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Cannabis (drug)

Result: Delist

Article was last reviewed on May 27, 2006 by Cedars, so it's been awhile. Has entirely too many 'citation needed' tags, and there could be issues with the lead section. Might want to check out the section called 'the high', too. Either way, it's probably good for this article to have another look at this time, since it's been awhile. Dr. Cash 00:20, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, glad to see someone's willing to work on it. Also, while we're at it, i noticed that the references are formatted inconsistently. Might want to check on that too. Drewcifer3000 17:05, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yup, will do. Can someone please add fact tags as needed, and I'll do it as they come. I think this could actually have a shot at FAC. What do you think?--SidiLemine 17:41, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I would suggest reconsidering which sources are cited on the more medical matters. Cochrane or other systematic reviews, such as [[1]], are better for reporting the state of play on current research than individual experimental studies. --Peter cohen 20:16, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, I'm totally new to this kind of articles, and to medical quesytions in general. If you can, please point out the "weak" sources you find and I'll try to replace them with better ones.--SidiLemine 11:54, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The link that I was suggesting replacing is the one with the ref name "Study Finds No Link Between Marijuana Use And Lung Cancer" at [2]. Unfortunately, I don't have time to get involved with checking all the other citations at present. (Another good article review post yesterday has already distracted me far too much and "interesting" things are happening as a result of my involvement.) If you're looking for the best citations on a topic then the phrase "systematic review" is a good indicator. Basically, it involves the reviewer(s) setting out clear criteria for what counts as something relevant to their area of interest and for assessing what they have decided is relevant. They then search article databases for as many relevant articles they can find and also the "grey literature" of findings that have not been published e.g. because they didn't have interesting results etc. These are assessed according to the defined criteria. Because systematic reviews assess the work of other researchers and put together the results of the papers that have been assessed as of a good standard using transparent criteria, they are just the sort of secondary literature that Wikipedia policy favours. Anyway, I'll put cannabis on my watch list and have a look when I have more time.--Peter cohen 20:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot for the good advice. I'll be sure to look into it.--SidiLemine 15:05, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Definitely an improvement, but I would say some of the sections still need some in-line citations. I think that is just the nature of the beast: alot of the content of the article is "controversial or contentious" because the subject is controversial and contentious, therefore in-line citations are required. So the problem sections, as I see them, would be the last paragraph of Government debate, Criminalization and legalization (you may be able to lift some sources from the Legality of cannabis page), and The high. Also, the references still need to be properly formatted. I know this sounds like a ton of work, but hopefully still seems doable. Drewcifer 09:57, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Would anyone mind adding tags where appropriate? That way I can sweep through and add references, etc. --SidiLemine 10:39, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'll go through and add some tags. No promises that I'll have time to do the whole article, but it should get you going in the right direction. Lara♥Love 21:13, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think this article's summary is full of alot of mistakes and misplaced information:

for example:

I also think this line needs to be reworded to be more accurate

Humans have been consuming cannabis since prehistory, although since the 20th century a rise in its use for recreational, religious or spiritual, and medicinal purposes.

It should read

Humans have been consuming cannabis since prehistory for nutrition, fiber, religious or spiritual, and medicinal purposes, and since the 20th century there has been a rise in its recreational use.

I also don't think the section relating cannabis to other drugs is appropriate unless it is on the US policy section.

I also don't understand the |other methods| section, and I think it needs to be removed. gumballs in high school in ridiculous

I dont think there is enough external links and resources to continue good research on cannabis.

Kief is not the flowering tops of the cannabis plant, and and is not often mixed with tobacco, it is the trichrome matter from the flowering tops compressed according to the Moroccans.

Cannabis is clearly a Hallucinogen, which often exhibit symptoms of other drugs, and the classification is not confusing.

The new cultivation techniques should focus on the invention of hydroponics bc of the illegality. Not because it makes a stronger product.

This Line should be re written: 

The production of cannabis for drug use remains illegal throughout most of the world through the 1961 ......

It should read The production of cannabis remained legal throughout most of the world until the United Nations 1961........

Cannabis was legal for much longer then it was illegal, and the wording of this article makes it appear as if it has been illegal longer.

I would like to be given permission to go in and edit this article

Let me know if I can

--The Pot Snob 04:44, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delist Still way too many controversial or challengable statements that need referencing. Consider these:
  • The New Breeding and Cultivating section contains lots of statistics and references to studies where said studies are not supported with inline references, nor are statistics specifically referenced.
  • The Criminalization and legalization section is entirely unreferenced.
  • The Intoxication section is unreferenced. Also, pardon me for saying, but this section is also well below broadness requirements. It seems rather trite and terse; especially considering that the psychoactive effects of canabis are well documented...
  • Methods of consumption again, contains unreferenced statistics and other statements that seem to need verification.
  • Smoking section consists of a single hatnote. This needs to be expanded (with references, of course).
  • Eating section contains statements that beg for referencing, such as "The effects of cannabis administered this way take longer to begin, but last longer. They are sometimes perceived as more physical than mental, although there are many claims to the contrary. An oral dose of cannabis is often considered to give a more intense experience than the equivalent dose of smoked cannabis. Some people report unpleasant experiences after ingesting cannabis, because they experience a more intense effect than they are comfortable with." All this reads like someone reported it somewhere. WHERE are the references for this information.
Again, as always, it would be nice to see this article written so that it meets standard and then we could list it. It does not, and should be delisted.--Jayron32|talk|contribs 17:02, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delist per Jayron32. Also, normally when I do a GAC review, I don't pass an article with any citation needed tags at all, and this article has one. Cheers, Corvus coronoides talk 23:00, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delist per Jayron. Article still needs work to remain a GA. Even if it only has one fact tag, this still needs to be addressed. And I am also concerned with prose; there are several extremely stubby paragraphs composed of only one sentence, such as the last one under "Other methods." These one-sentence paragraphs for the most part would be better if merged into larger paragraphs, as then they would encompass a more complete thought. Rai-me 00:45, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Cincinnati Kid

Result: Keep/List It appears the article was never listed, and this was a review of a GA fail; however it looks like it is GA quality now, and there are no reasonable objections to it... I am going to list it. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 16:54, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Cincinnati Kid (Edit · Talk · History · Watch)
(De)listing: Archive at GAR, WP:GA, T:GA#, Article talk.

There have been two recent reviews, both of which raise similar critiques. The big sticking points seem to be the plot summary, the notes on play section and the DVD section. The reviewers are saying that the plot summary is too long. I disagree based in part on looking at Casablanca (film) which is a FA. The plot summary there is of similar length and detail. It was suggested that the proportion of article that is plot summary was unacceptable as compared to that of Casablanca, but since this is an effort to elevate the article to GA and not FA I can't really agree with that critique. For notes on play, again I look to Casablanca which has sections on things like rumors and bloopers. The notes section seems like a rough equivalent to those sections. As for the DVD section, I really don't understand this critique at all. Supposedly it unfocuses the article, but I note that in the template for upgrading stub film articles to start-class it requires "At least two other developed sections of information (production, reception (including box office figures), awards and honors, themes, differences from novel or TV show, soundtrack, sequels, DVD release, etc.)" (emphasis added). It makes little sense to me that a DVD section can be used as a rationale for upgrading a stub to start-class but would stand as a barrier to upgrading to GA status. Otto4711 16:57, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Before commenting on this discussion, please ensure that the article’s talk page has been notified, with a link to this discussion. Use [[WP:GA/R#The Cincinnati Kid|Good article review]] as the section heading.

Comment - since I was the original reviewer, I'll obstain from voting, but I would like to clarify my review. Please note that the article has been improved in a few ways based on my initial review, and that my critique of the article has changed a bit since the original review. The problems with the article, as I see them, are:

  • Lack of breadth - there are many sections, but all of them go into barely any detail at all. For instance, Production should go into more detail. The Reception section is also entirely insufficient: two quotes, no prose.
  • As for the size of the plot section and it's proportion to the rest of the article, I brought that up more as an indication of the article's lack of breadth rather than a bad plot section. As it is, the plot section is about half the article, which leads me to believe the article doesn't go into enough detail elsewhere.
  • The notes on play just seems like a glorified trivia section. It also seems particularly easy to incorporate into the prose of the Plot section.
  • The Final Hand section also seems odd. First off, it goes into too much detail about the hands - to a non-poker player like myself I have no idea what it all means. Also, I'm not sure about the symbols and colors within the prose. I've never seen an article do that before - though in all fairness I was unable to find any kind of MoS on that.
  • The DVD section seems unnecessary, especially since the DVD seems fairly unremarkable. However, upon further review of other GAs and some FAs, some have similar DVD sections of similarly unremarkable DVDs, so I could be wrong on this one. Although the section seems unnecessary to me, I wouldn't say that in and of itself is a deal breaker.
  • A few one or two sentence paragraphs.
  • A few issues with prose as well: "He did mute the colors throughout both to evoke the period and to help pop the card colors when they appeared." for example.
  • The in-line citations are poorly formatted. Drewcifer 19:10, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is the first I'm hearing of some of these criticisms. Taking them in order: Lack of breadth - I'm not sure what else you're looking for to get it to GA status. It has information on the casting process, the replacement of the director, information on differences in directorial style, information on the theme song...what aspect of production are you saying is insufficiently covered? The reception section could be stronger, but it's better than it was during your initial review. Plot summary section - the notion that the proportion is an issue because of coverage in the other sections is a new one. Notes on play - this critique contradicts the plot critique. If the plot section is already disproportionate to the rest of the article, how does making it longer by incorporating more text help? Fimal hand section - the most unusual jargon like button or all in is all wikilinked for definitional purposes. The remaining jargon like "bet," "call" or "raise," I'm sorry but I find it hard to believe that even the most un-knowledgable person about poker doesn't know what a bet is or has never heard an expression like "call your bluff" to know what these things mean. Colored card symbols - it is quite standard in articles about cards and card players, see for example Poker probability, Joe Hachem, Contract bridge and so on. The lengths of sentences and issues with the prose are new criticisms. The in-line citations are all formatted using citation templates. Otto4711 20:58, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist There are only a few issues that keeps my from saying "Keep". First is that the lead seems to be out of line with the standard depth required for a lead, per WP:LEAD. Specifically, the lead is not a summary of the article. If the lead could be expanded some to more fully summarize the article, this would probably be GA quality easily. Also, it would be nice to see the article expanded to include more critical reception as well as some hard data (box office receipts, etc.) on the public reception of the film; for example IMDB clearly lists some award nominations for the film (Golden Globes, Laurels). This link: [3] also from IMDB, lists several reliable reviews of the film. If these fixes could be made, the rest of the article seems GA quality to me. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 02:17, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Lead still needs a bit more. The summary seems kind of random and trivial in places; for example it mentions an actor considered but not given the a lead part, but makes no mention of the actors who actually appeared in the movie? I would think that at LEAST Steve McQueen (as the title character) and Edward G. Robinson (as his nemesis) would bear some mention in the lead. The lead is also poorly organized. Paragraph 1 contains production and plot summary info, paragraph 2 contains two unrelated facts, and paragraph 3 has some critical reception. Perhaps organize the lead to mirror the organization of teh article... Maybe Paragraph 1 can be about the cast and production, paragraph 2 would be a plot summary, and paragraph 3 can be about reaction and reception? The critical reception section DOES look better now. It is longer than 2 sentances, which it suffered from before. But this is getting REAL close, IMHO. Fix the lead, and you may have a GA here. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 06:58, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I just realized something else that would probably be really easy: a cast section. Most GA film articles have it. Drewcifer 07:11, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK. I have re-written the lead. It's now paragraph 1 plot summary, paragraph 2 cast and production and paragraph 3 reception. I realize that this is not the same order as the article but I tried it both ways and IMHO it flows better in that order. I have also added a cast list. If this isn't good enough then I guess the article is just doomed to live on as a less-than-GA. Otto4711 00:10, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Denial of Soviet occupation

Result: Delist

(Edit · Talk · History · Watch)
(De)listing: Archive at GAR, WP:GA, T:GA#, Article talk.

