Talk:Kate Bosworth/GA1

GA Review

Lead

• "She appeared in Robert Redford's 1998 film The Horse Whisperer." I find this second line a bit odd, unless this is what she is most famous for. If so, I'd link it to the first line. Or perhaps it was her first role. However, I'll wait for your reply here.
  • That was her first role, see here. But, I can expand it if you want. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:26, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• "Bosworth starred in the television series Young Americans, in which she played Bella Banks, though, the series was cancelled at the end of the summer." No need for comma after though. "end of the summer" does not mean anything out of context of the year, which isn't mentioned here.
  • Fixed. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:26, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• "In her personal life, Bosworth has dated actors Matt Czuchry (2000–2002) and Orlando Bloom (2002–2005)." Lose the brackets and turn to prose or simply lose the years, i.e. "In her personal life, Bosworth has dated actors Matt Czuchry, from 2000 to 2002, and Orlando Bloom, from 2002 to 2005." or "In her personal life, Bosworth has dated actors Matt Czuchry and Orlando Bloom.
  • Fixed. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:36, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• "She is currently dating English model turned singer-songwriter James Rousseau." Remove currently per WP:DATE. "She is" does the exact job that "currently" does, it's a superfluous word.
  • Fixed. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:26, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Early life

• What's Hingham?
  • Have no clue and has been removed. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:26, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• "While attending Cohasset High School (from which she graduated in 2001)," lose the brackets again.
  • Fixed. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:26, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

The box under her photo says she was born in 1987. It is a completely different birthdate and year from the description in the article.Mylittlezach (talk) 15:51, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

That was a quick fix, but now I realize that the birthdate is incorrect in the first sentence after her name as well.Mylittlezach (talk) 15:55, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Career

• "She subsequently had a small part in the 2000 film Remember the Titans." Why subsequently? Or do you just mean "She next ..."?
  • Fixed. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:26, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• "legendary porn star" legendary is WP:PEACOCK. This is also in the lead. Instead of simply removing legendary, I would use a better adjective.
  • Fixed. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:26, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Personal life

• "Bosworth previously dated actor Matt Czuchry," I don't understand the use of the word "previously".
  • Fixed. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:36, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• The lead says her and Bloom dated from 2002 to 2005. Here, it's not clear if it's until 2005 or 2006?
  • They dated from 2002-2005, there were reports that they were still dating, but wasn't confirmed, just speculation. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:36, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• "Bosworth has since been dating British model James Rousseau since September 2006 after meeting him at the Marc Jacobs after party." "... has since ... since ..." I would lose the first since, it doesn't add much.
  • Fixed. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:36, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• "In mid-to-late 2006" No biggie this one. Do you have a more exact time than "mid-to-late"?
  • I added "late 2006", since the reports began in September 22. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:36, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• "who have debuted new, alarmingly thin bodies." alarmingly thin is POV unless backed up by a quote.
  • No, there are refs., but it does sound like POV and sorta fixed. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:36, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• "snapped vacationing" I'm not sure, but snapped seems informal to me.
  • Replaced with "photographed". --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:36, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Generally it's quite good. Most of the points are all minor. My main concern would be the first paragraph of the lead, starting with the odd second line. The first par seems to be just an abridged version of the "career" section, which isn't entirely a bad thing, but just lacks a bit of structure to ease the copy flow. Peanut4 (talk) 00:33, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Re-review

• Great work. Some simple changes which have brought the article on brilliantly. I've just one minor point to bring up.
  • "Bosworth starred in the television series Young Americans, in which she played Bella Banks, though the series was cancelled." This doesn't appear anywhere in the article. And also since I asked you to remove "end of the summer", I realise this sentence looks incomplete. It needs some timeframe to qualify it was presumably cancelled fairly quickly. "End of the summer" wasn't quite right, but something similar is needed. Peanut4 (talk) 22:45, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
    • Alright, I added the info. in the Career section. As for the sentence in the lead, I sorta re-worded it, but I don't think adding "timeframe" would help at all. Unless, you'd like the sentence to have the timeframe. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 23:27, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• Looks fine now. Just for the wording in the main body "The series, however, was cancelled." Do you know why and after how long? Other than that, we'll be ready for a pass. Peanut4 (talk) 23:31, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
  • No, not really. The sources I've read just stated that the series was cancelled in the summer of 2000 that it premiered. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:31, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Good sound basis of an article. Meets all the GA criteria. Peanut4 (talk) 19:11, 1 August 2008 (UTC)