Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Gery Chico/1
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This article has gone through two GANs and a peer review. It failed both GANs, in part, due to the fact that I have a conflict of interest with the topic. I am a former volunteer on the campaign of Mr. Chico, and there are concerns that this COI has hampered my ability to present a sufficiently broad and neutral biography of this politician. However, I object to the notion that this article in its current state cannot even be considered in the regular GAN process. In fact, I also do not believe that my prior involvement in this person's political campaign automatically constitutes a conflict of interest that is harmful to Wikipedia. WP:COI suggests that "closeness to a subject does not mean you're incapable of being neutral, but it may incline you towards some bias."
Having said that, it is comforting that Jezhotwells took the time to check much of the article against the GA criteria. However, the COI, while influential in determining compliance with WP:NPOV, should not be a deciding factor in the outcome of a GAN. The GAN process is an assessment of the article, not the nominator. I therefore submit this article for community GAR. Geread (talk) 05:50, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
- Overturn and promote I did not find the article biased, which is the issue. It contained many of the failings and detracting elements of his life in full encyclopedic detail. I don't know any major controversies that were overlooked. I did not note any given examples of remaining artifacts of biased contributions.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:06, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
- Full disclosure, I am the director of WP:CHICAGO, and overlooked a request to comment on this issue when it was raised at Wikipedia_talk:CHICAGO#Gery_Chico. I believe the article was largely failed due to my oversight of this requested opinion.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:06, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
- I have added several projects to the talk page so that others will be able to respond to such requests in the future.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:11, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
- Comment: I am glad that Geread has brought this here. My concern is with whether the article meets the broad coverage criterion. AS it was mostly written by an associate of Mr. Chico, I found it impossible to determine whether this had been met. I received a few comments after asking for second opinion, but none that specifically addressed this. I am happy to wait for the input of the community. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:12, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
- Comment. Lead does not adequately cover the article per WP:Lead, thus failing criteria 1(b). I wondered why the subject was notable from the lead, though there is stuff, such as Outstanding School Board President which are interesting which are not mentioned in the lead. There is a neutrality tag on the article that has been there since Nov 2010 - that would need to be addressed before the article could be passed as GA due to criteria 4. Is this topic notable enough for a Wikipedia article? I've just read through it again and I'm struck by how little this chap has done that would be of interest to people who don't know him. He doesn't meet WP:POLITICIAN. The sources used are purely local. Has there been any coverage of this person outside of the Chicago area? SilkTork *Tea time 12:03, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for your comments. I have added info on the award to the lead. The very purpose of this GAR is to resolve the neutrality issue (see above statements and previous GANs), and the notability issue is currently being debated at AFD. Geread (talk) 05:36, 29 May 2011 (UTC)