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Where do notable past news events go on the nominations list? I'd like to nominate [[Manila hostage crisis]]. It looks like GA standard to me but probably won't get through first time round, however I'd like an impartial editor to review the article with GA criteria as it currently stands. --[[User:Deryck Chan|Der]][[User talk:Deryck Chan|yck C.]] 01:09, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
Where do notable past news events go on the nominations list? I'd like to nominate [[Manila hostage crisis]]. It looks like GA standard to me but probably won't get through first time round, however I'd like an impartial editor to review the article with GA criteria as it currently stands. --[[User:Deryck Chan|Der]][[User talk:Deryck Chan|yck C.]] 01:09, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
:I strongly suggest that you start by saying on the article's talk page that you feel the article could be nominated for GA, and asking for input from editors who have contributed to it. [[User:Looie496|Looie496]] ([[User talk:Looie496|talk]]) 01:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
:I strongly suggest that you start by saying on the article's talk page that you feel the article could be nominated for GA, and asking for input from editors who have contributed to it. [[User:Looie496|Looie496]] ([[User talk:Looie496|talk]]) 01:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

== neutrality check for "Gery Chico" ==

Hi! Would someone please do a neutrality check on [[Gery Chico]]? Currently the article has a cleanup banner that mentions "COI" and "news release" concerns, and [[WP:RGA]] says that cleanup banners may make an article more likely to be quick-failed. I've tried my best to comply with Wikipedia's [[WP:NPOV]] standards, but I feel that I cannot remove the banner because I have a conflict of interest myself (I'm involved in one of the mayoral campaigns, not necessarily Chico's). Thus, I would appreciate it very much if an unbiased contributor would take a brief look at the article to see if it doesn't meet the quick-fail criteria. [[User:Geread|Geread]] ([[User talk:Geread|talk]]) 06:15, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

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Question on GAR

I've been away for more than a year, and I see that a bot has taken over the process of updating the GAN queue. How do I ensure it indicates the article I'm reviewing is on hold and uses my signature? JKBrooks85 (talk) 23:50, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back! The bot has picked up that it's on hold, as you've correctly changed the {{GA nominee}} template to show this; I think the bot can be a little myopic at detecting signatures on the review page, so I've copied yours higher up the page as well, and hopefully the bot will pick it up soon. If however someone could explain exactly what the bot needs to see to note who the reviewer is (and why the pre-loaded page with the reviewer's name automatically generated isn't enough), I'd like to know too. BencherliteTalk 00:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well this worked! BencherliteTalk 00:05, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes that is the key thing, there shouldn't be anything written above the sig if the bot is to pick up the reviewer. Also if a reviewer just creates a page but adds no content for a while, the GA report bot shows it as amalformed review. Jezhotwells (talk) 11:50, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

User:Silverskylines has been inactive for over a month. Would anyone mind if I took over the review? Adabow (talk · contribs) 05:44, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Go for it. I was going to but my activity will be patchy for a while. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:00, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations by indefinitely blocked former editor

As my former supervisors would say, we have an "opportunity" here. Racepacket (talk · contribs) was indefinitely blocked earlier today for copyright violations, and he's since retired when his unblock request was denied. He has currently nominated the following here at GAN (nominations reviewed and on hold in italics):

  1. Getty Villa
  2. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
  3. Band of the Hour
  4. Cornell Plantations
  5. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
  6. Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin
  7. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  8. Red Line (Washington Metro)
  9. Orange Line (Washington Metro)
  10. Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

