Talk:Question Time British National Party controversy/GA1

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Reviewer: HJMitchell You rang? 04:33, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

[checklinks] is fine. HJMitchell You rang? 05:56, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

lead

• consistency:
  • Hain is referred to as Welsh Secretary but straw as Secretary of State for Justice- I'd suggest it should be Secretary of State for Wales or Justice Secretary, though the former would seem preferable.
  • Since we're giving people their titles, Warsi is, of course, a Baroness.
• the list of representatives on the panel makes it unclear who is who- A semicolon would seem the simplest way of fixing it

Appeal to the BBC trust

• The section relies heavily on one ref- it would be good to see more in there

other

• the second to last paragraph needs a ref. I've out a{{fact}} tag on it.

protests

• Probably worth lining the crimes stated in "offences including violent disorder, causing actual bodily harm, assault of a police officer and a person wanted on warrant"
  • Violent disorder (S2, Public Order Act) ABH (S47, Offences Against the Person Act 1861)

questions

• Be very, very careful with the ""wicked and vicious" faith" quote- I believe Griffin denies saying it (my personal opinion on the man are too explicit to post on-wiki) and the article should probably reflect that, in accordance with the BLP policy.

other reactions...

• what was "challenged by The Guardian in their 'Media Monkey' blog"? Its not entirely clear from the sentence.

Overall, it's a very well written and neutral article which deals with the controversy in an encyclopaedic manner without becoming a part of it. All the issues raised above are fairly minor and could be easily fixed. The references system is interesting, but it works and all (bar the one I marked with a fact tag) controversial, "counter-intuitive or disputed" statements of fact have a source. Very impressive. Once the above is addressed, I'll be more than happy to list this. HJMitchell You rang? 05:56, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• I've fixed the other points, but I need input from the others re the cites. Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 07:09, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• Griffin definitely did not deny making the quote on QT, as he went on to explain it in his answer, mentioning things like the treatment of women. If anything, it is the denial part that needs a cite. MickMacNee (talk) 19:55, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

• The Newsnight info is accurate as written, but could probably just go anyway. MickMacNee (talk) 19:55, 13 January 2010 (UTC)