The promotion of this article has been brought into question. When reviewing, please take notice to the creation date (September 22) and the fact that the article is now fully protected. LaraLove 07:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The "question" in question is non-factual accusation by Irpen. Whoever is interested, ask me for details.
The creation date is deceptive, as the article's material had "fermented" in an userspace sandbox for about three months; September 22 was the day of copying the content to mainspace. And finally, there was no sign of edit war between nomination and review of this article.
Sadly, there's been an edit war now, so a review is pointless at this time. It's terribly regrettable how simple trolling can invalidate a good article ... ΔιγυρενΕμπροσ! 08:57, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah right. Please see my evidence in the RFAR/Digwuren case. Terribly regrettable, isn't it. Bishonen | talk 15:56, 26 September 2007 (UTC).[reply]
If there's too much controversy to give this article a review, should we assume this case is closed? Homestarmy 18:03, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm inclined to say "yes". LaraLove 18:22, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Jersey State Constitution

Result: No Consensus default keep.

(Edit · Talk · History · Watch)
(De)listing: Archive at GAR, WP:GA, T:GA#, Article talk.

I was doing the review of this article as a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force sweep and found that:

1) The article lack sources for some of its statements. See, for instance, 'Previous versions' section;

2) Some references are strange. What does ref 41 "See notes (2)" mean ?

The bold (2) in the same section as the footnotes. {{ref}}/{{cite}} might improve this, but it should be clear to any reader with initiative. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 22:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

3) The article is not well written. Its language is so formalistic, which sometimes results in confusion. See 'Taxation and Finance' subsection;

4) Some parts of the article look like a number of sentences unconnected to each other. See the third paragraph in 'Schedule' subsection.

This list is not complete. So I think the article should be delisted. Ruslik 09:52, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You could just delist it immedietly, it seems like that would be quicker, and if you're reasons are accurate, (and if there's more of them) they seem like fair grounds for immediete delisting. Homestarmy 14:16, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have not worked on this article, but it seems better than most of those GA lists. If GA wants to become a mark of bad articles, that's fine. too. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 22:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional Keep There are a few minor issues. The two bolded notes (1) and (2) should probably be incorporated as standard footnotes with the rest for consistancy. Also, there are a few direct quotes here or there without citations, this will need to be fixed. Thirdly, the random trivia on the constitution's length in the lead seems to violate criteria 3 (b) on unecessary details. The lead maybe could be expanded some, but though its short, I couldn't find it much for want. On the balance, with a few quick fixes, this article seems to be GA quality. The fixes should probably be made soon, but they are easy and if made, I see no reason for this not to stay a GA. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 06:02, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford

Result: It seems we dropped the ball on this one, restarting review so the article can be more accuratly assessed. (And hopefully more quickly)
St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford (Edit · Talk · History · Watch)
(De)listing: Archive at GAR, WP:GA, T:GA#, Article talk.

Although only reviewed a few months ago, the article seems somewhat weak based on its lack of references, poor reference formatting, lack of breadth (only historical and architectual), and small lead section. Chief editors, previous reviewers, and appropriate Wikiprojects have been notified. Drewcifer3000 07:29, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Before commenting on this discussion, please ensure that the article’s talk page has been notified, with a link to this discussion. Use [[WP:GA/R#St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford|Good article review]] as the section heading.
  • Comment 1. Please see comments in the 'Presido' article below - please state what material in the article you think needs citing - ie. good faith challenges. 2. poor reference formating is a MOS issue and as such, a guideline - by what logic do you insist on it as a requirement for GA? 3. To aid 'breadth' can you suggest some areas you feel aren't sufficiently covered so we can improve them? 4. Lead section summarises a pretty short article - seems fine by WP:LEAD. --Joopercoopers 10:02, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Happy to extrapolate:
  • Lack of references:
    • When I'm wrong I'm wrong. The article seems to have sufficient references given it's size, so my mistake. I've stricken the comment from above.
  • Reference style:
    • GA criteria 1a: "it complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, jargon, words to avoid, fiction, and list incorporation."
      • But you objection is the formating of the citations - not included in the GA list - and even at FA (despite Tony1 efforts the contraty) not complying with every ever-changing wishlist of the ever-growing MOS is not a reason not to promote, so it certainly shouldn't be a delist reason here.--Joopercoopers 11:15, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        • The layout section mentions references. I'm not aware of any discussion with Tony1, I'm just going by the criteria as they read. But, as far as reference formatting goes, what I usually say is that a particular approach isn't required, but consistency is. The references are currently not formaatted consistently with one another.Drewcifer3000 16:24, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]


  • Lead:
    • From MoS guidelines for lead sections: "the lead section should briefly summarize the most important points covered in an article in such a way that it can stand on its own as a concise version of the article." The lead does not mention it's architecture.
  • Breadth:
    • Although I don't actually know if such information exists or is all that relevant, what about the church in modern times? It's obviously still standing, so is it still used? As for the architecture was it built in a certain style? What little knowledge of church architecture I know leads me to believe that alot of churches were built in particular contemporary fashions, each church a bit more extreme than the last. Though like I said, I could be wrong, or this information might not even exist. Overall it just seems like a very small article, especially looking at how big the sources are.
Hopefully these are easy fixes, the second and third in particular. Drewcifer3000 10:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The lead does briefly mention that some of the original architecture is retained. Judging by the photos it seems like a fairly typical English parish church with the usual hodge-podge of architectural styles that's the result of standing for centuries. Except in wealthy town centre parishes (or very occasionally if there was a particualrly wealthy local landowner) and arguably Abbeys and Cathedrals, English churches have tended to grow by accretion, rather than being demolished and re-built all of a piece. As for current activities it's an active parish church of the established Church of England with all that implies. Possibly the significance being under the care of the Bishop of Ebbsfleet rather than the Diocesan could be added, with all that implies for opposition to the ordination of women, from a quick look a tthe parish website tht seems to be the most significant difference from the "norm".
All of that sounds like interesting stuff that should be in the article. To the layman that fills in some gaps. Drewcifer3000 16:24, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Note 2 of the criteria highly recommends that the article have a consistent style of footnoting. In addition to looking pretty, it's appropriate that credit is given where credit is due, and it's important that all the information be consistent so that it's easy for the user to read. I'll format it if I have time, however, if I or someone else here is not able to do this, it really does need to be done. Lara♥Love 13:21, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional Keep - To expand on my above comment, I went through the article and corrected some minor issues (use of dashes, ref formatting) and I have to agree that the lead could be expanded a bit. Nothing vast, just a couple extra sentences. It's very basic right now. I'd also like to see some expansion in the body, as noted in the above comments. Otherwise, it's a good article. I particularly like the first image and think it should be nominated at WP:FI. Regards, Lara♥Love 14:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In an attempt to move this discussion along: have your reservations been addressed? Would you say the conditions have been met to keep, or would you delist? Drewcifer 04:35, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • That would be Gothic, based upon its age, somewhere a source must say this, the crenellation on the parapet is a dead give away and the pointed arches on the windows. Looking at the full image through the external link, it looks like most of the additions tried to match up with the original style, though I am sure there are elements from other styles as well, the Gothic Revival movement was quite popular around the time some of the additions and changes took place. IvoShandor 14:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Like I said above, that's interesting stuff, and as a layman I had no idea about any of that. That stuff should be in the article, no? Drewcifer3000 16:24, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely it should. I wouldn't write an article about a historic building, church or otherwise, without doing as much research as I could about the architecture. IvoShandor 08:59, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Delist - Lead could use some expansion; it is a little inadequate right now. Also, per Drewcifer, I think the scope of the article should be widened. However, these are minor concerns. Otherwise, the article is well-written and well-referenced. I'll change this to a Keep if the lead and body are expanded. Raime 14:57, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist Everything really looks quite good except breadth. Needs more research and expansion. Wrad 04:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Delist The points that strike me are that the lead includes material not in the body of the article - the material re visiting bishop and no women priests. This should be added to the section on the history of the congregation. Also, given how many parishes share a vicar, it might be useful to state whether this has happened here. WP:Cite recommends page citations, could the pages for the book citation be indicated, please? (I've already changed one of the web citations to point to the more exact page.) Given there seems to be someone responding to the comments here, I expect these points to be addressed relatively soon. When this has happened, I'll change to keep.--Peter cohen 13:45, 13 September 2007 (UTC) One of the points seems to have been addressed since my original post but not the others. I've crossed out the one that has been covered.--Peter cohen 09:59, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Work continues. -- SECisek 15:41, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article has improved quite a bit since the GAR began. I am at the limits of what I can add. I hope we have addressed most/all your concerns. -- SECisek 21:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Let me know, but it looks much better to my eye. -- SECisek 18:56, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hispanic Admirals in the United States Navy

Result: I am boldly delisting the article since it is a list and GA does not handle lists. The rest of the discussion is as lame as any I have seen at GAR. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 02:26, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Edit · Talk · History · Watch)
(De)listing: Archive at GAR, WP:GA, T:GA#, Article talk.