I guess I'm asking the community what we'd like to do with the nominations. Given the recent concerns raised about his editing, I think some caution to look for copyvios may be warranted. Imzadi 1979  17:17, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm reviewing Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; it is on hold because of scope issues, and as of now is still far from reaching the necessary level for pass. Briefly looking at the other two Washington Metro articles, it seems unlikely they will pass of similar reasons (very short history section, in part lacking references) without a partial rework/expansion. Arsenikk (talk) 18:02, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The two currently under review should be failed; as for the others, they can still get a review, and can just be failed after review unless there's almost no issues. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 16:22, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps instead of failing it, send the GA hold notice to the appropriate WikiProjects (like they were the editor) and use the normal 7-day hold period. --AdmrBoltz 04:55, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Do we have any confidence whatsoever we're not considering articles chock-full of copyvios? Courcelles 05:04, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've failed Cornell Plantations, not for copyvio but for lack of third-party sourcing and excessive detail. I had already been looking at doing that review before knowing Racepacket was blocked/retired, but was wary of getting involved with him again (he didn't like my prior fail of Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science). Wasted Time R (talk) 15:23, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've failed the three Washington Metro-related articles. All three had partial lack of sources, and had severe lacks to the history section. Another reviewer seems to have failed Getty Villa. Arsenikk (talk) 16:14, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Failed two myself; Miami Project for copyvio, Band of the Hour for having almost no info. Only Phillips Petroleum remains. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 16:21, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like that everything has received a review and been failed. The only review currently open is the RSMAS article, and that will probably be closed as a fail before long. Thanks folks for pitching in. I went to review the Phillips article, and it was already failed. Imzadi 1979  16:32, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I reviewed and failed Getty Villa & Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art as they were nowhere near ready for GA status, also there were copyvio concerns. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:03, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Misunderstanding

User Bzuk has put up his hand to review it this page. However, when I requested him to actually review after a few days of inactivity, he said, "I am not the reviewer, merely an editor getting the article ready for review" on my talk page. It looks like that he doesn't know the process of reviewing that well. Could someone please delete the page Talk:Airbus A330/GA1 so somebody else will review the page? Thanks Sp33dyphil (TC • I love Wikipedia!) 09:24, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've deleted the review page, as it seemed that the "reviewer" had no intension of reviewing the articl. Please tell me if I've messed something up. Arsenikk (talk) 11:28, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Today I created the review, and the bot updated with the original date and the original reviewer. As I am sure this isn't the last time such a misunderstanding is going to happen, is there any way to easily fix this. Of course, we have better things to do than spend hours on such an issue, but if there is a simple solution, it would be nice. Arsenikk (talk) 12:16, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. I believe that once an entry for a review has been created, the bot reads the reviewer data from the database it has created. I am not sure if it would really slow it down if something has changed, i.e. the sig of the reviewer? Jezhotwells (talk) 13:34, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Section goes very sluggish

hello,

could someone review the articles in the section "Sports and recreation". It doesn't progress prudent like it should. Thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 10:06, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm hitting a few where I can. You're always welcome to grab a couple to review as well. Luckily 35 is actually lower than the sports section usually is. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 17:12, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Largely abandoned reviews by TeacherA

After a six-month absence from WP, TeacherA (talk · contribs) showed up four weeks ago and took on two reviews, Talk:Mitt Romney/GA1 and Talk:Christchurch, Dorset/GA1. The Christchurch one was never done, leading the nominator BarretBonden to ping TeacherA without response. The Romney one was done initially (in TeacherA's erratic and often cursory style; see his reviews in the past), and the nominator (me) and other editors quickly responded with comments and article changes as best we could, but TeacherA has been unresponsive since then, except for some brief comments a week ago that (as another editor pointed out) showed he hadn't actually looked at the changes that had been made to the article since the initial review. Nominators are expected to respond to GA reviews quickly (the 'hold' period is usually a week); shouldn't reviewers be held to the same?

