Talk:Birmingham Quran manuscript/GA1

GA Review

Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch

Reviewer: Midnightblueowl (talk · contribs) 11:44, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm no expert in this subject by any means, but I do find it interesting and thus I'll take on this review if I may. Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:44, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	There are several errors of punctuation throughout the article, for instance "to 632,[12] According".
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.	There are some sections without references, and even with 'citation needed' tags.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).	As above.
	2c. it contains no original research.	The non-referenced information might constitute original research; at present that is unclear.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.	I'm unsure about the validity of File:مقارنة مخطوط برمنغهام بالقرآن الكريم.jpg and File:Birmingham Quran manuscript - closeup.jpg, and would like to see them both checked out by someone who knows all about the use of images on Wikipedia (there is no U.S. public domain license specified, for instance).
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
	7. Overall assessment.	There's clearly been a lot of good work that has been done here. That being said, I don't feel able to award it GA status at this juncture, due to the various issues (admittedly, most of them fairly minor) that currently mar the page. I'd suggest sorting out these various problems and then re-submitting the article for GAN, perhaps at a time when more academic, peer-reviewed material on the manuscript has seen publication. Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:00, 12 October 2015 (UTC)