Talk:1983 Kiribati presidential election/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: Thebiguglyalien (talk · contribs) 03:02, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Fritzmann2002 (talk · contribs) 01:39, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, I'll be reviewing this article shortly! Fritzmann (message me) 01:39, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

This looks like it'll be a pretty straightforward review, I am using the 1982 and 1987 articles as comparison and on a first run-through I don't see any major issues. Fritzmann (message me) 17:17, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Prose

• "After winning re-election and serving a term" serving a second term?
  • I went with "a full term".
• The very last sentence of the lead is a bit confusing to me. I don't have any background knowledge so the chronology is a touch blurry as a first-time reader
  • I removed it. It's mostly relevant to the 1987 election.
• I would start background with the first time Tabai was elected, and perhaps a sentence or two on who he is
  • Done.
• "The short-lived political party Wiia I-Kiribati was created afterwards" I'm not understanding the correlation here; is this a party he created because of low support or an opposition party?
  • Specified "opposition party"
• I split the sentence starting "Wiia I-Kiribati justified its decision..." let me know if it looks alright
  • Looks good.
• Is there a possible redlink for the 1980 labour strike?
  • Done.
• "was allegedly weary with politics" Who alleged this? Attribution is likely warranted
  • Attributed.
• Is there any information on the platforms of Teannaki or Tentoa?
  • No, they were minor candidates, so not much is written about their role here.
• I notice the other election year articles have more information on the candidates' campaign. Was there a lack of campaigning in this election because it followed a vote of no confidence? If so, are there any sources that state that so it can be mentioned?
  • All I was able to find is that his victory was "never in doubt", so I added something to that effect. My suspicion is that they hadn't been prepared for campaigning since the sequence of events was so sudden, but I have nothing to base that on except a hunch.

References

• The 1982 and 1987 articles have a news piece from Pacific Islands Monthly on the results; have you checked to see if any such sources exist for this year?
  • I double checked; not much, but I added one minor detail about Teannaki retaining his vice president position after the election
• Schutz 1983 verifies its claims; Van Trease 1993 verifies the election statistics at ref 10. Neither spotcheck yielded issues so assuming good faith on the references I don't have access to.
  • I don't think additional spot checks are necessary given the very small number of sources, but note that Ghai can be borrowed for free with an Internet Archive account, while Macdonald and Somoza are available through WP:LIBRARY.

Summary

Just a few small prose fixes and a reference query to address, and then this will all be good to promote. This was a pleasant read and review, thanks for an excellent article! Fritzmann (message me) 17:17, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Fritzmann2002, that should be everything. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 05:17, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Thebiguglyalien, thanks for the quick response, promoting now. Congrats! Fritzmann (message me) 12:08, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.