Now, I and others have pointed out before on this page that TeacherA doesn't know what he's doing with GA reviews, and I've indicated my suspicions that TeacherA is actually a sock operation of some kind running a low-grade disruption game against the GA process. Regardless of whether that is true, is it possible to get a ban on TeacherA doing further reviews? And regardless of that, is it possible to get the two current and largely abandoned reviews reassigned to someone else? Thanks ... Wasted Time R (talk) 15:53, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ykraps is the nominator of Christchurch but I was concerned about the inactivity of TeacherA and was also going to ask if there was anyone else willing to take over the review. Would it be acceptable to remove the on review status from the GA nominee template? Barret (talk) 13:04, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You can, but unfortunately there's no way to get the bot to say it needs a new review; it'll still say TeacherA, but someone does need to go and review it, since he clearly won't. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 16:16, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Why not just change the page parameter from '1' to '2', and remove the "onreview" status? That way the bot recognises a new review. Or you could change the status to "2ndopinion". Adabow (talk · contribs) 04:08, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I will take over the Christchurch review and use the note parameter. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:30, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Any volunteers for the Romney review?Anythingyouwant (talk) 00:16, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Conan_(TV_series)

I'd be ready to review Conan_(TV_series), but List of Conan episodes shows that the 1st series started on November 8, 2010 and as of today (8 Feb 2011) shows 46 of to 56 (February 24, 2011) the titles and, for the last few shows, the music / entertainment have not been identified. I'm concerned that it may be premature to go for a GA - in addition to the titles and music / entertainment, I feel it would be to wait until we see further critics comments, whether there's a 2nd series, etc. What to others think? --Philcha 14:20, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, from what you have said, this might fail on lack of broadness, criterion #3. Suggest you discuss with the nominator. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:27, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why did GAbot "failed" and removed this entry? AJona1992 (talk) 18:23, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The bot doesn't like humans editing the WP:GAN page. As you can see from the "how to nominate an article" instructions, at the top of WP:GAN, you no longer need to edit the page directly. Just add the template to the article talkpage (which you have done) and the bot should pick it up in a few minutes. The article hasn't been actually "failed" though, just removed by the bot. As I say, it should add it back in a few minutes. --BelovedFreak 18:29, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
So I don't have to do anything, now? AJona1992 (talk) 18:31, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No, you shouldn't have to. I've tweaked the talk page template too: "|status=" shouldn't be set to "onreview" until a review is in place; "|page=" should have been "1" not "2" as there is no previous review at /GA1. BencherliteTalk 18:33, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Alright and thank you for clarifying the confussion. AJona1992 (talk) 18:35, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. Hopefully the bot won't reinsert the duff information next time, now that the talk page template is ok. BencherliteTalk 18:39, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Steph Cunningham

I'm reviewing Steph Cunningham, a soap character, at Talk:Steph Cunningham/GA1. I'd like other reviewers' opinions about section Steph Cunningham#Storyline. You may find WP:WikiProject Hollyoaks useful.

The section is too long and can be cut down. However, When writing about fictional characters the storylines don't need sources per :MOS:TV#Plot section it states: "Plot summaries do not normally require citations; the television show itself is the source, as the accuracy of the plot description can be verified by watching the episode in question. An exception to this rule may be shows containing plot details that are unclear or open to interpretation, in which case the different interpretations should be sourced to reliable sources." (I do know there are FA's have been accpeted without this. Over two hundred GA's too.)RAIN*the*ONE BAM 16:53, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, RAIN*the*ONE. Re "the television show itself is the source, as the accuracy of the plot description can be verified by watching the episode in question":
  • How can someone who didn't see the original broadcast check what happened? E.g is there a DVD set that includes all episodes in which Steph Cunningham appeared?
  • Steph Cunningham appeared in the show for 10 years - so about 510 weeks, about 2,550 episodes and about 1,275 hours (a little less than 2,550 episodes, see "Hollyoaks takes the leap into five nights" - Chester Chronicle). If another editor disagreed about the events or their interpretation, how could the deadlock be resolved? It's unlikely that a 3rd editor, even if he / she had a DVD of all the episodes, would want to check all the relevant ones. That is one of the functions of independent sources. --Philcha (talk) 13:22, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Review not shown

