Talk:Global justice/GA1

GA Reassessment

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GA Sweeps: Delisted

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I believe the article currently has multiple issues that need to be addressed, and as a result, I have delisted the article. Normally I would leave the article on hold, but it looks like the entire article needs a re-write based on the suggestions below. Add additional citations from a variety of sources to provide a balanced representation of the information present. Perhaps sources can be pulled from the main articles linked to within the article. Look to books, magazines, newspaper articles, other websites, etc. Although the article has been delisted, the article can be return to GA status by addressing the below points. Once sources are added and cleanup is done, I recommend renominating the article at WP:GAN. If you disagree with this assessment, a community consensus can be reached at WP:GAR. If you need clarification or assistance with any of these issues, please contact me on my talk page and I'll do my best to help you out. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 07:12, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

1. The lead needs to be expanded to better summarize the article. See WP:LEAD for guidelines.
2. Address the POV tag which has been there since November 2008. The article asks readers questions, declares various ideology, and seems to be written as an essay.
3. "Many people believe they have more important duties to family members, friends and compatriots than to strangers and foreigners." Needs source. May be true, but the claim "many people" without a source is using weasel words.
4. "But are they right to endorse such partiality?" Questions should not be asked in the text unless it is within a quote or sourced as a fundamental question to the topic.
5. "Three related questions, concerning the scope of justice, justice in the distribution of wealth and other goods, and the institutions responsible for justice, are central to the problem of global justice." Says who? Specify.
6. An explanation is needed beyond the questions in the "Central questions" section.
7. "1.1 billion people — 18% of humanity — live below the World Bank's $2/day poverty line while the Canadian government provides farmers with $3/per cattle for food." Why is Canada singled out here? I'm assuming its mentioned in the source, but if poverty is going to be discussed a worldwide view needs to be focused on.
8. "So the food we consume, is eating better than the people in the 3rd world countries." It's generally not a good idea to use "we", the article should be written as an impartial author.
9. "Is this distribution of wealth and other goods just?" Words should not be italicized in the text for emphasis as it could appear to be pushing POV.
10. "Five main positions — realism, particularism, nationalism, the society of states tradition, and cosmopolitanism (in two forms) — have been taken by contributors to the global justice debate." A source is needed for this.
11. The "Main positions" section is undersourced. A lot of claims are made, especially for the different types of positions, but no citations are provided verifying the views.
12. A lot of the book sources are missing page numbers. Some of the online references are improperly formatted.
13. The dead links should be fixed. The Internet Archive can help.