Talk:The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:11, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   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:

* The definition of the book as a religious text needs a reference. I could not find any RS defining it so. It is defined as a parody in some places : Done

• Need neutral references and neutral RS facts. The ref used may be publicity (is non-neutral):
  • "The open letter was printed in many large newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Chicago Sun Times"
  • "Henderson states on his website that more than 100,000 copies of the book have been sold."
• Nothing about the structure of the book like how many chapters, summary of each.
• Also, how is the book used by the practitioners (if I may say so) of Pastafarianism.
• One of the "I'd really rather you didn'ts" is repeated. Is the whole list needed? If yes, repetitions should be avoided.
• A section about direct comparison with the Bible (other religious texts, it parodies) is needed, like "Moses giving the Ten Commandments == "I'd really rather you didn'ts" ) Has any official representative of the Church reacted to it?
• the page numbers associated with particular sentences can be given for Van Horn, Gavin; Lucas Johnston (2007)
• In single references, "p." (eg. p. 58) should be used, not pp. 58.
• LEAD should have something about organization of the book: chapters etc. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 13:16, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Good luck with the improvements. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 13:19, 1 April 2010 (UTC)