Talk:Sandra Fluke/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 02:25, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

I'll be reviewing the article. I should mention, I am a registered Democrat and don't want to appear biased.

• Any reason the lede is split into three small paragraphs?
• Is there a source for the birthdate?
• A source is needed for the pronunciation.
• Ref 2 doesn't mention Fluke.
• "Fluke first came to attention in the United States in February 2012, when Republicans refused to allow her to testify to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the importance of requiring insurance plans to cover birth control during a discussion on whether insurance should have a contraception mandate" - way too long of a sentence. Try splitting or trimming.
• "She later spoke to only House Democratic members." - this, by contrast, is a bit short. Perhaps switch it around, such as "Democratic House members later invited her to speak to [X committee]" (or was it everyone?) I'm making these comments while I'm reading it.
• "Rush Limbaugh, a talk show host, made controversial comments about Fluke on his talk show" - my emphasis on the redundancy.
• "Fluke supported President Barack Obama's re-election campaign in 2012" - how? If her primary method of support was her speech, it should be combined with the subsequent sentence.
• "Fluke co-founded the New York Statewide Coalition for Fair Access to Family Court" - when?
• "which successfully advocated for legislation granting access to civil orders of protection for unmarried victims of domestic violence, including teen LGBTQ victims" - a bit long. I'd split the first part into its own sentence, and then say "The Group successfully advocated for legislation [through the New York Senate? Congress? Was there a bill that was signed?] that would grant access..." and from there I'm not exactly sure what the sentence means (namely civil orders).
• "Manhattan Borough President's Taskforce on Domestic Violence" - does this have to do with Obama? Or is it the president of Manhattan Borough?
• "represented numerous victims of domestic violence and human trafficking" - who said this quote? And why is it quoteworthy?
• " She served as president of the Georgetown Law Students for Reproductive Justice student organization,[19] and graduated cum laude in 2012." - so she got her masters? It's never mentioned where/when that she went back to college.
• "and graduated cum laude in 2012." - this is definitely not supported by ref 2.
• "Fluke, then a 30-year-old law student at Georgetown, was invited by Democrats to speak at a hearing by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on new Administration rules concerning the Conscience Clause exceptions in healthcare associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." - once again, try making the sentence shorter, or organized differently so it's not so long.
• "The exception applied to church organizations themselves"
• "to the first panel" - this is the first time you mention any panel, so why "first"?
• "The following week" - you had never indicated a time frame in this section. Some dates would be helpful.
• "repeatedly denied contraceptives because they suspected the purpose of the medication was for contraceptive uses" - this seems circularly redundant.
• " Fluke appeared to support mandating health insurers to cover contraceptive costs" - isn't that what was said in the above section? Why the "appeared?
• "Political figures, including President Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner" - you should indicate that it was "Political figures from both parties, including Democratic President Obama..." - since at this point, you haven't mentioned Obama's party. Remember, not everyone on Wikipedia is from America, so it needs to have a worldwide point of view.
• "...why she believed Barack Obama was more likely than Mitt Romney" - that is the only time you mention Mitt Romney. If I was a Wikipedian from Africa, I would ask, who is he and why is he important?
• You mention "2012" three times in "Support for President Barack Obama and role in re-election campaign". IDK, seems weird since there aren't any references to dates in the "Speech to Congressional Democrats on contraception mandates" section.
• What day was her speech in Charlotte? How many saw it? Was it televised, or have any media coverage? At this point in the article, there is really very little info on why Fluke is notable, and although I don't want to bring up that discussion (I see there were five discussions already), I am concerned that the article doesn't cover the subject well enough, particularly for GA status. Did Fluke ever have any other impact on the election? Any other speeches that indicated her relevancy? Has she done anything in the past nine months?

The article is OK, but it seems really incomplete, which could be a biproduct of Fluke not being a terribly notable person (hence the multiple discussions on AFD or not). That being said, the writing is only mediocre, and the referencing should be better for a living person (see WP:BLP). I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to fail the GAN. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:25, 25 May 2013 (UTC)