Talk:2011 OPERA faster-than-light neutrino anomaly/GA3

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Reviewer: Ed! (talk · contribs) 11:57, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, while this article is incredibly detailed and very technically written, it currently meets the Quick-fail criterion that it lacks Inline citations. I will list here a few tips for anyone seeking to improve the article for the next time it is put up for GAN.

• The article does have a references section, but we require Inline citations to secondary sources, preferably third-party neutral sources to verify content. Anything likely to be challenged should have a direct reference to where it can be verified independently, and in a technical page like this, it's probably best to cite anything that isn't in a layman's understanding.
• The "Notes" section, which seems to be the current stand-in for said references, contains a lot of discussion which in and of itself also needs to be referenced. I think I understand the format the editor(s) were going for here, but the references are used too vaguely to be used effectively to gather the information independently. What we tend to look for is each individual detail or sentence likely to be challenged be backed up by a page number to a work, or link if online. As is, entire sections of text don't mention or include a reference.
• The article reads something like a lecture. "Discussions within the OPERA collaboration" section for example reads like an editorial. The problem will be better fixed with referencing formats, but would benefit most from being reworded in the most neutral language possible.

Again, it's not a question of content per se, as the article seems well formatted with the necessary information. It's just a matter of format which needs to be reworked substantially. —Ed!^(talk) 12:19, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

• A driveby comment—more links please! In the lead alone these should be linked: neutrinos, OPERA, CERN, LNGS, GPS. Sasata (talk) 18:14, 14 January 2012 (UTC)