Talk:Guggenheim Abu Dhabi/GA1

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GA Review[edit]

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GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


This article is in decent shape, but it needs more work before it becomes a Good Article.

  1. Is it well written?
    A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
    The lead seems very short and it would be best to summarize the entire article, per here.
    B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
    Dates need to be unlinked, per here. The links to "Guggenheim Foundation" and "Guggenheim" need to be linked correctly.
  2. Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?
    A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:
    Reference 4, 13, and 15 are missing Publisher info.
    B. Reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose):
    Does Reference 8 cover all this ---> "Gehry was inspired by the location and the intent, noting, "The landscape, the opportunity, the requirement, to build something that people all over the world would come to and the possible resource to accomplish it opened tracks that were not likely to be considered anywhere else. The site itself, virtually on the water or close to the water on all sides, in a desert landscape with the beautiful sea and the light quality of the place suggested some of the direction"?
    C. It contains no original research:
    D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:
    B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
  4. Is it neutral?
    It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
  5. Is it stable?
    It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
  6. Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
    A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:
    B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail:
    If the statements above can be answered, I will pass the article. Good luck with improving this article!

--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 16:56, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Folks, before we go about passing this article for GA, please consider whether quotes are overused. Is this entry encyclopedic? Do encyclopedias use large collections of quotes? Please read the quotation guides, and consider their application, before passing the article. Most kind regards, Lazulilasher (talk) 17:51, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Further, the computer generated image has a fair use rationale noting that it is a photograph of the Louvre Abu Dhabi. This is misleading, can this be corrected? Thanks, Lazulilasher (talk) 17:57, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, this article had numerous copyvio problems:

  1. Note: This text was mis-sourced: "these will include: the Sheikh Zayed National Museum to be designed by the UK's Foster + Partners under the direction of Lord Norman Foster; the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi contemporary arts museum - the world's largest Guggenheim and the only one in the Middle East, which has been conceptualised by Frank Gehry; a performing arts centre designed by Zaha Hadid, a maritime museum with concept design by Tadao Ando and a number of arts pavilions", it links to French Culture.org (present #5, not #6).
    Do you think the above article excerpt is too close to the source: "these will include: the Sheikh Zayed National Museum to be designed by the UK's Foster + Partners under the direction of Lord Norman Foster; the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi contemporary arts museum - the world's largest Guggenheim and the only one in the Middle East, which has been conceptualised by Frank Gehry; a performing arts centre designed by Zaha Hadid, a maritime museum with concept design by Tadao Ando and a number of arts pavilions"? (http://www.ameinfo.com/143289.html)
  2. [t]he museum will include galleries for permanent collections, galleries for special exhibitions, a Department of Architecture and Design, a Center for Art and Technology, children’s education facilities, archives, library and research centre and a state-of-the-art conservation laboratory was directly taken from here without proper attribution (I just attributed it).

Please check to make sure these sorts of attribution errors to not occur in other areas of the text. Regards, Lazulilasher (talk) 18:46, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to fail this article because of the comments above, so, after the comments are addressed this article can be renominated for GA. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 18:00, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]