Talk:Blood Ties (Homicide: Life on the Street)/GA1

GA Review

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I shall be reviewing this page against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:57, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Quick fail criteria assessment

1. The article completely lacks reliable sources – see Wikipedia:Verifiability.

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2. The topic is treated in an obviously non-neutral way – see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view.

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3. There are cleanup banners that are obviously still valid, including cleanup, wikify, NPOV, unreferenced or large numbers of fact, clarifyme, or similar tags.

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4. The article is or has been the subject of ongoing or recent, unresolved edit wars.

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5. The article specifically concerns a rapidly unfolding current event with a definite endpoint.

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Passes when checked against quick fail criteria, on to substantive review. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:05, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose):

   • The lead contains a mixture of tenses, past and present. It would be preferable to put all in the past. Y I agree with your descision to keep the first two senstences in present tense. all reads well now. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:24, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

   b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references):

   • The article is adequately referenced. I assume good faith for them as they are all print sources.

   b (citations to reliable sources):

   • All reliable

   c (OR):

3. It is broad in its scope.

   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:

   • I would like the tense of the lead to be made consistent, otherwise no problems. On hold for seven days. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:17, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
   • Excellent, thanks for your hard work, I can confirm that this is worthy of Good Article status. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:24, 15 September 2009 (UTC)