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May 21, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 4, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Thored, ealdorman of southern Northumbria, disappears from the historical records after being charged with leading a fleet against marauding Vikings?

GA Review[edit]

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Starting GA review Jezhotwells (talk) 18:50, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Quick fail criteria assessment

The article completely lacks reliable sources – see Wikipedia:Verifiability.
The topic is treated in an obviously non-neutral way – see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view.
There are cleanup banners that are obviously still valid, including cleanup, wikify, NPOV, unreferenced or large numbers of fact, clarifyme, or similar tags.
The article is or has been the subject of ongoing or recent, unresolved edit wars.
The article specifically concerns a rapidly unfolding current event with a definite endpoint.

Pass quickfail criteria Jezhotwells (talk) 19:04, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Checking against GA criteria[edit]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):
This article is not reasonably well written. There are many errors of grammar throughout. I recommend that you enlist a copy editor at WP:Peer_review/volunteers#General_copyediting. I shall place the article on hold for seven days. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:07, 18 May 2009 (UTC) I have performed more copy editing and the article is now reasonably well written. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:50, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
b (MoS):
OK
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references):
checked as far as is possible. ~~The ISBN checksums do not check. Please address this. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:03, 19 May 2009 (UTC)~~ OK now Jezhotwells (talk) 23:22, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
b (citations to reliable sources):
OK
c (OR):
No evidence of OR
It is broad in its scope.
a (major aspects):
Broad in scope
b (focused):
Focussed
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
NPOV
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.:
Stable
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):
Images OK, but there is no description on the image page for the coins. I have templated the uploader Jezhotwells (talk) 20:03, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
~~Please enlist help to copy edit as cited above Jezhotwells (talk) 19:07, 18 May 2009 (UTC)~~ ~~Just the ISBNs of the books need checking and amending. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:03, 19 May 2009 (UTC)~~ Ok, all good now, congratulations, passed as GA Jezhotwells (talk) 23:22, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've given this article a copy-edit. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 20:42, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]