Talk:Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: SounderBruce (talk · contribs) 06:36, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Will review in a bit. I would ask that the nominator consult significant contributors or make their own changes before nominating future articles to GAN, per the instructions at WP:GAI. SounderBruce 06:36, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Any updates? Signed,The4lines |||| ^{(You Asked?) (What I have Done.)} 20:54, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

The4lines: Sorry, I have been a bit busy with other affairs for the past few weeks. At the moment, this article does not look to be ready for GA status unless appropriate citations are added for every claim (whether a full paragraph, sentence, or list entry). SounderBruce 05:41, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Failed "good article" nomination

This article has failed its Good article nomination. This is how the article, as of June 20, 2020, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: The events section needs major cleanup, if only to keep its style consistent. Several entries are written as short blurbs, while others are multi-sentence.

2. Verifiable?: Many paragraphs are still lacking inline sources, especially in the Related section.

3. Broad in coverage?: The camera equipment section only includes testimony from one company and needs to be expanded further or integrated into another "effects" section. The article seems to lack information about the greater cultural impact, especially in the retrospective sense.

4. Neutral point of view?: Pass

5. Stable?: Pass

6. Images?: While this was an event worthy of many photos, there's just far too many in this article to read comfortably. A careful culling of photos would be needed. The captions also leave much to be desired, usually only stating the location (or in the case of "North Cascade mountains", an ambiguous one that is labeled incorrectly).

Upon a thorough read-through, I don't think this article is quite ready for GA status.

When these issues are addressed, the article can be renominated. If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to have it reassessed. Thank you for your work so far.— SounderBruce 07:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC)