Talk:Henryk Sienkiewicz/GA1

Latest comment: 10 years ago by Pyrotec in topic GA Review

GA Review edit

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Reviewer: Pyrotec (talk · contribs) 07:08, 3 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

I will review. Pyrotec (talk) 07:08, 3 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

Initial comments edit

I've now done a very quick initial read of this nomination, but I've not checked any citations / references nor copyright status of images, and on this basis it appears to be at or about GA-level. However, there is a {{disambiguation}} flag that aught to be addressed.

I'm now started a more detailed review of the article against WP:WIAGA, starting at the Life section and finishing with the Lead. This is likely to take another day or so, at least. Pyrotec (talk) 18:52, 12 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

  • Life -
    • Early years & Travels abroad -
  • These two subsections look OK.
    • Return to Poland -
Krynica has a {{disambiguation}} flag dated May 2013. It would be helpful if this could be addressed.
  • Otherwise, this subsection looks OK.
    • Later years -

....Stopping for now. To be continued. Pyrotec (talk) 19:22, 12 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

I'm traveling out of town at the moment in remote areas with limited Internet access, should be able to address above in a few days. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 19:08, 13 July 2013 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the update. I hope to finish this part of the review either today or tomorrow; and then I'll wait for your return. Pyrotec (talk) 12:10, 14 July 2013 (UTC)Reply
    • Later years & Death -
  • These two subsections look OK.
  • Work -
  • This section looks OK.
  • Recognition & Selected works -
  • These two sections look OK.
  • For an article of this length the lead is rather "thin", so I'm not too convinced that it is compliant with WP:Lead as it makes no attempt to summarise some of the material given in the body of the article, such as Sienkiewicz's (paid for) travels abroad. I'd like to see a bit more detail in the summary, so I'd suggest that it be expanded to three paragraphs and his travels abroad (and Nobel prize) be added. Pyrotec (talk) 17:18, 14 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

At this point I'm putting the review "On Hold". In order to make GA-status the lead needs to be addressed and once that has been done I'll award it a GA. The disambiguation aught to be addresses, but its not mandatory to achieve GA. Pyrotec (talk) 17:18, 14 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

@Pyrotec - thanks for the review, I expanded the lead and piped the disambig. I hope it is fine now, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:21, 15 July 2013 (UTC)Reply
Yes, thanks. It's much better now. Pyrotec (talk) 19:27, 23 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

Overall summary edit

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


An informative and well referenced article.

  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. Has an appropriate reference section:  
    B. Citation to 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 tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:  
    B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:  
  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail:  

I'm awarding this article GA-status. Congratulations on a "fine" article. Pyrotec (talk) 19:32, 23 July 2013 (UTC)Reply