Talk:Christian Geiger/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 21:41, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

I'll take up this review too. Judging by the size of this article it won't take long and if it makes GA it could be one of the shortest. I'll leave down some initial comments within 48 hours as I have another GAR before this. I could review this one first to get it out of the way... I focus on copyediting issues. Thanks ☠ Jaguar ☠ 21:41, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   It is well referenced.

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

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:

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

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Sorry for the delay, it won't happen again as I'm not busy any more.

Initial comments

Lead

• The lead is far too short for GA material - just like Toby Kane, perhaps this could be expanded to explain his career?
  •  Done Expanded the lead. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:23, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
• "He was Jessica Gallagher's guide skier at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, winning a bronze medal.[1]" - if the lead is expanded then it would be in best practise to remove/relocate this reference to the main article per WP:LEAD and most other GAs!
  •  Done Moved the stray reference out of the lead. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:23, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Personal

• "Geiger was born on 29 March 1988 in Australia, but lived in Austria until he was eight." - is there any information on where he was born? And both countries should be linked! (Australia, Austria)
  • I don't have anything on where he was born. Everything says "Bright, Victoria"; this where he currently lives. I have this problem with several; athletes. I'll be asking the APC to collect birth places next time. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:23, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
  • We don't link the names of the countries per WP:OVERLINK. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:23, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
• "He suffered severe injuries to his arm, spleen and liver as well as serious brain trauma, and was in an induced coma for a week" - grammatically this isn't great, how about He suffered severe injuries to his arm, spleen and liver as well as serious brain trauma. As a result, was in an induced coma for a week
  •  Done Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:23, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
• "It was months before he could walk, talk and eat by himself again" - I'm worried about the quality of this sentence - how about It took months before he could walk, talk and eat independently
  •  Done Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:23, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Skiing

• Not important, but do you think this section could be renamed 'Career' or should it be left as Skiing as it is his only career?
  • By using "Skiing", the articles are consistent with each other.
• While the prose is generally good, could this section be expanded slightly to mention more of his career? As part of the GA criteria, length isn't a problem but the scale of the content is. I think this section (and the lead) could do with more content?
  •  Done Expanded the lead. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:23, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

On hold

There are a few problems before this can be promoted to GA, the most important concern is that the lead and Skiing section could be expanded a little to mention more of his career? I'll put this on hold for seven days and if all f those issues I have mentioned above will be addressed then this article should have no problem passing the GAN! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 10:46, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Close - promoted

Well done on all the work. The prose has improved and the length issue has been addressed to - the lead has definitely improved and for the size of this article the biography and the career is as extensive as it can be. It now meets the GA criteria. Thank you for addressing those points so quickly! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 18:25, 13 April 2014 (UTC)