Talk:Patrick Allen (governor-general)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs) 12:04, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

• I propose to take on this review. My initial impression is favourable and I hope to make a detailed reading of the article within the next two days. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:04, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

First reading

• "he instead went to into teaching." - extra word here.
• "After over a decade in education, Allen ..." - this is rather an odd way of expressing it, being rather different in meaning to "After a decade in full-time education, B left with no qualifications"!
• "In 2005, he was elected to a second five-year term." - I assume this refers to the second of the two offices mentioned in the previous sentence?
• "In July 2008, then Governor-General of Jamaica Sir Kenneth O. Hall indicated that he wished to step down due to declining health." - Some commas needed.
• Did Allen respond to the controversy generated by his appointment?
• The article contains no images. Are there any available?
  • In general, this is a well-written informative article, and I look forward to promoting it when the above minor comments have been attended to. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:34, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
• The user who nominated this article at GAN has gone on an extended wikibreak, and despite my sending him an email, has not edited for ten weeks, so I have made the suggested minor changes to the article myself. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:19, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

GA criteria

• The article is well written and complies with MOS guidelines on prose and grammar, structure and layout.
• The article uses a number of reliable third-party sources, and makes frequent citations to them. I do not believe it contains original research.
• The article covers the main aspects of the subject and remains focussed.
• The article is neutral.
• Copyright violations were removed in April 2014 and the article was rewritten by the nominator. It is stable.
• It is a pity that no appropriately licensed image of Patrick Allen is available.

• Final assessment - I believe this article reaches the GA criteria. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:00, 18 November 2014 (UTC)