Talk:Kate DiCamillo/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Whiteguru (talk · contribs) 03:05, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Starts GA Review. The review will follow the same sections of the Article. Thank you --Whiteguru (talk) 03:05, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks @Whiteguru, do you have a timeframe for when you might have this review up? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:56, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

@Eddie891 It's in my sandbox, complete, basically. Plan is to comb through the article again. I should be able to put this up tonight. --Whiteguru (talk) 20:02, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

 

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Observations

   HTML document size: 170 kB
   Prose size (including all HTML code): 24 kB
   References (including all HTML code): 66 kB
   Wiki text: 36 kB
   Prose size (text only): 13 kB (2141 words) "readable prose size"
   References (text only): 7656 B

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

• In the lead, Her works have won various awards; duplicates an earlier sentence. Suggest removal of this part.

• cut Y

• (Biography) after several jobs was hired to work in a The Bookman (drop the "a" )

• cut Y

• (Biography) is a link to maternity leave necessary?

• cut Y

• (Biography) The article is about this author, not her editor. Drop the reference to Kara LaReau.

• cut Y

• (Biography) Afterwards, DiCamillo moved into a house; the trappings of succcess are important, but is this necessary for this article?

• cut Y

• (Writing career and recognition) DiCamillo said she was shocked by the news and "very, very happy."[21] What news? insert (of the award)

• added Y

• (Writing career and recognition) and ending with Mery Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (2009) spelling Mery → Mercy

• fixed Y

• (Writing career and recognition) DiCamillo was reportedly woken up at 5:30 a.m. with a call telling her the news and said she was stunned by it.[26] is superfluous...

• cut Y

• (Writing career and recognition) "Stories Connect Us".[27]{[29] In both the ← stray curly brace in there

• fixed Y

• (Writing career and recognition) In The New York Times the author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley wrote that . Bradley is writing as a reviewer. drop the author.

• I think it's a relevant description so the of what Brubaker is notable for so they aren't necessarily left thinking "who is she"? accepted Y

• (Writing career and recognition) overlinking: I am not inclined to link to Minnesota, nor Tim Walz, however gubernatorial he is.

• Cut link no Minnesota, not sure why linking Walz would be overlinking, could you elaborate? In this particular context, it appears a superfluous link; I am not convinced readers of this (rather good and readable) article will leave it to go read about a governor... Y

• (Adaptations) overlinking: drop links to Netflix and Walt Disney Pictures and cameo.

• Cut link to cameo, not sure why Netflix/Disney are overlinks, could you elaborate? These are common words (easily recognized Titles) in the public domain. Why do we need links to material that is commonly recognized? Y

• (Analysis) the link to read between the lines, goes to a 404 and then to archive.org. Repair?

• Ran IABot Y

• Reference 46 should say (subscription required)
• Reference 53 should say (registration required)
• All references using the New York Times will have to say (subscription required).

• Fixed the above Y

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

1. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

• Page is "readable prose size"
• Good coverage of this author and her works

1. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

• NPOV is presented in this article.

1. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

• Page created 7 January 2005
• Page has 1,234 edits by 649 editors
• ClueBot NG has been on the page (both versions) 47 times, indicative of vandalism
• Page size has expanded considerably since 2020
• 90 day page views = 24,337 with a daily average of 268 page views.
• Recent page history indicates puerile vandalism, likely by children (IP addresses) as DiCamillo is a children's author
• Page has a reasonable number of active watchers; it is noted that vandalism like the above is reverted quickly.
• Else, page is considered stable with steady improvement.

1. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

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

• File:2018-us-nationalbookfestival-kate-dicamillo.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
• File:Magician's Elephant (signed) (cropped).png = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
• File:Kate DiCamillo 9198 1024 (27648278583).jpg = originally posted to Flickr by Kalamazoo Public Library at https://flickr.com/photos/28641332@N03/27648278583 = no known copyright restrictions

1. Overall:

• Good coverage of the work and labors of this author
• Some clean-up noted
• The New York Times: repeatedly had to go to archive.org to examine references. Might be worthwhile running the IA bot over the references and see if this sorts the matter for you.
• After minor clean-up, this should go to GA. --Whiteguru (talk) 20:51, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

• Thanks, Whiteguru, responded to most, some q's. What say you?

• @Eddie891 See my comments above. --Whiteguru (talk) 08:03, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

OK, @Whiteguru, that's fine. I've gone ahead and cut those three links. Thoughts? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:26, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

• @Eddie891 You have a Good Article! --Whiteguru (talk) 20:22, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

 

 Passed