Wikipedia:Peer review/Odessa/archive1

Odessa[edit]

Need some ideas on how to improve. Please comment. 11kowrom 00:05, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at WP:LEAD. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.
The two pictures and and the infobox near the top squish the text. Spread them out a bit.
"Odessa has always possessed a spirit of freedom and ironic humour, probably by virtue of its location and its willingness to accept and tolerate people of many different backgrounds." Needs a source. Otherwise it might violate WP:NOR
Per WP:CONTEXT and WP:BTW, years with full dates should be linked; for example, link January 15, 2006, but do not link January 2006.
There are several paragraphs that are too short, which sometimes disrupts the flow of the article. These should either be expanded or merged.
Per WP:MOS, the first letters of words in heading should not be capitalized unless: 1) it is a proper noun or 2) it is the first word of the heading.
Per WP:MOSNUM, there should be a no-break space -   between a number and the unit of measurement. For example, instead of 18mm, use 18 mm, which when you are editing the page, should look like: 18 mm.
It really needs quite a few more inline citations. Also, ==Further reading== is only for works not used as references. If you reference it, it should go in ==References==
For more ideas, compare to the FA's here
Hope that helps - The Catfish 03:11, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

this review made possible by AndyZ's templates

In response to AndyZ's bullet point about date links. This can be done easily using a 'dates' tab in edit mode. Simply copy the entire contents of User:Bobblewik/monobook.js to your own monobook. You will also get a 'units' tab. Hope that helps. bobblewik 19:27, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The lead needs to be much longer - see WP:LEAD.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 00:05, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]