Talk:Kennedy Road, Durban/GA1

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Reviewer: GhostRiver (talk · contribs) 21:30, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I'll be taking a look at this article for the

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Good Article review progress box WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Infobox and lede

• Since ANC isn't mentioned again in the lede, the acronym can be removed
  • If it's OK I'd rather keep ANC since the party is so well-known under that name Mujinga (talk) 12:52, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

History

• "people have lived there" → "the site has been occupied"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 12:55, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Comma after "Various attempts to force people off the land were resisted"
  • went with semi-colon on rephrase Mujinga (talk) 12:55, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• "were resisted" → "were met with resistance"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 12:55, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Lowercase "City" in "by the late 1980s the City"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 12:55, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• The Kennedy Road Development Committee (KRDC) was pressuring local councillors to improve living conditions Can you give a specific date or range for this? And for the O'Sullivan film?
  • 2005 added for both Mujinga (talk) 12:58, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2005 road blockade

• "When people" → "When the inhabitatns of Kennedy Road"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:01, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• "protst" → "protest"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:01, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• "This second march led to visits"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

September 2009 violence

• Maybe rename section to "attack" in accordance with the specific article about it
  • good point Mujinga (talk) 13:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delink Abahlali baseMjondolo and African National Congress here, as both were linked above
  • done, the AbM link was to
    Abahlali baseMjondolo (membership & structures) but doesn't seem needed Mujinga (talk) 13:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply
    ]
• "2 people" → "two people" per
  MOS:NUMERAL
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• ""grave concern about reports of organized intimidation and threats to members of advocacy group, Abahlali baseMjondolo."" → ""grave concern about reports of organized intimidation and threats to members of advocacy group, Abahlali baseMjondolo"." per
  MOS:LQ
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Recent events

• "More recent" could use a stronger time range
  • agreed and chopped because ref is dead Mujinga (talk) 13:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• "which included" → "including"
  • done Mujinga (talk) 13:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

• [22] is a permanent dead link; it also ties into an area I flagged earlier; if no suitable replacement link can be found, maybe that can be cut entirely
  • cut Mujinga (talk) 13:12, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

General comments

• Image is relevant and suitable for use
• No stability concerns in the revision history
• Copyvio score looks good

Putting on hold to allow nominator to address comments. Feel free to ping me with questions, and please let me know when you're finished! — GhostRiver 22:44, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@GhostRiver: Thanks for the review, I hope I've addressed everything now Mujinga (talk) 13:13, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for making those changes, happy to pass this article! — GhostRiver 19:54, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]