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Reviewer: Seabuckthorn (talk · contribs) 17:30, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator: Dana boomer (talk)
Hi! I'll review it. I'll be posting my review shortly. --Seabuckthorn ♥ 17:30, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
1: Well-written
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Check for WP:LEAD:
- Check for Correct Structure of Lead Section: Done
- Check for Citations (WP:LEADCITE): Done
- Check for Introductory text: Done
- Check for Provide an accessible overview (MOS:INTRO): Done
- Major Point 1: Contents "The act covered the management, protection and study of feral horses and burros on federal land." (summarised well in the lead)
- Major Point 2: History "In the early 1900s, feral horse populations … Their activism resulted first in the Hunting Wild Horses and Burros on Public Lands Act in 1959" (summarised well in the lead)
- Major Point 3: Implementation "The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and US Forest Service manage the feral herds, … which remains the primary method of removing excess horses from managed land." (summarised well in the lead)
- Major Point 4: Legal challenges "The act has been challenged numerous times in courts … courts have determined that the BLM may not ignore the intent of adopters." (summarised well in the lead)
- Major Point 5: Subsequent Congressional action "Congress has taken several actions … Throughout the 2000s, the BLM has struggled to prevent the horses adopted or sold to private individuals from being taken for slaughter." (summarised well in the lead)
- Check for Relative emphasis: Done
- Major Point 1: Contents "The act covered the management, protection and study of feral horses and burros on federal land." (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
- Major Point 2: History "In the early 1900s, feral horse populations … Their activism resulted first in the Hunting Wild Horses and Burros on Public Lands Act in 1959" (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
- Major Point 3: Implementation "The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and US Forest Service manage the feral herds, … which remains the primary method of removing excess horses from managed land." (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
- Major Point 4: Legal challenges "The act has been challenged numerous times in courts … courts have determined that the BLM may not ignore the intent of adopters." (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
- Major Point 5: Subsequent Congressional action "Congress has taken several actions … Throughout the 2000s, the BLM has struggled to prevent the horses adopted or sold to private individuals from being taken for slaughter." (the lead gives due weight as is given in the body)
- Check for Opening paragraph (MOS:BEGIN): Done
- Check for First sentence (WP:LEADSENTENCE): Done
- The Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 (WFRHBA), is an Act of Congress (Pub.L. 92–195), signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on December 18, 1971.
- Check for Format of the first sentence (MOS:BOLDTITLE): Done
- Check for Proper names and titles: Done
- Check for Abbreviations and synonyms (MOS:BOLDSYN): None
- Check for Foreign language (MOS:FORLANG): None
- Check for Pronunciation: None
- Check for Contextual links (MOS:CONTEXTLINK): Done
- Check for Biographies: NA
- Check for Organisms: NA
- Check for Biographies of living persons: NA
- Check for Alternative names (MOS:LEADALT): Done
- Check for Non-English titles:
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- Check for Separate section usage:
- Check for Length (WP:LEADLENGTH): Done
- Check for Clutter (WP:LEADCLUTTER): None
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2: Verifiable with no original research
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Done
- Check for primary sources (WP:PRIMARY): Done
- Check for synthesis (WP:SYN): Done
- Check for original images (WP:OI): Done
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3: Broad in its coverage
4: Neutral
5: Stable: No edit wars, etc: Yes
6: Images Done (PD) (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license)
Images:
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Done
6: Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content: Done
- Check for copyright tags (WP:TAGS): Done
- Image 1 (Great Seal of the United States (obverse).svg): This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Permission: Public domain from a copyright standpoint, but other restrictions apply. 18 U.S.C. § 713 states that nobody can knowingly display any printed or other likeness of the Great Seal of the United States, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
- Image 2 (Wildhorsesowyhee.jpg): This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Permission: http://www.doi.gov/disclaimer.html File Not Found
- Image 3 (Arizona 2004 Mustangs.jpg): This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. This version permits free use, including commercial use.
- Image 4 (Feral horse and foal - Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range - Montana.jpg): This image is a work of a Bureau of Land Management employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
- Image 5 (Paisley Desert Wild Horse Gather (7883664496) (2).jpg): This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. This version permits free use, including commercial use.
- Check for copyright status: Done
- Image 1 (Great Seal of the United States (obverse).svg) (Free)
- Image 2 (Wildhorsesowyhee.jpg) (Free)
- Image 3 (Arizona 2004 Mustangs.jpg) (Free)
- Image 4 (Feral horse and foal - Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range - Montana.jpg) (Free)
- Image 5 (Paisley Desert Wild Horse Gather (7883664496) (2).jpg) (Free)
- Check for non-free content (WP:NFC): None
- Check for valid fair use rationales (WP:FUR): NA
6: Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions: Done
- Check for image relevance (WP:IMAGE RELEVANCE): Done
- Image 1 (Great Seal of the United States (obverse).svg): Relevant.
- Image 2 (Wildhorsesowyhee.jpg): Relevant.
- Image 3 (Arizona 2004 Mustangs.jpg): Relevant.
- Image 4 (Feral horse and foal - Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range - Montana.jpg): Relevant.
- Image 5 (Paisley Desert Wild Horse Gather (7883664496) (2).jpg): Relevant.
- Check for Images for the lead (WP:LEADIMAGE): Done
- Image 1 (Great Seal of the United States (obverse).svg): Appropriate & Representative
- Check for suitable captions (WP:CAPTION): Done
- Caption 1: Image is used as a seal
- Caption 2: "Free-roaming horses in Utah" (succinct and informative)
- Caption 3: "Mustangs in Arizona" (succinct and informative)
- Caption 4: "A mare attends to her foal on the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Refuge." (succinct and informative)
- Caption 5: "A gather of horses from the Paisley Desert HMA" (succinct and informative)
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As per the above checklist, there are no issues with this article and it's a GA.
Congratulations! --Seabuckthorn ♥ 21:08, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for the review! Dana boomer (talk) 23:35, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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