Talk:Paul Rand/GA1

GA Reassessment

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Starting GA reassessment as part of the GA Sweeps process. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:28, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

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 July 24, 2009, 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.

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose):

   • I made a few copy-edits

   b (MoS):

   • Removed see picture B, etc, not MoS. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:41, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references):

   • Some unsupported statements, I have placed tags. It may well be that the referenced works can provide these citations. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:41, 17 July 2009 (UTC) -- These unsupported statements have been fixed UnkleFester (talk) 06:17, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

   b (citations to reliable sources):

   • Assume good faith for print sources. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:41, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

   c (OR):

3. It is broad in its scope.

   a (major aspects):

   b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

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):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   • Just some unreferenced statements to be fixed. On hold. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:41, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

   Major contributors and projects notified. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:44, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

   • OK, no progress has been made on this so I am delisting. When the article has been improved it can be brought to WP:GAN. Jezhotwells (talk) 09:31, 24 July 2009 (UTC)