The review for John Endecott has not been listed by the bot on this page. Magic♪piano 16:33, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think the problem is that the template on the talk page of the article hasn't been altered to say "|status=onreview" or "|status=2ndopinion" (which from a look at the review might actually be what the reviewer wants). BencherliteTalk 16:55, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I tweaked the status, though the bot can't tell who the reviewer is. Not sure how to fix that. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 17:11, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've added the reviewer's signature towards the very top of the page; I don't think the bot picks it up if it's too low down, but I don't know how far down it looks before giving up. BencherliteTalk 17:19, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The bot does not pick up the reviewer signature unless it is one spaced line below the bottom of the template, as far as I can tell. It also needs a time stamp. Hopefully my edit has rectified this. The instructions seem to be quite simple to me, I am surprised at how many reviews turn out to be "malformed". All that is needed is to click the follow this link in the template and then write the review underneath. Quite a few reviewers appear to use a different "cut and paste" approach. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:14, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Personal attack

hello,

I reviewed the article Talk:2011 Australian Open/GA1 and all what I got are words like "thick" and "silly" even if I were friendly. I think I won't even start to review articles in GAN if I get such comments. Thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 19:14, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

not my fault you can't write properly — Preceding unsigned comment added by KnowIG (talkcontribs)
I don't think the reactions by KnowIG are very helpful -- but I also respectfully suggest that Greatorangepumpkin does not appear to have good enough English skills to be doing GA reviews. This is not, after all, the Simple English version of Wikipedia. Looie496 (talk) 20:36, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with GOP, the comments KnowIG has left on the GA page are not acceptable, even if GOP's English skills are not of a high standard. I have warned the KnowIG; GOP, I recommend you fail the article since KnowIG is not going to address them sensibly. wackywace 21:27, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it appears that User:KnowIG has been blocked for one week due to incivility. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:20, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And I've deleted Talk:Svetlana Kuznetsova/GA1 (article nominated by GOP, review page created by KnowIG with the text "and don't expect me to be nice.") using that well-known speedy deletion criteria WP:POINT. BencherliteTalk 00:28, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I responsed to the comments, but now in a nasty language.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 13:27, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Diff. Hardly sensible to carry on in the same aggressive manner, let alone boast about it here, particularly when KnowIG has been blocked for incivility – do you need to be warned as well? And continuing the review in that manner isn't going to help when KnowIG comes back after his block. I strongly suggest that you either drop this review and let someone else take over, to avoid future conflict between the two of you, or at the very least undo your last comments and reply in a more constructive manner. BencherliteTalk 14:09, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
OK, but it really bugs me if someone speak me with as if were a clown. I think I leave the prose to someone else whose english is better than mine.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:13, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GOP has agreed to withdraw from the review, so I've collapsed the previous discussion and edited the "|note=" parameter to request a new reviewer, although it will be a while before KnowIG is able to attend to it. BencherliteTalk 14:29, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

News

Where do notable past news events go on the nominations list? I'd like to nominate Manila hostage crisis. It looks like GA standard to me but probably won't get through first time round, however I'd like an impartial editor to review the article with GA criteria as it currently stands. --Deryck C. 01:09, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I strongly suggest that you start by saying on the article's talk page that you feel the article could be nominated for GA, and asking for input from editors who have contributed to it. Looie496 (talk) 01:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

neutrality check for "Gery Chico"

Hi! Would someone please do a neutrality check on Gery Chico? Currently the article has a cleanup banner that mentions "COI" and "news release" concerns, and WP:RGA says that cleanup banners may make an article more likely to be quick-failed. I've tried my best to comply with Wikipedia's WP:NPOV standards, but I feel that I cannot remove the banner because I have a conflict of interest myself (I'm involved in one of the mayoral campaigns, not necessarily Chico's). Thus, I would appreciate it very much if an unbiased contributor would take a brief look at the article to see if it doesn't meet the quick-fail criteria. Geread (talk) 06:15, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]