Talk:Margaret Chin

Margaret Chin has been listed as one of the Social sciences and society good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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Date	Process	Result
February 1, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed

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DYI Nomination

Hong, how do we get this nominated for Did You Know? MMetro (talk) 07:05, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Check here for selection criteria: Wikipedia:Did_you_know#Selection_criteria. And if you think it qualifies, then nominate here: T:TDYK#How_to_list_a_new_nomination. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 15:30, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Margaret Chin/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jhfortier (talk) 05:32, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
Prose could use some work to improve the overall flow, as there are some awkward sentences.

I've done some updating to clarify sentences and re-organize the article a bit, to make it easier to expand this article (as her term(s) in office progress).
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
Article overall just doesn't feel balanced. No mention of criticisms of her policies, no campaign issues, opponent attacks, or controversial views.

She has only been in office for a month, so there isn't much media coverage of what she has done. There are probably specific details I can include of her run for office in terms of how her opponents might have attacked her. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 08:24, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Further research on this sunject has confirmed that as a newly-minted politician, few controversial events or decisions have been reported. As her term progresses, I'm sure more information will be added by User:HongQiGong and others, who seem to update this page reliably and as neutrally as possible.

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
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):
It would be nice to have an image or two, although not completely necessary. There must be a free-use image of Ms. Chin available.

I have tried very hard to find free images of her without success. As you may be aware, the restrictions of what images can be uploaded has become increasingly strict, especially for living persons. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 08:24, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Pass. This article is sufficiently detailed to cover available information about Ms. Chin. As her terms progress, no doubt the article will expand, but for now it meets GA criteria. Congratulations to the contributing editors.

Thanks! Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 04:27, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Communist ties in her past

She used to be in the Maoist Communist Workers' Party.

http://www.city-journal.org/article02.php?aid=1606

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/1593