Talk:University of Kentucky/GA1

GA Review

This is the first GA review that I have done... so if there are any problems or issues, just let me know because I am just trying to figure it out! Thanks for your patience!

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Reviewer: Amgisseman(BYU) (talk · contribs) 19:02, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): There are a few edits that need to be made as noted in the comments section.

   b See comments below. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): some sources not working, see below

   b (citations to reliable sources):

   c (OR):Missing a number of citations, see below.

   d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects):

   b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales):

   b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall: This article needs some work if it is going to be promoted for GA.

   Pass/Fail:

Comments

• For an article of this size, the lead could be expanded.
• Clarifications
  1. The sentence in "University origins" that begins with "An earlier color set..." should be edited as to not repeat the same word twice. Also, I think that sentence would fit better at the beginning of that paragraph to flow chronologically.
  2. Could use some clarity about the sentence that states "The extension service became a model of the federally mandated programs that were required beginning in 1914."
  3. "...the university led to the creation of the College of Home Economics..." The wording here is unclear because the university itself did not lead to the creation of the department.
  4. Just as a question, why are some words kept in brackets? ex: Ashland [municipal] Junior College
  5. In the reference section, what does this mean " .profile_pic img { width:auto; height:70px; }" found in the "Record numbers, quality mark..." citation

• Citations
  1. According to Wikipedia:Embedded citations, "You should not add a descriptive title to an embedded HTML link within an article. Instead, when giving an embedded link as a source within an article, simply enclose the URL in square brackets...However, you should add a descriptive title when an external link is offered in the References, Further reading, or External links section." There should not be a hyperlink to the School of Human Environmental Sciences or to Media Depot. The external site may be used as a reference or in the external links section, but should not be included in the article like they are..
  2. Information that needs to be cited

• The information in the first paragraph under "University Origins"
• "University of Kentucky Extension Centers in Fort Knox (1958), Cumberland (1960), and Henderson (1960) followed." and the paragraph that follows that sentence.
• " Two years later, the Board of Trustees implements the legislation and established the Community College System, creating centers in Covington, Ashland, Fort Knox, Cumberland, Henderson and Elizabethtown. In 1969, the Patterson Office Tower was completed, currently the tallest building on campus."
• "In 1979, the University of Kentucky hosted the first Kentucky Women Writers Conference, which is now the longest-running conference of its kind. The Kentucky Women Writers Conference is now in its 31st year."
• " The other colleges were merged with the Kentucky Technical College system and were placed under a separate board of control."
• "The plan would also spur technological advancements due to university-based research and increase the marketability of the state to investors." Along with other information on the Top 20
• "The University of Kentucky hosts the annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. The 2008 conference (April 17–19) was the 61st annual."
• "Students enrolled at the university who have no affiliation with a particular college are assigned to the Dean of Undergraduate Studies and the advising unit, Undergraduate Studies, in the Division of Undergraduate Education."
• "The University of Kentucky strives for a diverse and international student population, with a selective admissions process."
• "WRFL is operated by students and broadcasts live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and features music that is spread across most genres."
• "The Kentuckian was preceded by at least one previous book, the Echo."
• "Here, students have access to a digital media space when available that includes recording equipment, editing stations with specialized media software, and technical support for students' development of their academic media projects. This space is located in the Hub at the William T. Young Library. The Media Depot is funded by the Student Technology Fee."
• "University of Kentucky student-athletes compete as the Wildcats under colors Kentucky blue and white."
• Most of the information in the "Athletics" section
• "The network of community colleges is now known as the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Adjoining Lexington Community College, despite the reorganization of the community colleges, remained integrated with the university, but separated from the University of Kentucky in 2004 and became a part of KCTCS; it is now known as Bluegrass Community and Technical College."
• "Among them is the William T. Young Library, which houses the university's social sciences, humanities and life sciences collections; the library also acts as a federal depository and a public library for the Commonwealth of Kentucky:"

• Spelling/Grammar errors
  1. "University origins": "which research" -> "which researches"
  2. "Agricultural Extension service" -> "Agricultural Extension Service"
  3. "The Student Center" -> "the Student Center"
  4. "1955,when" -> "1955, when"
  5. "masters -> master's
  6. "honorific programs of excellence " (to avoid puffery)

These have all been corrected. --Steven Williamson (HiB2Bornot2B) - talk ▓▒░ Go Big Blue! ░▒▓

• The images in the photo should be spaced out and perhaps alternated on left and right in order to be more aesthetically pleasing. Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images, "Images should ideally be spread evenly within the article, and relevant to the sections they are located in." The images in the "Contemporary History Section" just seem to be stacked on top of each other. I think there is room to rearrange those.

• Wikilinks
  1. Watch the number of times you have a wikilink for one thing. Generally, you should only link to something once in an article and the Kentucky General Assembly is linked to several times (along with James Kennedy Patterson, Transylvania University, United States, William T. Young Library, etc.
  2. I feel like there are is some over linking done in this article like linking to the United States or to FM, which are broad and common knowledge. Maybe that's just my opinion, so feel free to double check against the rules of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking

• These sites didn't work for me

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

• This site didn't have the information the article states about Tally Cats[20], and this general site for the athletics doesn't necessarily state that the university has said athletic programs. [21]. In addition, this site [22] doesn't provide the information it is cited to either, only perhaps through searching in the toolbar. Same problem with this general site [23].

Placing the review on hold. Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 21:02, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

• [User:HiB2Bornot2B|HiB2Bornot2B], Amgiesseman won't be editing for a bit, so I'm following up with this review. Do you plan to further edit the page? Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 15:47, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Failed review

There is still information that is uncited and edits that haven't been made. There are still links included as references that don't work. Please continue editing the page and resubmit for GA. Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 19:29, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the review. I unfortunately got busy with other things so this had to go on the back-burner. I will resubmit when the problems have been addressed. --Steven Williamson (HiB2Bornot2B) - talk ▓▒░ Go Big Blue! ░▒▓ 20:06, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

ugly logo and heraldry

tell them to STUDY Graphic Design