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naming conventions
Shouldn't this be
- I thought it was on line with Ч) 10:37, 7 September 2007 (UTC)]
- Indeed it is. —Nightstallion 11:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
GA review
I'm going to begin reading this article for SA status as it was listed on
Here is what a first reading tells me:
- herefor criteria)
- It is reasonably well written.
- a (prose): b (MoS):
- a (prose): b (MoS):
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- The "Background" section ("Insurgency" subsection) needs more references; some sources are of marginal reliability.
- a (references): b (citations to
- It is broad in its coverage.
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- a very well-rounded presentation of the conflict as a whole: diplomacy, propaganda, impact on noncombatants, media coverage etc.
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- It follows the neutral point of viewpolicy.
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- It is stable.
- No edit wars etc.:
- No edit wars etc.:
- It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
- a (images are tagged and non-free images have suitable captions):
- Definitely more real images (i.e. not maps and diagrams) are needed
- a (images are tagged and non-free images have
- Overall:
- Pass/Fail:
- Pass/Fail:
Bless sins (talk) 23:29, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Sources whose reliability should be established: [1], [2], [3], [4]. Besides this, many citations don't list author, date or even title of work. Please fix this ASAP. Thanks.Bless sins (talk) 23:40, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
- I appreciate your concerns:
- Sources:
- 1) I changed the first link (nazret - a blog) with a reliable source. The others (Ч) 12:23, 12 May 2008 (UTC)]
- 2) added sources you asked for. --Ч) 12:23, 12 May 2008 (UTC)]
- 3) for the references appearance: I saw a bot was doing that.. It's really an ugly work. I hope the bot does that again. --Ч) 12:23, 12 May 2008 (UTC)]
- 1) I changed the first link (nazret - a blog) with a reliable source. The others (
- Pictures: It's impossible to find free photos from the conflict zone.
I haven't even found copyrighted photos from major news sources, so I hope it shouldn't make problems here.There is a photo from Aljazeera's video --Ч) 12:23, 12 May 2008 (UTC)]
- OK almost all the references have been fixed stylistically. Regarding the photos, its ok if you can't find any. Some links are dead, they need to be replaced (or the content removed). I'll wait a day (for comments) before passing this article.Bless sins (talk) 04:26, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for doing that great work regarding the refs. Dead links replaced. Cheers, --Ч) 08:37, 13 May 2008 (UTC)]
- Thanks for doing that great work regarding the refs. Dead links replaced. Cheers, --
- OK almost all the references have been fixed stylistically. Regarding the photos, its ok if you can't find any. Some links are dead, they need to be replaced (or the content removed). I'll wait a day (for comments) before passing this article.Bless sins (talk) 04:26, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
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