Talk:Battle of White Marsh/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Magic♪piano 13:52, 28 January 2010 (UTC) GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   Inconsistency in British troop strength (infobox:14,000 vs. article text:10,000); one uncited paragraph.

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   I'd like to see a little more background; three sentences or so on why and how Howe got to Philadelphia.

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

   I get a sense that American units involved are identified more completely than British units. I realize this is somewhat complicated when light infantry units from different regiments are brigaded together. But if we know e.g. what troops (by regiment) Robert Abercromby was leading, they should be identified. The identification is generally good enough that I wouldn't stop a GA on this count.

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   Images needing description updates: File:Emlen house.jpg (needs a date of creation/publication), File:Battle of whitemarsh map.jpg (should have {{Information}} template), File:PA-MONTCO-FTWASHINGTON-WISSAHICKON.JPG (info was mangled when copied to Commons)

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

   The end of the article could use an image (perhaps moving the Wissahickon Creek image down there, or providing another).

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

   Overall very good, but a few relatively modest issues to address. GA is on hold. Magic♪piano 15:24, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Since it has been more than two weeks since my review, and most of the issues I raised have not been addressed, I am closing this review. Article is not promoted to GA. Magic♪piano 00:45, 15 February 2010 (UTC)