk.net a reliable source? And even if it is reliable, there must be far better reference options than that website that mention when the kingdom was established.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   Citation #4, this link, doesn't have any info on Nepal.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   "The 'Skanda Purana' has a separate chapter known as 'Nepal Mahatmya', which 'explains in more details about the beauty and power of Nepal.'" - this is a quote, and thus needs a citation.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   Dead links: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26].--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:06, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

   Two more deadlinks, from the "External links" section: [27], [28].--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   A lot of citations don't exactly support what they are supposed to. For instance, this reference lists publications by Nepal Journals Online, but does not support the claim that Nepal has produced "fine scholarship." Or this reference, which is used to establish Nepal's world position in press freedom. Or this source, which is supposed to support the election results of 2013. These are just three of many, many examples.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:06, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

   C. No original research:

   While I mentioned above that there is a significant amount of material needing citations, there is no indication that this is original research. Everything in this article appears verifiable, just a good portion of it lacks citations.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   In the sports section, it says that football is the most popular sport, but devotes all of two sentences to it. Conversely, a full paragraph with eight sentences is devoted to cricket in Nepal. The paragraph on association football should be expanded. Also, are football and cricket the only sports in Nepal? Surely there are some others that deserve a mention.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   Cuisine section should mention, in a sentence or two, Newa cuisine.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   Culture section doesn't mention music at all, even though it links to the music article. Should have a short paragraph on music.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   B. Focused:

   The article stays focused on the subject, well-rounded.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 00:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

   Neutral, presents conflicts and politics in a balanced way. Not overly negative or promotional.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 00:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

   Fairly stable. There was an edit war in November, but this does not seem typical of the article history, and the conflict was resolved.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 00:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   All are licensed for public domain in the US, most for global use.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:34, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

   B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

   Images are relevant, with suitable captions.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:34, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

7. Overall: Failed due to numerous problems with referencing, and, more importantly, several copyright violations.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 00:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

   Pass or Fail:

Review comments

These are my initial comments. This article will take many days for me to review. My grad school applications are mostly done, so I should be able to work on this every day now.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)