Talk:Spanish coup of July 1936/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: SnowFire (talk • contribs • count) 22:05, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   If there's one weak point in the article, it's this. I appreciate that discussing simultaneous conflicts across a country is difficult and tends to become a laundry list of "X happened in Seville, Y happened in Navarre, Z happened in Barcelona." Still, I feel there could be improvements here. The narrative loses focus in parts where the "trees" are discussed rather than the forest... but to be comprehensive, these individual incidents and people certainly should be covered, so it's tough. While GA quality I think there's still some improvement possible if you ever want to bring this to FAC later.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   This is FA-level references so obviously no problems here.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   If prose is the number 1 complaint, this is number 2? There's a balancing act between this article and Background of the Spanish Civil War, clearly. But despite the fact that I just complained above that the various individual incidents / actions break up the flow, it still feels like the coup actions themselves are a small part of the article ("Preparations," "Beginnings of the coup", and the first paragraph of "Outcome."). I'm not saying shrink or move the background info, but for an article on the coup, it'd be nice if the coup section could be expanded at all. Maybe pick a few of the more notable uprisings and describe them in more detail? If possible without disrupting the general flow of the article, at least.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   LGTM.

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):

   A contemporary picture of Franco would be nice. Maybe stick a shot of Quiroga in if possible, too. A picture of some incident related to the coup would be great as well... if any good ones exist.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   My complaints are mostly minor nits. Excellent article otherwise.