Talk:Touro University California/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Tea with toast (talk · contribs) 03:41, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Review

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   The body of the text needs to be developed. Some sections are only a sentence or two long.

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   References need full citation; bare urls are not sufficient.

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   There are many key sections missing from this article; most notably, a history section and a description of the campus

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

   While images are not required for GA status, it would be nice if some free images could be found. Just a photo or two of the campus would benefit the article.

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

   Unfortunately, this article still needs further development to bring it to GA class. Please see section below on ways to improve the article. I would recommend trying to find more third-party sources to help you find more information to work with. You are welcome to nominate the article again after the article has been developed a bit further. Thank you for your effort. --Tea with toast (話) 04:47, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Appreciate the feedback, I am using your considerations to further improve the article. I will resubmit the article for improvement once I feel I have incorporated all of your suggestions. TylerDurden8823 (talk) 06:20, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Areas needing to be developed

Essential things to be developed

Here are things that need to be included in the article:

• History section: Who had the aim to build this school? How is it connected to the schools in New York and Nevada? Why did they choose to put the school on Mare Island? Being that it was only developed in 1997, you may be able to search through local newspaper archives to find this type of information.
• Campus description: How many buildings are there? How old are the buildings (especially relevant since this used to be a naval base --have they renovated the naval base buildings, or did they build new ones?) Is there on-campus housing? What is the library like?
• Full citations for references is essential for good articles to make sure the information remains verifiable when weblinks get redirected. Also, this article seems to mostly be sourced by links to the school's website; it would be better to find some more independent third party sources.

Other items that would benefit the article

• Description of student body: What is the student enrollment in each program? Where do the students come from? (are there international students, are they mostly from California or how many other states are represented? does the school attract more Jewish students?) What kind of student extra curricular activities are there?
• Academics: The article mentions 3 Masters of Health Sciences, but then only names 2 -- what is the third one? For the medical students, where do they gain clinical education, since it appears to me that there is not a hospital on Mare Island? How many years of schooling are required for the degrees? Are there any part-time students, and if so, how many out of the total school enrollment?
• Research: How many faculty are there? How many students who attend there do research? How is the research funded?

I would suggest to users who are not familiar with what Good articles are to read other GA articles in the Education category. Articles of comparable subject matter include these: Thayer School of Engineering, Geisel School of Medicine, and Marriott School of Management. I would look at these articles to get an idea about what the History, Campus, and Academics sections should look like. Best of luck! --Tea with toast (話) 04:47, 16 June 2012 (UTC)