Talk:Michigan State University Libraries/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: —Eustress ^talk 12:05, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

I commend the nominating editor for improvements to the article since its last GAR, but I regret that I must quick-fail GA attempt #2. The main reasons are as follows:

1. Ninety-nine percent of the article's sources are from MSU -- definitely not in accordance with WP:RS and raises issues for WP:N
2. Several portions have been copy-and-pasted from their sources (e.g., the entire LIR Library section, the first sentence of the Africana section, etc.). This was noted on this talk page over three years ago (see here) and has never been addressed.
3. The article is broad in coverage at a superficial level. For example, the Fine Arts section does not really communicate anything of encyclopedic value.
4. The following two images are also potentially in violation of copyright law (they appear to be owned by MSU), so they either need to be removed or permission for their use documented via WP:OTRS before this article can be eligible for GA status: File:Michigan State University Libraries Main Building.JPG, File:MSU Libraries Special Collections.jpg.

These are substantial issues that will take longer than a week to address, so a quick-fail here is merited. —Eustress ^talk 12:46, 26 June 2010 (UTC)