Talk:William de Braose, 2nd Baron Braose/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Canadian Paul 21:39, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

I will be reviewing this article in the near future, hopefully later today. Canadian Paul 21:39, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

...and here it is:

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

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

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:

1. Under "Family and early life", first paragraph, "In any event" is a bit of an unencyclopedic phrase.
2. Same section, is it necessary to split this section into two paragraphs? I feel that paragraphs of less than three sentences generally disrupt the flow. This is a bit more of a problem in the second section, where there is already limited information from historical sources that makes the section choppier by nature.
3. Per WP:LEAD, the lead should not contain any information that is not present in the body of the article - for example, there is no mention of him being the Lord of Bramber - and should contain information from every section in the article. Currently, there is nothing from "Marriage, death, and legacy".

Other than these minor issues, everything looks great (or at least reads great since, like John of Tynemouth, there wasn't much opportunity for images here). I saw your notice about being away, so if you need more than the standard seven days to address these issues, just give me a heads up on my talk page. Canadian Paul 01:26, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

I've dealt with the first and third - the second, I'd really rather keep it as two paragraphs, as the first deals with birth and childhood, and the second, he's old enough for royal service. Ealdgyth - Talk 02:46, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

I have made an addition to the royal service section which makes the paragraph more substantial now. Doug (at Wiki) 17:23, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

One and two are good now, but the lead still needs to mention something from "Marriage, death, and legacy" to be complete per WP:LEAD. Otherwise it looks good! Canadian Paul 17:54, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Urf. Missed that (even though I read it..) will get it this afternoon/evening. Lunch shortly with my brother (we got delayed here another day..) Ealdgyth - Talk 18:00, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Done. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:59, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Great, we're all set to go for a GA Pass! Congratulations again and thank you for your hard work! Canadian Paul 04:56, 11 March 2011 (UTC)