Talk:1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Relentlessly (talk · contribs) 11:02, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

I'll review this over the next few days. Relentlessly (talk) 11:02, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

I've had a good look through this article, and I'm afraid I'm going to say that this is a fail. It's a long way from being ready for GA.

The first problem is the lack of important information. Why was this so significant? Why was it controversial? What was the reaction from UK figures? What was the reaction, for instance, in Northern Ireland? What long-term effects did the visit have on Catholics in the UK? How about on Vatican-Anglican relations?

The sourcing is also lacking. There is, for instance, an official record of the visit, ISBN 0370309251. This should be used. This is a significant event in the 1980s in the Church in England, so histories of the period will have relevant content. Similarly, biographies of important figures like Robert Runcie, Basil Hume, Dereck Worlock and David Sheppard will have useful things to say. There will be contemporary news articles, some journal articles. One of the sources (the Coventry Mirror one) is broken. Another is a now-deleted Wikipedia page!

So there's a lot to do before this can be considered GA-worthy.

Relentlessly (talk) 20:33, 24 April 2015 (UTC)