Talk:North Carolina Council of State/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: NSNW (talk · contribs) 04:05, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

This one will start soon as well. NSNW (talk) 04:05, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it well written?

   A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:

   B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:

2. Is it verifiable with no original research?

   A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

   B. All in-line citations are from reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines:

   C. It contains no original research:

   D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:

   B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):

4. Is it neutral?

   It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:

5. Is it stable?

   It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:

6. Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Prose

Lead

• "The Council of State includes the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Labor and Commissioner of Insurance."; continue the Oxford comma with one more after 'Commissioner of Labor'.
  • Done.
• "Under North Carolina's first constitution as a state of the United States the Council of State comprised seven persons"; add a comma after 'United States'.
  • Done.

History

• "The president, in their legislative capacities, also signed all laws passed by the legislature"; improper use of a plural tense, that being 'capacities', which in this context should be 'capacity'.
  • Done.
• "A new constitution was adopted in 1868, and provided for Council of State to comprise six popularly-elected executive officials"; this doesn't sound right, rewrite 'and provided for Council of State to comprise six' as 'and provided that the Council of State should comprise of six'.
  • Done.
• "Council of State could disapprove of and block decisions of the governor"; article misusage, change it to 'block the decisions of the governor'.
  • Done.
• "Janice H. Faulkner was the first woman to serve on council"; another article misusage, should be 'the council'.
  • Done.

Structure

• "All serve as the chief executive of their own departments."; 'own' is redundant, remove it.
  • Changed to "respective".
• "They are elected to four year terms"; hyphenate 'four year'.
  • Done.
• "Contested elections for any of these offices are resolved by joint vote of the General Assembly"; missing an 'a' after 'resolved by'.
  • Done.
• "The council retains a staff which records the minutes of each meeting"; add a comma after 'staff'.
  • Done.

That's all I've got. Another nice job. NSNW (talk) 22:36, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

• @NSNW: I've responded to your comments. -Indy beetle (talk) 01:39, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

  Good. Passing NSNW (talk) 17:56, 31 January 2023 (UTC)