Talk:George Town, Penang/GA2

VOIDED

Reviewer Semi-auto was a sockpuppet of nominator Vnonymous, so this entire review is illegitimate, and has been belatedly voided once this was discovered, per consensus at WT:GAN#Penang and George Town, Penang was promoted to GA via deceptive sockpuppetry. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:06, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

GA Review

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Reviewer: Semi-auto (talk · contribs) 21:18, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm taking this one. I will try to sort out this review within one week. Thanks! Semi-auto (talk) 21:18, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: 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):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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At first glance, the page seems to be well-written, with adequate citations and clear, concise prose. The use of collapsible tables is certainly commendable, as it helps keep the page short. Still, I feel there are too many images in this page which could be reduced to make the page more compact in terms of bytes, especially at the transportation section. There is also the image caption on the Penang State Museum which I think needs some sort of citation. But aside from these minor issues, the page (in my opinion) seems ready for GA.

Will go into further details soon. Semi-auto (talk) 21:34, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Upon further reading, I noticed a few other issues.

According to WP:OVERKILL, a single point should have up to three citations. However, there are certain sentences in the George Town page where more than three citations can be found. For instance, Aware of this situation, Light formed friendly relations with the then Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin II, and promised British military protection, while the Sultan reciprocally offered Penang Island, then part of Kedah. I would advise you to trim these citations, if possible. Choose the more reputable ones to be included in the page.
There are also repetitive links, such as Malaysia and Greater Penang in the demographics section, and the States and federal territories of Malaysia. In fact, I would also advise you to remove irrelevant links in the page; this could help to take off a few hundred bytes from this page.

On top of the other issues regarding excess images, resolving these would put beyond doubt that the page deserves a GA. Semi-auto (talk) 23:17, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Semi-auto: Hey there! Thank you very much for reviewing the George Town article! That's great news after so many months of inactivity, to be entirely honest. As for your suggestions, I will do the necessary edits ASAP. Vnonymous (talk) 01:37, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Modified the article as per your suggestions.

Remove excess images at the transportation section. Done
Add cite for the image on the Penang State Museum. Done
Remove excess citations per sentence in accordance to WP:OVERKILL. Done
Remove any excessive, repetitive or irrelevant links. Done

Do let me know of other improvements you see fit. Vnonymous (talk) 09:03, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Vnonymous: You're welcome! :-) I just went through the page one more time. The page is much improved now and it really deserves the GA. Thank you for your efforts on this page and congratulations. Semi-auto (talk) 23:06, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Semi-auto: Again, thank you so much for this! Vnonymous (talk) 23:42, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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