Talk:Transgender sex workers/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 00:37, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:37, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

• The term transgender refers to a diverse population: "diverse" seems out of place in a definitional sentence like this.
• Suggest defining or linking "transmasculine" and "transfeminine" on first use; their meaning won't be obvious to some readers.
• The National Transgender Discrimination Survey sounds like a US publication; I'm going to guess that the scope of the data is restricted to the US, which means the first sentence of the "Overview" section should be changed to make the scope clear.
• These statistics reveal that more transmasculine people participate in the sex industry more than previously expected: you have "more" twice, but why "expected"? I think this refers to the rest of the sentence, in which case I'd cut "especially", since that's the only reason given.
• How much of the article generally relies on US research? And does the language of the article reflect that at all points? For example, the sentence on support groups refers to a San Francisco group; does the other citation give global data? Similarly, the statement that "prohibitory laws and ordinances still exist" is supported by a US-only reference.
• Transgender sex workers worldwide are at higher risk of contracting HIV and other STIs as well: This seems to be supported just be one Indonesian study, which isn't enough to make such a broad statement.

I'm going to pause the review here to wait for a response on the question of how global the coverage is supposed to be. Generally the prose seems quite clean, and the sources are high quality. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 04:13, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Brookeenglish, just checking: are you still planning to work on the article? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:02, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Mike Christie, yes I am planning to work on it! Sorry for the delays in getting back to you, I've been out of town the past few days and haven't had a chance to make the edits yet. Brookeenglish (talk) 22:28, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

No problem; glad to hear from you. Are you (or were you) one of Diana Strassmann's students, by the way? I've been impressed by the work Diana's classes have done. Anyway, let me know what you think about the global vs. U.S. coverage issue; we may be limited by what sources exist, of course. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:33, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

And by the way, to ping someone with the {{u}} template, as you tried to do above, use a pipe symbol instead of a colon: {{u|Mike Christie}}, not {{u:Mike Christie}}. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:35, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Brooke, are you still planning to work on this article? If you're busy, it might be best to work on it away from the GA process, without a deadline. I'd be happy to give you feedback on the article prior to another nomination. I'll wait another week; if I don't hear from you I'll fail the article then. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:25, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

No response, so I am failing this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:55, 27 February 2018 (UTC)