I had originally reviewed this article and found that it met all the criteria except I thought that the subject matter may be original research. I left a note on the talk page and also asked for a second reviewer. User:Cocoaguy reviewed the article but didn't address the concern of original research, just simply saying that it had images and was well written (which it is). The problem is that none of the sources directly deal with "Hispanics in the US Navy" so it is original research as defined here. T Rex | talk 19:57, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also Agüeybaná's mention that most of the article is list like, this would better be suited for being a featured list. T Rex | talk 05:16, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep:Source #32 "Hispanos en el Navy: Almirantes (Hispanics in the Navy: Admirals)" a United States Navy source, makes a direct mention. This article is an educational informative article which expands the one mentioned above with verifiable reliable sources as required by policy, which I fully understand and is "not" original research. I believe that I have enough experience in Wikipedia to know the difference between what is and what is not original research. I would really appreciate if a fourth or fifth (since the point of view of three editors have been questioned) to look into this and if this article is not within the standards established by the GA criteria, then have it demoted. Thank you. Tony the Marine 04:04, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep - This is not a made up concept. That would be like saying Academic boycotts of Israel is made up or original because you do not find those exact terms anywhere together in the literature. There are admirals. There is a United States Navy. The article is about the subset of Hispanic admirals, within the class of admirals in the United States Navy. I do not understand the problem. Does this mean I could not write an article called 2002 Tampa plane crash because there are no academic articles or newspaper articles with that title so it is a made up or original concept? I believe the Original research idea holds up for the recently deleted Abundance theory because there is no such theory, and all the editors who edited that article were contributing their personal ideas of what Abundance theory is. (That article lasted a couple of years on Wikipedia, by the way, before its very recent demise.) --Mattisse 00:33, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Never did I say that this was a made up concept. The two examples that you mentioned are poor analogies. The boycotts has sources that directly deal with the subject matter and the plane crash does as well. This article's sources either deal with the individual generals, the navy itself, Hispanics in general or the term admiral. The "Hispanos en el Navy" link only talks about Rodrigo C. Meléndez and even if you were to use all the people it mentioned than thats only 3. The other people being in the article is the deduction that the person is Hispanic and they were/are an admiral which is synthesis, a type of original research. T Rex | talk 03:11, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the 2002 Tampa plane crash escaped AFD only by an iffy "no consensus" decision a while ago. So articles look different ways to different people. --Mattisse 15:34, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • For crying out loud, They are Hispanics, as stated by the reliable sources and they are or were Admirals in the United States Navy. It is all sourced. It is "not" original research. Tony the Marine 05:55, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not against the article itself, but can I point out that the definition of 'Hispanic American' is logically a bit problematic? "Hispanic American is an ethnic term employed to categorize any citizen or resident of the United States, of any racial background, of any country, and of any religion, who has at least one ancestor from the people of Spain." Spain as a nation goes back, what, 500-1000 years? (Although that's another problem, how far back does your concept of the 'people of Spain' go?). If you go back up your family tree 500-1000 years you will find you have a quite staggering number of ancestors, and very probably at least one of them is from Spain, regardless of where on the planet you live. Taking a generation to be 25 years, I've got a million ancestors 500 years ago, and one billion 1000 years ago. Tongue partly in cheek, as the latter is rather more than the population of the planet at that time, presumably there's a good chance that I'm descended from pretty much everyone alive in 1000 AD, one way or another. I bet at least one of my ancestors would be Spanish. Is it really a case of one ancestor, or of one immediate ancestor? 4u1e 13:43, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The term "Hispanic" is not my concept. It is a term made up by the United States government as defined in the Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Ethnic & Hispanic Statistics Branch. I agree with you that if we were to become technical, we would all be inter-related and citizens of the world and that therefore people should not even be referred to by "race", but that is not the case here. The issue here is that the article is not "original research" and meets established GA criteria. If proven without a doubt to be original research and that it odes not meeting criteria, then it should be delisted, otherwise let's put an end to this senseless debate already. Tony the Marine 15:05, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My specific question is not to do with the proposed delisting, so (if one accepts that the delist proposal is senseless) I' m not sure it should be labelled as senseless. I should, probably, have asked it elsewhere.
My genuine question is: Is the official definition really someone with one 'Spanish' (scare quotes) ancestor? Because, without trying to be clever as I was above (sorry!), that sounds an unlikely definition. I'm happy to have the debate elsewhere though. Cheers. 4u1e 15:46, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the reference used in the article, the definition of Hispanic given there is "Hispanic Origin. Persons of Hispanic origin were identified by a question that asked for self-identification of the person's origin or descent. Respondents were asked to select their origin (and the origin of other household members) from a "flash card" listing ethnic origins. Persons of Hispanic origin, in particular, were those who indicated that their origin was Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or some other Hispanic origin. It should be noted that persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race." Which is not what the article says. 4u1e 15:51, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I also can't see anything in ref 10 (available here) to support any of the statements made in the para it references (first of US Naval Academy) - other than the existence of Capt Robert Lopez in 1911. 4u1e 16:02, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Although the article says he as an Admiral, while the source says he was delisted in 1911 at the rank of Captain. 4u1e 16:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(editor conflict)

Yes. The "official" definition in the United States as provided by the US Census is a self-identified category.[5] But all the racial/ethnic categories in the U.S. Census 2000 are self-identified. Individual states may have different definitions, but in general, race/ethnicity in the United States is a self-identified category. The only exception I can think of is that someone of American Indian ancestry is eligible for certain privileges/monies from the government if that person can provide by documentation that he or she is at least 1/16th of American Indian ancestry. The problem is even more difficult with Asian/Pacific Islanders/ etc. which in the last census had about 15 to 20 or so different categories to choose from because particular groups put pressure on the Census Department that Aleusian (sp?) Islanders were not the same as having ancestors from the Philippines, or from Vietnam, or Cambodia, or Sri Lanka etc . It is similar to Afro-Americans. There is no way to define who is Afro-American once you give up the "one drop of blood" criteria (which no one could distinguish anyway). Afro-American can be a self-identified category, or an other-identified category. There are some who say that a well-known presidential candidate is not an Afro-American because neither he or his ancestors were born in Africa and/or that none of his ancestors were slaves in American. Some say on Afro-American has to have a slave ancestor, even though by far the great majority of people who call themselves Afro-American do not have such an ancestor, nor were they or there ancestors born in Africa. I think it is also similar to Jewish, for example. In that case, there is the "official" definition (your mother was Jewish) but we know there are many other definitions, including self-identification, or identification by Hitler, cultural definition (my ancestors identified as Jewish although my mother is not Jewish), or other identification (I changed my name to disguise my ethnic-sounding name e.g. Danny Thomas) etc. These complications are why the Census Department decided that race/ethnicity was a self-identified category. This includes "white" or "Caucasian". --Mattisse 16:27, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't mind that it's a self identified category. What worries me is that the article says that the definition is one thing, and supports that assertion by reference to a report which says something different! Where does the definition in the article come from? 4u1e 16:36, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

De-list Seems to have quite serious referencing problems. Examples:

  • Definition of 'Hispanic American' used in the article does not match that given in the source (ref 7)
  • Reference 10 is given for the second para of 'US Naval Academy', but supports none of the material in that paragraph.
  • Ref 12, which is given in support of the section on 'Commodore Robert F. Lopez', is given as 'United States Naval Academy records on Robert F. Lopez.' This is insufficient to find the data used.
  • Ref 13 does not support the majority of the section on 'Rear Admiral Frederick Lois Riefkohl'.
  • Ref 1415. The article entries for Riefkohl, Cabanillas and Garcia seem to have been copied, rather than sourced, from this page. (And those were just the first three I looked at). That would be a copyright violation. Alternatively, given the nature of the source and its heavy linking to wikipedia, the material in the 'source' may have been taken from Wikipedia, which would make it worthless as a reference for this article.

That's about as far as I looked - I haven't been through the whole article, but what I have looked at virtually all has referencing problems. Sorry. 4u1e 16:36, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked further - there are referencing and copyvio problems further on as well. Looks like it needs to be re-ref'd and re-written from scratch. :( 4u1e 17:11, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delist:
  • Farragut section is largely unreferenced.
  • This article feels more like a list than an article. I think it may be better served by getting reviewed by WP:FLC than as a GA, since GA's really don't deal with lists. This article is basically 3 parts: a) the lead and terminology section b) information on Farragut and c) a long list of Admirals of Hispanic decent. Aside from some short introductory information, this article is a list, and should be reviewed by FLC and not GA.--Jayron32|talk|contribs 16:41, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist on the one hand, I don't think the article is really unstable despite this dispute, the recent edit history seems to mostly be the addition of references. However, 4u1e brings up some good points, and especially if the article content doesn't reflect several of the references, it really doesn't seem to me like the current content can be trusted in terms of accuracy. Homestarmy 03:21, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Something else that came to me... I'm not sure if this is what Homestarmy was getting at, but there is also the problem of broadness here, and maybe OR issues: Let me explain. While we may have references to provide that each admiral listed is of Hispanic background (and while I will not say that is true, only to presuppose, for the sake of arguement, that we assume it), we still have the issue that the article has NO reliable way to be complete, despite the fact that the list is sure to be finite and not that unweildy. General officers do not make up a large portion of the military at any one time; and I have my doubts that this article lists EVERY hispanic admiral; frankly barring any explicit list existing OUTSIDE of wikipedia, the synthesis of this information in a wikipedia article constitutes Original Research in its most basic form. To say A and B are true (Juan Smith is an admiral and Juan Smith is Hispanic) may not be original research, but the compiling of a list in this way, together with the supporting introductory information, seems to smack of a novel synthesis (A and B are true, therefore C is also true), which is by DEFINITION original research... --Jayron32|talk|contribs 23:47, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • Well, actually, I was more referring to the content of the article not reflecting the references, but if the topic itself is OR, AfD seems like a better place for this discussion. Homestarmy 00:42, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Jayron, thank you for explaining what I was trying to say but couldn't find the words to say it. T Rex | talk 01:29, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. This is a well-documented article. Arguments above indicate that there is room for improvement (which is the case for all Wikipedia articles, even the FAs). — ERcheck (talk) 01:15, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - this is an interesting case of an article on a subject that doesn't actually exist. I mean, while there are many references, no source is cited asserting the existence of the "problem" of Hispanic Admirals in the United States Navy outside of Wikipedia and this article. It seems a totally artificially constructed subject, even if well-referenced. I really don't know what to make of it, I guess some more general Wikipedia rules should apply. My personal gut feeling is that it is wrong - I could make a very well-referenced article on "Polish politicans who wear bowties", but I somehow believe it wouldn't be very encyclopedic... PrinceGloria 07:09, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Re the discussion on whether the topic exists, I would suggest that it does, provided that you have a solid definition of what 'Hispanic' means (from another source, not self-generated), and that you can support the assertion that each individual on the list meets that definition.
I think the current definition of Hispanic given in the article is problematic, because it appears to be original to this article (or at least does not match the source given) and because it involves the 'one ancestor' thing (discussed way above), which is so broad as to be meaningless. I do not, however, believe that it is impossible that there is a useful and non-original definition which could be used. The actual census definition from ref 7 is one (self identifying as Hispanic) although potentially difficult to reference for individuals further back than say the 1960s. A definition of, say, one Spanish/Latin American grandparent would also be usable, and provable in each case, but you would have to find that definition being widely used elsewhere before applying it in Wikipedia. Not an impossible task, by any means.
Regarding the 'Polish politicians who wear bowties' question, I suggest that the notability of the concept may be demonstrated by reference 38, a Department of Defense publication entitled Hispanics in America's Defense, which includes a section starting on page 103 called 'Hispanic American Flag and General Officers in the Navy' detailing listing individuals going back to Farragut. That's at least one respectable source which is employing the same general concept as this article. Other refs, 30 (A US Navy press release) and 39 (from the US Dept of Naval Affairs) suggest that the 'Hispanic' categorisation is in use in the US Navy to identify and publicise individuals such as these Admirals.
Personally, I'm not sure about the advisability of focussing too much on ethnicity. But it does seem that there are reliable sources out there that employ this concept - if the article was more solidly built on those foundations, I see no reason that it couldn't go back to GA. Cheers. 4u1e 10:25, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Source 38 only goes to show the concept of "Hispanics in the US Navy" is, to stretch it a bit, a subject of original research outside of Wikipedia (and thus can be included without making it OR). But nuffink and nuffink about "Hispanic Admirals". It's almost the same, but not the same. I mean, there are for sure texts about Polish politicans, and I believe some wacky research on people who wear bowties (even possibly Polish people who wear bowties) could be found, but combining them two is still OR.
Secondly, the article is a collection of loosely bound information, put together under the pretence of an encyclopedic subject. They are all factually verifiable, encyclopedic and undeniably pertaining to one of the Admirals of the US Navy of Hispanic descent (for what I can tell), but it doesn't make the collection an encyclopedic subject. If we find all the honorable Admirals here notable in wikipedic sense, they could all "get" their own articles. So can the matter of "Hispanics in the US Navy". But not a concept that does not exist in research, even if it is a perfectly identifiable concept in real-life terms (just like politicans in bowties). PrinceGloria 14:50, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ref 38 is a DoD publication, so I'm puzzled by the statement that it's 'original research' from outside Wikipedia - would you mind specifying what the problem with this source, in terms of WP:RS? Thanks. It includes, as mentioned before, a list with brief details, of seven Hispanic Flag Officers (i.e. of Admiral rank). It also includes much detail on the history of those considered 'Hispanic' in the US Armed Forces, with a detailed account of Farragut on pages 17 and 18. So I'm puzzled by the assertion that there is 'nuffink and nuffink about Hispanic Admirals' in the source. Would a (much shorter) version of the article that included only those Hispanic Admirals referred to in ref 38 be OR? If so, why?
Much, but not all, of the current version of the article does create one concept from two separate bits of proof: of Hispanic-ness (Hispanicity?) and of Admiral-ness (Admiralicity?). And that is OR, as you say. The article would be strengthened considerably if more material on the specific topic of Hispanic Senior Officers in the US Navy were added - Google Scholar may have some useful material for example.
Your second point is really about the quality of the current article. As I have said, I feel the current article needs to tighten up considerably on how it defines a 'Hispanic Admiral' and how the concept is referenced. But I see no reason to argue that the concept does not exist. 4u1e 15:39, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dear 4u1e,
While being "original research" is a boo-boo in Wikipedia, it's perfectly alright in the vast world of science and stuff. Actually, to include something in Wikipedia, you first need original research performed outside of Wikipedia (so-called "primary source") to be able to include a bit of information appropriately. Therefore, the pamphlet referenced as number 38 is not only a very good reference, but the only one that can partially claim to be the essential reference to make this article encyclopedic. I am not that concerned if it is original or secondary research (though it does look original at a brief glance), it is important it is a piece of external research, so at least one person has ever researched the topic as defined.
Or actually, not as defined, because it was not "Hispanic Admirals", but "Hispanics" in general, and I see no distinguishable part of the work dedicated to the subject of "Hispanic Admirals". Let me give you an example - an article on "Hispanic Admirals" would look as follows:
"Hispanic Admirals are people of Hispanic descent serving in the US Navy in the rank of Admirals. The existence of Hispanic Admirals brings about the following circumstances: (...). The common characteristics of Hispanic Admirals are (...) etc. etc."
At present, the article looks like that:
"Hispanic Admirals are people of Hispanic descent serving in the US Navy in the rank of Admirals. There they go: (list)"
I do hope I don't need to explain any further. If I do need to, please indicate and I will try, hopefully with the help of others. PrinceGloria 16:42, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
<Sighs and rolls eyes> No, Gloria, you don't need to explain further. Your last contribution added nothing to your first. I will note again that the source defines a list of Hispanic Admirals (Flag Officers, same thing afaik), but suggest we don't discuss this further. Jayron suggests EMPHATICALLY below that it's a list anyway, and is probably correct. On a personal note, I could live with you being a smidgen less patronising, but each to their own. Cheers. 4u1e 18:06, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It was not my intention to come accross as patronizing. I apologize if you felt that way. PrinceGloria 18:34, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the apology. And to be fair, what I should have said was that it seemed patronising to me, not that it was patronising. The written language being a poor transmitter of intent. :) Cheers. 4u1e 20:20, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, There is no no reason to de-list, the article is fine and references could be worked. While an article about "Polich politicians who wear bowties" would be uneducational and unencyclopedic, "Hispanic Admrials in the U.S. Navy" is educational and encyclopedic. Is it our job to discourage and drive away one of best editors and contributors? I think not. Hispanic contributions are important enough to have been recognized by the different branches of the military services in various websites. Antonio Martin 15:49, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So then, the reasons given by people saying "Delist" don't actually exist? It's one thing if you think we're just wrong, but to say our opinions are so irrelevant as to not even exist doesn't prove our reasoning wrong at all. Homestarmy 16:06, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, the source listed by 4u1e above, the DoD publication that explicitly lists Hispanic Admirals in it, answers my earlier question about this article. It does NOT appear that this is an original synthesis of ideas, as the list appears to exist outside of Wikipedia, so it easily passes any notability requirements and there is no good reason to delete. HOWEVER, and I cannot stress enough so please pardon the all caps, because this point keeps getting missed, GA DOES NOT HANDLE LIST ARTICLES, SO THIS ARTICLE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO WP:FLC FOR REVIEW, NOT GA. That reason does not change, and it has no bearing on the quality of the article. This could be the best written, best referenced, most perfect list ever created by anyone in history, and it will still never qualify for a GA because it is a list. Take it to FLC... --Jayron32|talk|contribs 16:31, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. No reason to delist; not original research. In fact, here are a couple of opinion article from just the last month talking about Hispanic Admirals in the US Navy: [6] and [7].--Alabamaboy 19:04, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, and what do those men have in common apart from being Navy Admirals and Hispanic? Currently, the article merely states that there are people like that, and that alone does not a phenomenon make. PrinceGloria 19:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Alabama, if you insist that the views of myself and other editors who don't think this article is a GA even exist, how can we take your opinion seriously? Homestarmy 19:38, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why are you making personal attacks? I've stated my view that the article is not original research--basically, I agree with the points others have raised on this issue. As a result, I believe the article should not be delisted.--Alabamaboy 19:25, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Anyone who reads the article with an open mind will clearly see that the article is not merely only about men who have in common being Navy Admirals and Hispanic. It is also about the contributions that Hispanic Americans have made to the United States and in this particular case the U.S. Navy as Admirals. What bothers me is not the arguements of weather or not the article meets GA criteria, that is fine and that is the purpose of this discussion page, what bothers me is the Anti-Hispanic sentiment which I percieve in a case or two. Then again that is my humble opinion and is not directed at anyone in particular. Tony the Marine 20:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - While the article may have some problems it seems to comply with the GA criteria, the alleged referencing problems should have been discussed with the original nominator instead of taking directly to GAR to give him a chance to work with them before, I can't find the supposed 'original research' or any direct copyvio in it (though if there is some the quantity is so minimal that some rewritting can fix it ASAP), besides those three issues most of the arguments remaining seem like I don't like it to me. I'm not sure if this is more of a list than a article as said here but FLC could be a option. - Caribbean~H.Q. 22:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Minor comment The article was listed here because of OR claims. I saw it for the first time on this page, and found referencing and suspected copyvio problems. Those are the basis of my de-list vote. I've provided Tony the Marine with a full list of the problems I see at talk:Hispanic Admirals in the United States Navy, which I believe he is working through. 4u1e 17:12, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It provides educational and encyclopedic material in a form that allows rapid access to information. If Wikipedia is to be user-friendly, this should be kept. What's the purpose of collecting a lot of data if we'll constantly be deleting ways to retrieve it easily? Pr4ever 02:29, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is NOT A DELETION DISCUSSION. We are not discussing this article's existance on wikipedia, only whether or not it gets that little plus on the talk page. THIS IS A LIST ARTICE, AND GA DOES NOT COVER LIST ARTICLES. Thus, it should be removed from the GA list. This is a VERY GOOD, VERY WELL WRITTEN, VERY WELL REFERENCED list, and this should be nominated at featured list candidates if you think it deserves commendation. GA does not handle this. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 03:03, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, tough case here. I'm inclined to agree with 4u1e and Jayron32 in a sense that this article is a list, and a possibly good one at that. It has a detailed introduction, a few paragraphs, and then lists various Navy admirals, with references. WP:GA doesn't handle lists, so their assertions that it is technically disqualified as a Good Article are, I believe, well-founded and well-intentioned. That said, when this discussion is over, the list should be improved with the suggestions provided above, and then nominated for WP:FLC given adjustments per concerns provided by 4u1e and Jayron32 (I have a few suggestions myself, just in case anyone asks).
I would like to point out that I don't think this is original research, the references provide the basic facts for a person's inclusion in the list as part of the topic, which by itself is covered in certain sources as stated by users above. This isn't a list of unpublished facts, arguments, concepts, statements, or theories. Please also take note that this isn't an article to establish a fact, it is a list of a pre-existing fact. In other words, the list isn't used to promote the idea that Hispanics, because they have admirals in the Navy, are better than other ethnicities, or that given their diversity, Hispanics are the best admirals in the Navy, it just lists Hispanic admirals in the Navy (nothing more and nothing less). Original research is inherently based on neutral point of view, and the list does not stray to much from that. I just think that it should be reviewed for WP:PEACOCK and WP:WEASEL words, which should clear up most OR concerns. - Mtmelendez (Talk|UB|Home) 05:24, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Proposal - OK, so I guess a solution we could agree upon would be to rename the article as a "List of Hispanic Admirals in the United States Navy" and duly remove from the GA list while at the same time submitting for assessment as a candidate for a Featured List. Anybody against? PrinceGloria 10:40, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not so much on the present article in question, but I see those (which are effectively possibly huge lists for WP) simply being a list for list's sake, and as noted on the first example's talk page, a violation of WP:NOT#DIR. A category would suit the job much better, if needed to id all wikilinked-in persons of that ethinicity. The titles of both suggest an impossibly large collection (on the order of millions); that is the reason it is impractical to keep these lists.
  • In comparison, the above list is very limited in scope (order of 20-ish), and thus is much more manageable and will likely not contain elements that are wikilinked already. From that aspect alone, the article should not be considered "bad" (whether it means a new GA or going to a featured list).
  • The one thing, I guess, is that what article does this list stem from? I would think that if this article was tied a bit better to Hispanic Americans, it would justify this a bit better. Heck, are there similar articles for the other armed branches and can they be combined into a single article to describe Hispanic Americans' contributions to the US Armed Forces? Well, maybe, not sure, this is ID'ing only the admirals. But still, it doesn't feel like a Featured List to me, and as a GA alone, it doesn't feel full enough to meet a typical GA requirement. --MASEM 13:08, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - Another problem is that there are no final definitions for race or ethnic groups in the U.S. See: Race and ethnicity in the United States Census. There is no way to scientifically define race and obviously there can be various definitions of specific ethnicities. Both race and ethnicity are self-identified (or some times other-identified) categories. For example, there are those who state that Barack Obama is not African American because his ancestors are not African born and were not slaves - one of the many definitions of African American. --Mattisse 14:29, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Train Wreck. The focus of the objection seems to be ducking and bobbing and weaving. So let's see. The original claim is that the intersection of Hispanic and US Admiral isn't notable, which is not so; there are plenty of works about Hispanics in the US military [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] and clearly those who achieved the highest rank in the Navy is a notable part of that, and this article is clearly too long to be merged into a longer one per Wikipedia:Summary style. Then someone claimed there is no such thing as a Hispanic which is ridiculous; it's not perfectly defined, but nothing outside Mathematics is. Then it seems the issue was with sourcing, which could be reasonable, but now it seems to be about being a list. I think the whole reassessment should be restarted or shelved until the objectors become clear on what their complaints actually are. --AnonEMouse (squeak) 17:42, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I fully agree. - Mtmelendez (Talk|UB|Home) 19:12, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I fully agree also. --Mattisse 19:49, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reguest, as creator, main contributor and GA nominator of the article in the first place, I kindly request that it be De-listed. I can deal with the "list" thing in the future. Thank you all for your comments, both oppose and keep. Tony the Marine 19:01, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: The article's importance highlights the Armed Forces drive to diversify their ranks after previous segregated policies came to an end. The article is not original research and I know firsthand that Tony knows his facts and is never an opinionated writer. --XLR8TION 01:56, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    This does not explain why this article meets the GA criteria at all, in fact, it looks like it has alot more to do with defending it from deletion that keeping it as a GA. An archivist can safely ignore this vote as it stands for being irrelevant to GA status. Homestarmy 02:08, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Shelve - per AnonEMouse's ducking and weaving comment above. This (whatever it is) has lost all context and meaning. Please leave off, and resubmit if so desired in some sort of logical format with understandable reasons that can be addressed. --Mattisse 02:02, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bringin' on the Heartbreak

Result No real consensus here, but based on the comments it seems to me that the best thing to do is delist and recommend renomination at GAN. So that is what I will do. Geometry guy 20:25, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Originally reviewed and given GA status a year and a half ago, on more recent review, I've found it to have the following issues:

  • Citation needed tags in the Def Leoppard section.
  • Short lead paragraph.

WikiProject Songs has been notified.
edit: I've since adjusted the above nomination based on improvements to the article since the original nomination. Drewcifer3000 22:19, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

on re-examination, nothing's happened to change my view. Citation tags, links to disambiguation pages. (Which Doug Smith directed the video? Not obviously any on that page. Perhaps the same as the Douglas Smith mentioned in the Hawkwind page but that is another disambiguation link with none of those candidates looking likely either.)--Peter cohen 16:50, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm still inclined to delist. There are quotations and judgments about the song early in the Def Leppard section without in-line references. Also "shooted" is still there. Is this a valid conjugate of which I'm unaware, or is it indiation that a copy-edit is still needed.--Peter cohen 11:21, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist Inadequate lead, more cites needed and also the cites currently present need formatting. LuciferMorgan 21:43, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It might be perfectly acceptable for there to be no inline citations in the first half of the article - please provide details of the statements you think require them. --Joopercoopers 12:47, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I've placed a grand total of 4 {{fact}} tags in the Def Leoppard section, so nothing too major. I also addressed a few of the typos mentioned above, as well as reformatted the in-line citations. The Lead still needs work, as do the uncited facts. Also, the disputed image I mentioned above seems to have been fixed. I've adjusted my nomination above to reflect the changes made. Drewcifer 03:02, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist - I agree with the above. Weak lead, inadequate citation. Why is this two articles in one? Is that common for covers to be merged into originals? LaraLove♥ 16:19, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yea, it's pretty common. It's because it's the same song, just different version of it. See Hurt (song) for another example. I know there's more examples (sometimes three or four versions are represented) but I can't think of any right now. Drewcifer 22:42, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been improved to what I believe to be GA standards. Unless there's any complaints, I'd like to close and archive this review as Keep. Drewcifer 04:27, 18 September 2007 (UTC).[reply]

You can't just close without consensus. It may be better to keep these sweeps reviews on the talk pages and avoid GA/R unless there are no responses or improvements on articles of questionable quality. Otherwise, do on holds. LaraLove 04:41, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't close it without consensus. That's why I went to the trouble to contact every reviewer above and asked them to re-review (yourself included). And I think bringing up the article here was justified since a) it was nominated really before sweeps even began, and b) noone has really come to the rescue of the article except $yd! and myself. Old reviews have a tendency to be forgot about even when changes have been made, hence my contacting everyone to have it reevalutated. It would've just sat here and eventually been delisted otherwise. I'll see about fixing up the article a little bit more based on your and Peter Cohen's suggestions. Drewcifer 23:07, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - HOWEVER, I think the credits and charts section should be switched and the lead needs to include something about chart positions, in my opinion. LaraLove 04:41, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist Fixes still needed:
    • Direct quotes are unreferenced... First paragraph of the Def Leppard Version section, first paragraph of the Mariah Carey Version section, second paragraph of the Mariah Carey section.
    • Lead should be expanded some. It does not fully summarize the article.
    • Organization is a bit weak. Most Good and Featured song articles have "Development" "Reception" "Video" etc. subsections. I would expect to see these subsections under each of the versions. This is not a major issue, but still, while we are working on making this the best possible article...
  • These fixes seem easy to do. I would also like to see more inline citations; there are some challengable statements in the article which express opinions (like "The popularity of the video and the exposure the band received caused a resurgence..." Really? Did someone make this connection outside of wikipedia? This sounds like an opinion to me), but I understand that I am in the minority in disliking unsourced opinions here...--Jayron32|talk|contribs 01:15, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist per Jayron's concerns. This is not a peer review opportunity. If the article doesn't meet the criteria at the moment of its listing and a consensus has been reached, it should be delisted. VanTucky Talk 03:28, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

National Ignition Facility

Result. The comments here weigh towards delistment although some of the arguments are contested and not many reviewers have contributed. I therefore will delist and recommend renomination at GAN. Geometry guy 20:47, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article has been under a lot of GA scrutiny lately (just take a look at the talk page), so I hesitate to bring it up here, but it seems to me like it doesn't quite fulfill all the requirements. My few issues with it are its small lead, a CRAZY caption for the first image, poorly formatted references, entire sections without in-line citations ("Background") and others without enough (the first half of "NIF and ICF"). Drewcifer3000 05:45, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, I don't think the lead is too short, and picture captions aren't really related to the GA criteria, but I do have some concerns about overly dense jargon, such as the second half of this sentence: "....unforeseen problems caused by non-uniformities in the compression of the target (hydrodynamic instabilities).", and I have no idea what this sentence in the lead means, "Nevertheless NIF achieved first light in December 2002", is this some kind of fusion power related euphemism? The first unreferenced section appears partly referenced by its parent section, but indeed, certain critical parts of the article seem to be without citations, where plenty of fact statements are being made. Homestarmy 15:02, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Surely there's some sort of MoS thing about having an entire paragraph as a caption? My issue with the lead isn't necessarily its length, but that it doesn't summarize the whole article. And of course the reference issues. And I didn't really notice the dense jargon, but I suppose I agree with you on that one. Like I said, I was hesitant to bring it up, but I figured it warranted further review. Drewcifer3000 00:12, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know of any MoS guideline about picture caption size, but I suppose the lead could be expanded somewhat by going more into the process detailed in the NIF and ICF section. The background section doesn't seem to have much to do directly with the NIF, but its existance doesn't seem unwarranted since this appears to be a rather technical article. I'm not really decided either way on this one, I just though the jargon thing might be useful for anyone trying to fix the article. Homestarmy 00:21, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that WP:CAP talks about that. Lara♥Love 15:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well considering that most of this discussion seems to boil down to the caption and the "poorly formatted references", it seems to me that Drewcifer3000 just volunteered to fix it! :-) Seriously though, with the exception of the references issue (see the talk page for a tiring discussion of that topic), is there anything left that really strikes anyone as a GA-fail? Maury 19:33, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If it was a simple fix, I would do so, but knowing completely nothing about anything the article is talking about, I'm afraid I can't be of much help. My problems with the article are pretty much described in the article's nomination. Looking at the discussion page, I can see that some of the information is un-referenced for decent reasons, mainly because the information is repeated in various sections. So, my main question is, why repeat it? Ideally, only the lead should summarize/repeat the article (and therefore is ok to be unreferenced). Not only does repeating something leave uncited parts of the article, but it's just kind of redundant. As far as the reference formatting, try using citation templates. Those do all the work for you. And the caption, I can see why it is important information, but why not make that it's own section? There's enough text there to warrant a subsection of background at the very least. A lead image isn't necessary, or required of GA status, so moving it wouldn't hurt anything. Hope this advice seems doable. Drewcifer3000 20:06, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well I've tried a couple of the CITE systems, and I can't say I found any of them particularly helpful. Even with the tools, it's just too much work to do the whole CITE thing. Yeah, I know, someone said that you should use CITE, but I can't help but feel that the cabal in question didn't actually have to use it. My real complaint with CITE is that it's inline, and since the template is so frikin' huge, it makes the articles almost uneditable if you do use it. Its so bad that I have given up completely on FA, and only go for GA these days -- GA doesn't even need inlines, and I'm just lazy enough to do those when the feeling strikes me. I have this nasty feeling in my gut that someone will actually go and make a new CITE system that actually works, and then all of the regs will be updated to say that you should use that system instead. And then I'll get messages saying articles are being put into GAR because they use the old system rather than the new one.

But here's the point I want you to consider -- let's say I did re-write all of the refs into CITE... do you think the article would be improved as a result? Or to put it another way, would you describe the current article as bad? Don't get me wrong, I am not writing off your suggestions by any means. But the process of getting even a GA has become so incredibly Byzantine that the idea of going through it again makes me shudder. I want to be sure that the article has real problems, as opposed to being listed for not following some regs that are quite possibly going to change in the future.

Maury 01:49, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Maury. Verifiability equals credibility. Insisting on citation of sources often improves the quality of an article (by improving the quality of its info sources), but that isn't always the case. However, it does always improve the verifiability of the content. Thanks! -- Ling.Nut 02:22, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Are you talking about citing sources (aka references), or CITEing sources? I am talking about the later, not the former. Maury 18:22, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I empathize with everything you've said: citing can be a very arduous task. Indeed, making a GA is a very difficult task, laregly because of in-line citations. The rationale behind them are manifold, and I won't go into that here, but I can assure you that the GA criteria will continue to require them, even if the actual process of making them is somehow made easier. That said, ask yourself a simple question: is GA status really that important to you? You've definitely made a good article here, so kudos there, but is it really that important to you for it to be a "Good Article" with a capital GA? If it is, then it would be worth putting in some time to add some in-line citations and take into consideration the other comments made. If not, then let it go. Regardless of it's classification in Wikipedia, I doubt 75% of Wikipedia's readers will know or care. That's just my honest opinion, take it as you will. Drewcifer 05:28, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
GA does not require inline refs, read 2.b. And, as the article in question does use inline refs, is there any remaining issue of concern here, or should we all just move along? Maury 18:22, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
To quote directly from WP:WIAGA 2b: "cites reliable sources for quotations and for material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, preferably using inline citations for longer articles." Ok, but then there's two footnotes, one of which says "Unambiguous citation is best done through footnotes or Harvard references at the end of a sentence (see the inline citations essay). It is highly recommended that the article have a consistent style of footnoting. Articles one page or shorter can be unambiguously referenced without inline citations. General statements, mathematical equations, logical deductives, common knowledge, or other material that does not contain disputable statements need not be referenced." The way that is worded, it is highly up to interpretation. My interpretation of it is this: any complete thought that is not common knowledge must come from some source. If a fact comes from a source, you should reference that source. Pretty simple really. That is my own interpretation of the criteria, but I don't think I am alone. And also, keep in mind that the in-line citations are only one issue out of 4 that I brought up in the original nomination, the others being the lead, caption, and reference formatting.. Drewcifer 22:37, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  1. The problem (or at least, the main problem) with that idea is the term "common knowledge." Please note this article is in WikiProject Physics and thus falls within the purview of Wikipedia:Scientific citation guidelines.
  2. Is that an oppose vote, or merely a continuation of the philosophical discussion? If it's the former, please show actionable points. But bear in mind #1 above.. :-) Thanks! --Ling.Nut 23:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose it's an Oppose vote. To reiterate the things that I think should be improved: the lead should be expanded to reflect WP:LEAD, the caption of the main image should be fixed somehow (I'd recommend just making the image and the explanation a subsection of the background section), format the references and in-line citations (I'd recommend using citation templates), and of course, add some in-line citations. This last point seems to be a point of contention, but to quote from the Scientific citation guidelines: "The verifiability criteria require that such statements be sourced so that in principle anyone can verify them. However, in many articles it is cumbersome to provide an in-line reference for every statement... Therefore, in sections or articles that present well-known and uncontroversial information ... it is acceptable to give an inline citation for one or two authoritative sources ... in such a way as to indicate that these sources can be checked to verify statements for which no other in-line citation is provided. These inline citations are often inserted either after the first sentence of a paragraph or after the last sentence of the paragraph." I cut some parts out of the quote to make it more readable, so feel free to read the whole paragraph on the main page. The page also has an example which might help. Honestly, a good portion of the article already follows those guidelines, so it really shouldn't be that much of a problem to add a citation at least per paragraph. Drewcifer 02:30, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(undent) Maury, two things: First and foremost, I'm OK with this article as GA. I say Move along, nothing to see here — Pass. Second (and far less important, in this particular context), I still haven't quite figured out what you're unhappy with about citing refs. I mostly like the system we used in Georg Cantor, thou even that could be improved upon.. my main beef is that the inline refs should've been templated to make them clickable back to the relevant reference in the references section... so instead of plain text such as "Dauben 2004, p. 1." you'd have something clickable like Dauben (2004:1). [That won't work here on this page 'cause there's no ref for it to link to, but it would work on the Cantor page.] In fact. I may just change them some day. I dunno, I'm kinda lazy though :-P HTH --Ling.Nut 18:55, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yeah, I should have linked to this earlier... go to water memory, click edit, and try to follow the text. It visually illustrates the problems that you end up with when you try to edit them. The solution, IMHO, is to put the REF tag in the text and the CITE at the bottom. That's how it used to work with the original NOTE system, but if I reconstruct the history correctly, everyone complained so they made the new REF system work inline. But then they introduced CITE after this, and I think that's where the problem began. Maury 20:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delist A decent article weighed down by a lot of technical language. I think some of the terms could do with small explanatory articles that could be linked. Anisotropy is one example. Also UV and IV should best be put in parentheses after their first full spelling before being used as initials thereafter. I think referencing should be increased to at least one a paragraph - in that case if the one source explains the whole para. You have quite a large number of sources and if someoen wanted to WP:Verify the article, then it becomes quite difficult to know what to check where. If the information in a paragraph is fully given in multiple sources, then just give one. The references themselves should eb better formatted. They can be given in Chicago style, if you don't like CITE. I don't have a problem with the lead. My computer and wikipedia between them have decided not to show me the pictures today. The caption looks useful where it is, but I wonder whether a key might make it less wordy.--Peter cohen 09:17, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delist I disagree that the language is a problem. I think the article is accessable, it provides wikilinks for people needing more information, and seems to not be an issue. The long caption doesn't bother me either. However, there are some issues:

