Talk:Phi Sigma Alpha/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: -- btphelps ^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:16, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   Prose needs a good deal of work:

• "Phi Lambda Alpha fraternity was founded... " should be "The Phi Lambda Alpha fraternity was founded..."
• Run-on sentence. Break here: "New York on June 11, 1921. The fraternity was a merger..."
• Meaning of date: "Troy, New York in 1898"; "Technology (MIT) in 1916". Is this the date they were founded?
• Disjointed facts: first, the reference to UHA "the Unión Hispano Americana at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute"; and then the facts about UHA: "A group of Latin American students organized the Union Hispano Americana (UHΑ)". Unite them. This would also allow you to list the three antecedant organizations each in its own sentence, avoiding the run-on sentence as it is now.
• Awkward prepositional phrase. Instead of "After the organization of ΦΛA other...", try "After ΦΛA was organized, other..."
• Dangling thought: "other societies joined;" Joined what? Also an inappropriate use of semi-colon.
• Date confusion: "the "Club Latino-Americano" (1919) ". What is this date? the date it was founded or joined with Phi Lambda Alpha?
• Parallel construction missing and thus confusing: ""Club Latino-Americano" (1919) Colorado School " ; ""Federación Latino-Americana" (1926) Columbia University"; and ""Club Hispania" (1929) of Cornell University". All should be constructed in parallel, making it easier for the reader to follow the facts: "<club name>, founded <founding_year> at <university>, joined in <joined_year>."
• Wordy and passive voice. "Sigma Iota Fraternity came to be in... "; and "the Sociedad Hispano Americana, which came to be.." These could be better phrased as "<organization_name> was founded..."
• Wordy. "As a result of this, ". Simply say, "As a result,"
• Missing hyphen from modifying adverb: "Latin American based..." should be "Latin American-based..."
• The long list of antecedant organizations is confusing. I don't understand why the first section, titled "The Sigma 1928-1934", begins with "Sigma Delta Alpha fraternity....". Is this another antecedant organization? Why is this antecedant group? I suggest a new section that chronciles these antecedant groups in order. Right now "In 1932 Phi Iota Alpha..." precedes "Sigma Delta Alpha fraternity, was established by 12 students and a professor on October 22, 1928..."
• POV. "The new members were so enthusiastic that they felt the need to establish a Chapter House." Enthusiasm is a bit emotional for an encyclopedia article. It's not clear why enthusiasm is needed to establish a Chapter House. Is this a big deal?
• POV. "Sigma Delta Alpha enjoyed for many years certain supremacy over the other student organizations at the University." Who says? What does "certain supremacy " mean?
• Wordy and awkward. "Annually they would have amongst their members the Yearbook editor, the senior class president, the Athletic Society President, and the ROTC Battalion Commander; the four most important post that could be held by students back then." Try, "Their membership included four of the most important student leadership positions at the university:..."
• Confusing: "Every activity sponsored by the administration was consulted with the chapter president of Río Piedras." Why is this notable?
• Passive voice.

• "Phi Sigma Alpha had its first reorganization..." Who organized it?
• "The Puerto Rican zone came to be..." Who did it?
• "Under these conditions a movement came about..." Who?
• "But the decision was made ..."
• "Originally the name Kappa Delta Alpha was considered..."
• "the Union Latino Americana came to be "
• "A "Zone Directive" was created and a constitution was drafted.."

• POV. "It was not an easy task, since..." Who says?
• Run-on sentence, awkward, wordy. "The USA zone decided that the ideals of the ULA to be Pan-Americanism (The unification of Latin America by a system of confederacy) and demanded that the members of the Fraternity be pro-independence when it came to Puerto Rico, the Cuban zone was undecided and therefore they followed the USA zone."
• (more to follow later...)

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

• The references use different formats and need cleaning up. For example, footnotes 33 7 34 are simply a hyperlink.
• For the multiple references to Celebrando 81 años de Hermandad. Puerto Rico: Fi Sigma Alfa I recommend the {{rp}} template.
• Instead of simply listing the domain name in the reference, as in " fisigmaalfa.org", use the domain name instead.

1. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

2. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

3. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

4. 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):

5. Overall:

   Pass/Fail: