Talk:Murder of Davontae Williams/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: DMT biscuit (talk) 01:21, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Comments:

Lead

• "who died of malnutrition in 2004 at his apartment..."→"who, in 2004, died of malnutritiion..."

Background

• "There were allegations that Coleman had been sexually abused as a toddler by her foster parents". Allegations by whom? Friends, family? CPS or other official bodies?

• "A cousin stabbed Coleman in the back when she was eleven years old.[3] A relative provided Coleman with drugs and alcohol when she was in her teens.[2]" → "As a preteen, Coleman was stabbed* by a cousin.[3] In her teens, she would be provided with drugs and alcohol by another relative".

• I excluded the detail of the stab occurring in her back, as the way it was wondered may lead to some interpreting the sentence as noting betrayal instead of literally describing the attack.

• "As a young adult, she went to prison twice, once for burglary and once for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.[1]" add this after the mention of drugs and join the two paras.

• "She was 14 when her son Davontae was born prematurely; he had developmental disabilities" → " She was 14 when her son Davontae was born prematurely and with developmental disabilities."

July 26, 2004

• Rename the section to Murder

Initial comments done. Copyvio, spot checks and source reviews still to occur and will likely be accompanied by additional comments but at moment it seems to be in very good quality. DMT biscuit (talk) 02:22, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for this feedback. I've addressed the above, except for the change in wording about born prematurely and with developmental disabilities. I don't think I can say he was born with developmental problems; many of the developmental complications of prematurity occur after birth. I particularly appreciate the catch on "stabbed in the back", as I didn't carefully consider the meaning of that idiom when I wrote it. Larry Hockett (Talk) 03:37, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for providing an explanation, @Larry Hockett:. I've checked the sources and possibility of copyvio and all seems to be good; spot checks were similarly fine with one exception which is noted below. Fix that and the article will pass. Good work. DMT biscuit (talk) 12:23, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Copyvio

• Article passes. It's currently said to have a 10% ranking on Earwig's Copyvio Detector, indicating that violation is unlikely. DMT biscuit (talk) 12:07, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Source review

• All sources appear to be reliable, under GA criteria. Note: [1] [4] and [16] have bare URLs instead of the names of publications/websites etc. May want to fix this to have a consistent cite style, but this isn't necessary under GA criteria. DMT biscuit (talk) 12:07, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Spot checks

• Almost all good. In Marcella and Davontae Williams biographies, I was unable to find that [5] supported Davontae being born prematurely and having developmental disabilities. DMT biscuit (talk) 12:23, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. I really bungled the reference in that sentence, but I have now addressed it. (I added one ref for the birth year and one for the prematurity and developmental disabilities.) Larry Hockett (Talk) 21:58, 15 February 2021 (UTC)