  • I know that WP:SCG has a lower threshold for inline citations, but there is NO reference AT ALL provided for the first section on the ICF Mechanism. Even if there is no inline citations, there should be a reference for this information somewhere. All information should be in the references listed at the end of the article; even if not specifically footnoted. Since there are NO extra references beyond the footnotes; that leaves me no option than to say that all unfootnoted information is unreferenced, therefore unverifiable...
  • The format of the references is substandard. References need basic bibliographic information. We have no authors, no publication information, no accessdates, NOTHING but some HTML links. These will need to be cleaned up. Using citation templates to do so is optional. Go ahead and add this information manually without the templates, or use them, that is fine too. But the references need to be formatted correctly.
  • Frequently in the article, statistics and data are quoted. Even SCG requires that data be and numbers to carry specific inline cites; this article has several places where such data has no source. This must be fixed.
  • Criticism section contains some uncited statements that beg for citation. Such as: "Critics point out". Really? Who are these critics? Have they published their concerns? If so, can we name them? or at least provide an inline citation to their published criticism?

Make the fixes and this will be GA quality. Without them, it is below standard and should be delisted. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 01:27, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Result: No consensus. Some of the issues have been addressed, others, such as image licensing, are in progress. Lara❤Love 23:52, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A Series of Unfortunate Events (Edit · Talk · History · Watch)
(De)listing: Archive at GAR, WP:GA, T:GA#, Article talk.

Only passed a few days ago, the original reviewer left only this comment on the Talk Page as their review: "Enjoyed this one. Pass." Upon further review, I've found it to have the following issues:

  • Some of the images do not specify their source.
  • Many of the sections are poorly referenced, most notably the Distribution section.
  • The references are poorly formatted.
  • Small lead section.
  • Reception section could be expanded.

Chief editors, reviewers, and WikiProjects have been notified. Drewcifer

EDIT: I've stricken out issues which have since been addressed. 20:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Before commenting on this discussion, please ensure that the article’s talk page has been notified, with a link to this discussion. Use [[WP:GA/R#A Series of Unfortunate Events|Good article review]] as the section heading.
It's decent, but I wouldn't say it satisfies all the criteria. Namely, criteria #1b and WP:Lead (too short, doesn't summarize article), criteria #6 and WP:NFCC (no sources for some images), criteria #2 and WP:CITE (poorly formatted references), and criteria #3 (the reception section is somewhat small, though I suppose that might just be my opinion). The 2nd bullet point above, the lack of in-line citations, is currently under debate at WP:WIAGA, so we can ignore that one for now. Drewcifer 09:54, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist per nom. The lead fails the guidelines of WP:LEAD, there are numerous uncited facts, and the lead image is supposedly not under a fair use doctrine, which is extremely unlikely considering it includes copyrighted book covers. Unless we want to hear from the publisher's lawyer, this should be rectified immediately. VanTucky (talk) 20:52, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Keep Still a few problems when I read this (lead, reception is very small relative to in-universe information (didn't the series get compared to the Harry Potter books? This would be highly appropriate if my memory serves...), the book presentation could probably be put into a table, or at least add publication dates to it to get a sense of the timeline. The Reoccuring themes section has a few references but sounds like a lot of WP:OR, but only lacks the references to help support this section. --Masem 20:21, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist - Weak lead, inappropriate images (I question the copyright of the infobox image being held by the uploader. I don't believe that taking a picture of copyrighted book cover allows one to get around the copyright or take it as their own work.) I also agree with Masem's comments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LaraLove (talk • contribs) 13:37, September 11, 2007
    Who made this vote and when? Homestarmy 22:48, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist per nom. Lead and the article's "Reception" section need expansion. I also agree with the above comments that question the validity of the free image claim for the first image in the article, and I agree with Masem's comment in that the "Reoccuring themes" section needs more referencing. Rai-me 23:59, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've expanded the lead and the reception section, and I've taken a stab at citing some other stuff with an academic essay that I found. I think that the reason why the reception section looks so small is because it is broken up into subheadings when it could all just be smooshed into one section. I am also concerned about the fair use-ness of the images, especially the calendar cover, however, I would suggest that this would be a matter for WP:FUR to investigate. Should I put the article up at WP:FUR? -Malkinann 11:36, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since this is an article on the books themselves, fair use should be okay here, although rationales need to be in place on all the images. I suggest archiving this discussion with "no consensus" and hence retaining the current listed status of the article, but without any endorsement from GAR. Geometry guy 21:07, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

300-page iPhone bill

Result: keep for now! Geometry guy 19:56, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the article gives undue amount of attention to a single example of the iPhone bills. Other examples were given more media attention, and have been relegated to essentially a footnote. The article should be renamed to reflect the more general phenomenon, and the specific section should be merged with the other examples (and probably shortened). During the GA nomination, I and other editors expressed our problems with the article, and were ignored. I was specifically asked on my talk page to hold my comments. The article is simply not stable because it should be restructured. Rm999 06:00, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep 1) I am not sure why this is notable, or that I even agree that it should be notable, but it undoubtedly is. The article is well referenced, and is about the Internet Meme and Viral video specifically, and while viral videos and internet memes are not normally notable, this one is, and has received specific press coverage. I may not want this to have received this level of coverage, and yet it has, and is thus notable. 2) The article history looks like constructive edits designed to continuously improve the article, and I don't see any evidence of editwarring, so it looks stable to me. 3) The article isn't about the i-phone billing process per se, but about a famous and notable video and meme. The lead is somewhat short, but not completely out of line, and it is clear from the lead and the organization of the article that it is about the video and meme, and while some information on the billing process it lampoons is included for context, it seems well enough organized for me. I see NO obvious variance from the WP:WIAGA standards, and so I am inclined to keep it on the list. A weird article, but well referenced and well written...--Jayron32|talk|contribs 06:13, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Currently meets the criteria. Articles which are about to become unstable are dealt with by the Good Articles Precrime Department, not by GAR. Geometry guy 14:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Internet phenenom have proven to be encyclopedic if there's enough media coverage. Take Hong Kong Bus Uncle as example. It makes its way to FA, so I don't think of any reasons of denying this article as GA as long as GA criterias are met. OhanaUnitedTalk page 15:11, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Despite the large number of edits lately, the article doesn't appear to be amazingly unstable: [13]. There's a bunch of minor rewording and something near the bottom was deleted, but the changes don't seem too dramatic. Having an appropriate article name/topic is also not a GA criteria. However, if editors of that page are trying to get rid of your opinions and the other opinions of users, (Assuming your opinions are in good faith and that kind of thing of course) that sounds pretty WP:OWNesque to me, but GA/R isn't for user conduct disputes. Try a user conduct RfC if they continually demand that you not contribute to the article discussion. Homestarmy 15:15, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I will preface this by stating that I was the reviewer that granted this article GA status. The conditions for what makes a Good article do not depend on person opinions of expected notability. According to Wikipedia:Notability, "a topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject," which given the large amount of varied, reliable (mainstream media) sources, this article covers. In terms of the stability aspect, Wikipedia:What is a good article? states, "it does not change significantly from day to day and is not the subject of an ongoing edit war"; the only edits to this article within almost a month leading up to my review were improvement edits based on suggestions from the previous, failed GA nominations, and in response to my review, which was originally placed on hold. —Daniel Vandersluis(talk) 15:22, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As the reviewer who failed the nomination the second time (or the first time, depending on how you count the first nomination), among the many concerns that I had with the article at the time was that it was potentially unstable – deletion review had overturned an AfD, merging was a possibility and even the article it was going to potentially be merged into (Justine Ezarik) was under an AfD vote. While helping the main editor improve the article, I suggested that he wait until one week after the Justine Ezarik AfD was finished before he renominated this article for GA status. He did, proved me to me stability, and nothing in the edit history shows me that this article has turned unstable since. Otherwise, I am personally satisfied that this article meets the other criteria and see no other reason for it to be delisted. Do I wish this wasn't notable? Yes. Do I wish that I could invent a time machine so that I could go back and uninvent the webcam so that Justine Ezarik would never be notable? Yes. But does this article meet the notability criterion on Wikipedia? Yes. Does my dislike for the notability of the subject mean that it shouldn't be on Wikipedia? Not in the least. And that's why I helped User:Dhaluza improve this article by giving him suggestions and means of improvement. He's brought it up to GA status, and it hasn't fallen from that in the few days since it got there. Cheers, CP 17:05, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note I never mentioned notability in the reassessment request. My first comment on the article was to agree that it is slightly notable (but I really wish it wasn't). My argument is that this article should be a section in a more general article; probably an article on the iPhone bill controversy. There are many other notable examples of large or high iPhone bills that would fit right into such an article, and most news coverage about the 300-page bill was about the actual controversy, using the bill as one example. Also, it's unfair to call the article stable because a few of my edits (notably a request for merge) were quickly reverted. On the talk page two editors (including myself) agreed with a merge, and two disagreed. How can that be considered stable? Rm999 18:30, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest writing this general iPhone article, and leaving this one as a subarticle (per summary style). This GAR can't fix the problems you raise, and will soon be archived, as the consensus is pretty clear. Geometry guy 18:53, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

HiPER

Result: although the consensus here is not decisive, the commenting reviewers give good arguments that the fail is justified, so there is no reason to overturn this delistment. Geometry guy 19:56, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article, which was described by the person directing the project as being "superb", was failed by a GA reviewer for lacking in-line references. Of course, in-lines references are not a requirement for GA. Is this the right place to take this? Or a re-list on GA? The section above right seems to suggest this is the place. Maury 00:50, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

While Tarret's review was rather terse, and while the new criteria doesn't really state that an article must have plenty of inline citations in general, (But rather, specifies certain things that must have citations with them) this article does seem to suffer from referencing problems. For one thing, there's only three. Also, the only section written with summary style seems to be using a compleatly unreferenced parent section of another article. The e-mail thing is compleatly unreliable, simply because there's no specification on where it is, therefore making it impossible for me or anyone else to figure out exactly what this e-mail is referencing. The other two references seem reliable, but the second is rather short and can't be referencing very much of this article, and while the first is a very authoritative looking primary source, that's all there is. While the references seem to describe what HiPER is, surely a subject like this has been in the press, or has been subject to critical commentary (with "Critical" not necessarily meaning negative) by scientists or reaserchers or something, who would have a vested interest in such a reaserch facility? As with most articles referenced only by one or two references, the chances of important things not being in an article becomes very great. Unless you can prove that the references given are awesome enough to almost compleatly cover absolutly everything important over this subject, I Support the Fail of this article. Homestarmy 14:57, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
For one thing, there's only three
Actually, there's only two. The first is the original technical presentation intended to be distributed to other researchers in the field. I used this to produce the vast majority of the article. The other is a news article about it. there are several others like the second one, but the only reason I included it was because it refed the GEKKO work. I could include the others, but they would simply be padding.
Also, the only section written with summary style seems to be using a compleatly unreferenced parent section of another article
I'm not entirely sure what you are referring to. I'll guess though, do you mean the Background section? If so, the identical section is also used in several other articles that have passed GA. The references are fully available in that article, a click away.
The e-mail thing is compleatly unreliable
As stated on the talk page, the e-mail was used solely to verify the caption of the image at the top; although he also passed along several spelling and grammar tips.
Unless you can prove that the references given are awesome enough to almost compleatly
I have no idea what a reference would have to be like to pass the "awesome" criterion "compleatly". All I can say is that the article is essentially a printed (as in "words instead of pictures") version of the first reference. This project is very new and there simply isn't a lot published on it. The entire project, at this point, consists of that first document and a few semi-related research documents that you can find here. New sources will come forth as a result of the funding process, which is going forward now. I will add these as they become available. But in the meantime, the article is based on those references.
Once again I am sad to see that GA turns into a "reference review". There's not one statement in your post above that has anything to do with the article actually being good or not. Maury 11:56, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was indeed referring to the background section. Somehow, I didn't spot the two refs in the parent section at first, so I suppose this article's background section isn't necessarily unreferenced compleatly, but the citations aren't in the right place for WP:SCG, so I assume they don't reference anything below the middle of that section. Alone, I don't think that's enough for this article to be failed, but one problem isn't always what leads to an article not becoming a GA, as is this case I assume.
  • If the e-mail is just related to the picture caption, I guess it doesn't matter as much then. That caption seems pretty long, but WP:CAP doesn't seem to suggest that a caption must be short, but rather, that the reader may lose interest if its longer than three lines, so I don't think the caption is really much of a problem. However, if the e-mail isn't posted anywhere where someone besides yourself can easily get at it, there's no way for anyone else to verify that anything in that caption is supported by the e-mail or not. Without accessability, all there is backing up that caption is your word that it accuratly reflects the e-mail's content, and nothing more. But since its a caption, i'm not really sure if verifiability is entirely necessary, I don't think i've ever seen a caption referenced before anyway, and the description seems reasonable enough.
  • Ok, I guess it wasn't entirely fair for me to ask you to prove a negative, (Namely, that there's nothing more out there that's notable to this subject) this kind of situation hasn't come up very many times :/. But just a cursory google search seems to reveal that this article indeed is missing some information on this topic. For instance, this article seems to indicate that rather than merely being located in the EU, this laser is actually backed by it. Most of that article is just about the laser and likely repeats what's already there, but information about the EU backing this project isn't in it. Currently, the article answers the "What" of what the subject is, but it seems to be missing the "Who", as in who all is involved, even when such information could concievably be in the wiki article and be referenced. A little more digging might reveal more, such as this link, though hopefully from places with less questionable reliability. (It's from a partisan source, though the article itself doesn't seem biased) Or perhaps this, which appears more reliable and reveals more information about which countries are involved with this project. However, no references like these are in the wiki article, and just having one reliable technical document saying what exactly HiPER is doesn't seem to grasp the entirety of this subject from what I can tell. Homestarmy 18:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(undent)Oh I agree, some of these would be good additions. But did you stop to check the dates on them? The article can hardly be blamed for not including information published long after it was written! Maury 19:50, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Endorse fail First off, what is it with ginormous captions in power-related articles? Am I missing something? That's enough text to make a separate section altogether. Also the referencing is a problem. They don't follow any type of format, and the referencing of an email is a no-no (it's tempting, I know, but impossible to verify). And some more 3rd party sources would be nice. Most of the article doesn't really require in-line citations, except for whenever data/statistics are brought up. I added a few [citation needed] tags to make things a little easier. This article is certainly not beyond help, but in its current state it's a little weak. Drewcifer 23:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First off, what is it with ginormous captions in power-related articles? Am I missing something? It's tempting to answer flippantly here, but you brought up the same argument against the NIF article and no one agreed that it was reason for failure. You appear to be doing so again here, but I fail to see any difference between the two cases. Why do you believe long captions are bad? I've never seen you explain this. That's enough text to make a separate section altogether. Perhaps so, please expand on what you're thinking. What would the section be called? Or would the text simply be placed in the Description section? Maury 19:50, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did bring up a similar issue with the National Ignition Facility, you're right: I meant to imply that but I guess it was lost. The last time I brought it up I wouldn't say it was completely disputed, though the review moved onto more pressing matters. But you're right, that in and of itself is not really that big of a deal. I suppose it's more of a pet peeve of mine, not grounds for delisting necessarily. Although such massive captions would be contrary to WP:CAP, that guideline isn't directly part of the GA criteria, only as part of the MoS that isn't required for GA (but it is still recommended). As a suggestion however, I would say that the text would be better suited in the description section. After all it's more of a straight-forward description of HIPER than anything else in the description section. Drewcifer 20:14, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough, I might try this. How about something like "... the laser beamlines (blue in the diagram above)..." Do you think that would work? Maury 01:29, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds like a good solution to me. Drewcifer 07:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(to Maurey) Well, that's what Wikipedia is good for, it can constantly be updated when new information makes itself available :/ . Homestarmy 20:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely, that's why we're here! The only reason I haven't added them already is because I've been busy elsewhere. And it's great to see that there's been funding movement, when I wrote it everything was very much a paper project and a prayer. Maury 01:29, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment If nobody else wants to comment, this looks like a 2-1 no consensus, and that's kind of low participation for a GA/R these days.... Homestarmy 00:32, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Endorse fail. I agree that this article is under-cited, and I am a citation minimalist. It is also rather heavy going and the lead doesn't adequately summarize the article. Geometry guy 18:20, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Homeopathy

Result: Delist. There is a POV dispute going on at this article about whether it is too pro or too anti Homeopathy. There are also moderate editors, who are guiding the article in the direction of quality (rather than POV). However, it does not meet the good article criteria at the moment. In the confused discussion below there are editors of both points of view arguing strongly for delistment, and for keeping the article's GA status. During the course of this review, the article was delisted by an individual. This delistment was not contested, and, in the light of the polarised nature of the debate, I see no reason to overturn this discussion. I hope that a moderate point of view (and some common sense) will prevail: when that happens, the article can be renominated. Geometry guy 20:25, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Due to concerns experssed on the article talk page about possible problems with the referencing, neutrality and possibility of original research in this article I would like to involve some experienced and neutral reviewers in assessing if the article meets the Good Article Criteria. Tim Vickers 22:06, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delist The article is rather unstable [14] and the history is filled with recent edit wars. This seems fairly open and shut. I've seen some things related to this article show up in locations that I check every now and again, and it does seem there are some fairly major disputes (Some possibly user-conduct related) surrounding this article. Homestarmy 22:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The article is actually not unstable. The recent previous edit war was due to very minor rewording of one or two things and the article actually does not change drastically from day to day. It's the same now as it was when it was listed for GA. Wikidudeman (talk) 23:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, my definition of recent goes back like a week or so, and in that time I see two battles with redlinks who don't appear to of been purely vandals, and another redlink apparently doing something right now. Many edit summaries in a small period of time recently seem to suggest tension among editors overflowing into the editing of the page, (like [15]) there was a small battle between Orange and Peter morell on the 29th, some scuffling with ip's two days before, and really, I just don't see what's to be gained by examining the article in its current state for compliance with GA status when its obvious that it is in the middle of being altered in various ways all over the place. Even if I did look at it, the article would probably be quite different by the time this GA/R ends. Homestarmy 00:36, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

None of those bouts of editing have significantly altered the article. As Tim points out below, Very little has changed aside from very minor rewording, switching of placement of paragraphs and additional references. All have been done to improve the article. The previous edit wars have been of little significance to the actual content of the article as they were over very minor things. The fact is that the article's content is quite stable aside from ongoing improvements which are bringing it close to FA status. Wikidudeman (talk) 00:44, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'd prefer to remain neutral on this, mainly since I just promoted it to GA status on 28 September 2007 (four days ago). I didn't see any major issues at the time, and it seemed (and still does) reasonably well written, and I didn't see any major WP:NPOV issues when promoting it. But based on on the article's recent edit history, as well as the numerous comments on the article's talk page, I can see some definite issues and questions regarding the article's stability. So, if you guys vote to delist, I won't stop you. Dr. Cash 23:57, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The main problem is that most of the people who have said that the article doesn't meet GA status have never given specific details as to how or why it doesn't. They say "It's POV" or "It has Original Research" but upon asking for examples or details I generally get insulted and accused of "Owning" the article, simply because I ask for examples of the claims against it so that I can improve it accordingly. Wikidudeman (talk) 00:04, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Like I said, I personally didn't see any issues with WP:NPOV when I reviewed it friday. And I don't think very highly of people that just use the NPOV thing as a red flag waving around without actually pointing to specific instances. This should probably be ignored. But of course, the stability issue is the more important one here. If the article can stabilize in the next few days, it probably doesn't have to be delisted,... Dr. Cash 02:13, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad you don't think highly of me, considering how much I've done for this project--since you've done the same, I'll give you good faith, but that's just barely so. This article is NOT NPOV, mainly because it gives too much weight to unproven claims. Homeopathy has been scientifically unsupported for over a century, yet the owner of this article has blocked numerous attempts to at least give more weight to the science and less weight to tertiary sources that are essentially mouthpieces of the homeopathic/pseudoscience movement. The "scientific analysis" section of the article should be the the first part read. The lead should be shortened and criticism should make up at least 2/3 of the lead (I just randomly pulled that ratio out of the air, but if I had my way, the weight would be 99% criticism 1% homeopathy propaganda). This article should completely debunk homeopathy. It is a dangerous practice (see the references for the malaria travesty in the UK) that anyone who shows up from outside of Wikipedia would be appalled that Homeopathy is allowed anywhere. If you are Ph.D. or MD, how could you give any support to such a pseudoscientific piece of quackery? OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 07:40, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OrangeMarlin, I agree that no articles should contain propaganda supporting pseudoscience. However from reading the article it does no such thing. You seem to be confusing "explanation" of Homeopathy for Propaganda in support of it. What part of the explanation of Homeopathy or elaboration on it's history is "pseudoscientific propaganda"? The article is about homeopathy not "criticism of homeopathy" thus not explaining what homeopathy is only to criticize it wouldn't make a bit of sense. I've asked numerous times for specific examples of what you thin is POV, Sentences, paragraphs, anything, yet I have never seen any. Until you provide EXAMPLES of some POV sentences or paragraphs then how can I possibly improve them? Wikidudeman (talk) 13:00, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As a comment on stability, the most serious recent edit warring was precipitated by User:Sm565 who has now been blocked. Hopefully this will not recur. This diff is a comparison of the article as it is today and the version promoted to GA status. The major differences are two paragraphs in the lead being swapped, a new paragraph on the historical role of homoeopathy in the development of modern medicine, and some additional references. Tim Vickers 00:35, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
To be fair, though, as alternate medicine articles go - alternate medicine being one of Wikipedia's weak points - it's pretty good. However, it still has some awkwardness. Adam Cuerden talk 06:03, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'd even agree with Adam's statement. But I'm not sure our standard should be promoting articles to GA that give license to such an offensive alternative to medical practices that actually save people's lives just because it's not as offensive as other articles. It's troubling to me that the better science writers on this project put passion in the Creationist vs. Evolution battle (you and Tim Vickers are included in that group), which essentially is just a crazy US-based issue of religious nutjobs trying to fight science, yet more or less ignore all of these alternative "medicine" articles which are truly dangerous. Look, anyone with a modicum of scientific education knows water molecules contain no "memory" of any other molecule. That's just not how physics and chemistry works. It's too bad I can't throw a "What a load of bullshit" tag on the article, but we have to play the game here at Wikipedia, giving POV pushers their words in these articles. That's why we have crazy articles like Flood geology and Duesberg hypothesis. I'm not suggesting that we should be as strident as Quackwatch, but the article sounds like a Homeopath (or their dupes) wrote it. I wonder what would happen someday if someone read this article and thought, "hey, I guess some dilute arsenic will cure me of pancreatic cancer." Then they die because they don't avail themselves of real treatment. What would our moral and our legal obligation be? I wonder if all the legal wording would protect the project from vindictive relatives of the deceased? And if the brought me to the stand, what would I say that could defend the project? OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 07:52, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OrangeMarlin, The article explains all of that. It explains that there is no evidence Water has memory. It explains that there is no scientific consensus supporting Homeopathy. It explains all of this. Do you have any SPECIFIC criticisms? Sentences that can be worked on? Please elaborate. Thanks. Wikidudeman (talk) 13:02, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh stop it. I'm getting sick and tired of your attacks. I've given specifics previously. I was specific above. The lead gives undue weight. Quit protecting YOUR article. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 14:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
How does the lead give undue weight? Are you saying that the lead should have more info on criticism of homeopathy than on what homeopathy actually is and it's history? Please explain? Wikidudeman (talk) 14:28, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delist(changed to keep, see below) The article is hopelessly POV due to the undue weight of anti-homeopathic editors. For an article to be classified as "good" it must be about the topic mentioned in the headline, and that topic should be "homeopathy", not "anti-homeopathy". To be improved back to GA status, I would suggest that the topic of homeopathy be described from the stance of homeopathy, and the anti-homeopathic stance reflected in a separate sub-heading. I would suggest that some of the current editors take a short wikibreak to allow for dispassionate re-writing. As a comment to the above opinion voiced by User:Orangemarlin please take this on board: everyone is responsible for their own health, and a homeopath must advise when they feel allopathic treatment is needed. And good homeopaths do that. There are also bad allopaths who treat people to death, but we should leave that to another discussion. Median survival for pancreatic cancer is 6 months, and there is as good as zero survival except in very rare circumstances. Either you knew that and were being contentious (in which case you are badly advised) or you were ignorant of the facts of pancreatic cancer and should have chosen a better example. And this is the crux of the problem: polemic anti-homeopathic editing from ill-informed antagonists. As for liability, and suggestion of vindictive relatives .... you have no experience of the real medical world if that is seriously suggested. Now as to "physics and chemistry" wrt homeopathy, that is a completely wide of the mark, because homeopathy is about subtle energy, and if you have clearly missed that mark, then you have no right to be editing a topic such as homeopathy. Which brings me back to the issue of polemical POV anti-homeopathy editors rendering the article unrepresentative of the topic in the heading. Therefore: delist. docboat 12:14, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I find it highly Ironic that the individuals opposed to Homeopathy see the article as POV in support of Homeopathy and the individuals who support Homeopathy see the article as Anti-Homeopathy. Wikidudeman (talk) 13:00, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You mean real medicine...allopathic is a BS word invented by faith healers like homeopaths in an attempt to equalize real science with their invented faith healer potions. Kind of like how Creationists invented Intelligent design to make their faith stuff sound scientific. I chose pancreatic cancer for a reason. How dare you suggest I am either stupid. As for being contentious, whatever. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 14:33, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am sorry User:Orangemarlin, if you feel offended, but speaking as a real doctor with real experience here, your statements are stupid. They detract from the topic. And I have treated real pancreatic cancer, so I do know - from a theoretical and practical perspective - whereof I speak. I doubt the same can be said of you. User:Wikidudeman - yes I agree, it does not go far enough in anti-homeopathic rhetoric for the opponents, and does not reflect strongly enough for the proponents. There are only some mild changes to wording that I would propose - words which we can discuss on the talk page. But I am certain that heavy POV editors, such as we see commenting here, will continue to create FUD. Again, a reason to delist the article, re-edit, and re-list. It is a good article and will be re-listed. docboat 23:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - Not having a personal opinion on the concept of homepathy, I think the article does a reasonable job at the split of the support for the treatment, and the retraction against it, at least at its present state; I do not think it can be separated as further due to how some of these conflicts arise during the history of the treatment. It's certainly doing a good job at the broadness criteria. (However, I do not know if, like there is for other hotly contested topics, its not properly citing one or two key findings either way to support it as to swing the article in one light or another, but as I read it, I don't see this being likely). What I do think is questionable is the stableness; the last 250 edits roughly are from the last week, and around the time the article was promoted to GA; whether that action attracted new people or spurred less active editors to get involved, for better or worse, it's hard to tell, but definitely brings a few questions forward about the recent burst of editing activity (the last 500 edits date back 2 months for reference). I would recommend delisting if the article if the current editors cannot come to some agreement shortly. --MASEM 13:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

To understand these edit counts, remember that the article was in a sandbox for the last few months and worked on intensively there. Also, many of the editors who would normally edit were forbidden to edit by WDM most of the time it was in the sandbox, and only WDM edited. This discouraged editing. Also, WDM basically cowed other editors into submission with bluster. And so this suppressed the number of edits. There are clearly a wide range of complaints that have not been addressed, and need to be considered. Also, many want to just describe homeopathy and its claims, but downplay the fact that there is NO and I mean NO evidence that it works or has ever worked, and that it violates every known tenet of modern science. These should be the most prominent features of an article in an encyclopedia.--Filll 14:55, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Filll, The article was my personal sandbox where I worked and improved it. How many editors do you know who allow other editors to edit their personal sandboxes? I never even "forbid" other editors from editing, I discouraged LARGE edits due to the method I was taking in improving the sandbox draft, I.E. get opinions from other editors so that the article can be improved. The fact is that you didn't leave very many opinions. You came in few times and said that the draft had a few problems (most of which I fixed immediately according to your objections) and some of which I said I disagreed with and explained why. You returned a few weeks later with the same objections (no reply to my disagreements) and I (again) left the same disagreements again. I've offered numerous times to try to work with you on shortening the lead however as of yet you have not participated in any attempts to work it out. You simply say it's too long and needs to be shortened and then you vanish only to come back a few days or weeks later and repeat the same thing, over and over. I've left notes on your talk page in an attempt to resolve it. I've E-mails you personally in an attempt to resolve it. All attempts have been ignored. What am I to do? Should I just cut down the lead randomly because you think it's too long? Or should I try to work with you to trim the lead until we both agree on it's size? I'm trying to do the latter, I refuse to do the former. Wikidudeman (talk) 15:04, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I completely understand sandboxing major rewrites of a page, even asking other editors to help, and that that is hiding a number of edits. But the large number of edits in the last 5 days since the GA status is what is disconcerting.
To Filll, you are correct that the article should talk about what the scientific community at large has stated about the validity of the treatment (whether for or against it). However, this cannot be written from a WP editor standpoint, it is not up to WP to decide if the treatment is valid or not. Both proponents and opponents of the treatment should be cited and quoted, which, as I read the article, it appears to complete. But again, its not my field, I don't have a personal opinion towards the treatment in any way, and I'm unaware if there's a major report/article that should be cited that proves or disproves one side or the other. --MASEM 15:26, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Right, There seems to be a confusion about WP:WEIGHT. Some people are interpreting it to mean that the Homeopathy article should contain more criticism than explanation of the topic itself. This article is about Homeopathy in general not solely about criticism of it. There used to be an article called "Criticism of Homeopathy" however that only created a POV fork and has since been merged. Right now the article gives more coverage to various aspects of Homeopathy including philosophy, history, prevalence, legal status, etc than it does to criticism, however this is NOT a violation of WP:WEIGHT. Giving more credence to the idea that homeopathy "works" than to the idea it doesn't work would be against WEIGHT, however simply explaining homeopathy without regard to it's effectiveness has no bearing on WEIGHT. Wikidudeman (talk) 15:34, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delist Violates WP:NPOV, WP:WEIGHT, WP:VERIFY, and WP:FRINGE. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 14:30, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How? Wikidudeman (talk) 14:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
LOL. This is funny. Read each. There I'm done. Let me do something that article owners don't do--edit other articles. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 14:35, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've read all of your comments but you've never once explained how the article violates WP:NPOV, WP:WEIGHT, WP:VERIFY, and WP:FRINGE. Unless you actually explain in detail and with examples, How can I improve the article? Perhaps I might have overlooked your explanations. Did anyone else here see OrangeMarlin explain how the article violates WP:NPOV, WP:WEIGHT, WP:VERIFY, and WP:FRINGE? Please, if anyone did, point it out to me so that I can fix the article accordingly. Thanks. Wikidudeman (talk) 14:38, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep: Folks, there's one good reason for the huge flurry of attack edits on this article: User:Orangemarlin decided he didn't like the article, and began canvassing support to "force a little scientific reasoning [sic] on that article" (see an example here). These are not good faith edits as far as can be seen from the Talk page and his edit summaries. Just reading what he's written here shows his extreme POV. I would go so far as to suggest some admins warn OM for his behavior, and perhaps a short ban is called for if he doesn't start behaving nicely. Thanks. --profg 16:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know you're pretty aware of the short-ban process, but don't be accusing me of anything, Mr. Wiki-lawyer.  :) OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 18:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OM, I wouldn't dare accuse you of anything. However, your activities as a probable POV-warrior are well-documented. Please desist and begin to engage in constructive edits. Thank you. --profg 19:03, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why is there a "[sic]" after reasoning?
But I digress...whom did OM canvass? If you're going to make anothewr of your inane accusations, at least have the balls to go at it wholeheartedly, not with some "wink-wink" innuendo. In any case, I'm guessing that another unfounded accusation by ProfG will introduce him to the long ban list. &#0149;Jim62sch&#0149; 22:31, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I said much of this to Wikidudeman, but I'll repeat it here.

In the context of alternative medicine articles, almost all of which are simply awful, homeopathy stands as a rare example of an article that actually attempts to do it well.

Is it perfect? No. It's awkward in a couple points, and, yes, it wouldn't be unreasonable to be a bit more critical here and there. Could it be better? Yes. But it deserves more praise than it's getting from people who haven't participated in the process, and don't know what a long haul it is.

Does it violate WP:NPOV, WP:WEIGHT, and WP:FRINGE? When Wikidudeman asked me, I said "Technically, yes". But that, perhaps, is not nuanced enough for here.

Homeopathy violates basic principles of science, and so comes under the guidelines for pseudoscience and fringe views. The article does contain a fair bit of justified criticism - while describing miasms, and dilution and succussion, we do break to mention the problems with these ideas. Is it criticised enough? No, some of the criticism - notably of the high dilutions - is not particularly well-written, and more criticism of other homeopathic concepts wouldn't be inappropriate. The section on "Concepts", and, to a lesser extent, the other history sections, are probably the worst offenders: Hahnemann's ideas are presented as if they were true, and criticism is absent. This is a fairly easy trap to slip into when writing about how someone came about their views when your primary reference is their writings. But it's still not good.

Again, however, I'd like to point out that it's better, in this respect, than pretty much any other alternative medicine article. If we want to make it better, we are going to have to be willing and ready to get some people very, very angry at us.

As for the sources... Well, Hahnemann's writings are fairly omnipresent, but given alternative medicine and other fringe theories' well-documented resistance to change, this isn't as bad as it might sound. The sources could definitely use a little clean-up, formatting of sources is inconsistent, and source 35, "The Naturopathic School. NCNM. Retrieved on 2007-09-13." does not really support its sentence. Source 128, "Homeopathy in Malaysia. Whole Health Now Homeopathy. Retrieved on 2007-09-25." - is probably not reliable enough for what it's used for.

Should it be GA? Well, if compared to other alternative medicine articles, perhaps yes. On objective standards, perhaps no. In any case, let's not downplay the achievement of getting it this far. Alternative medicine articles are an uphill battle that Wikipedia has only just started to fight. Attacking the people that began the struggle is inappropriate. (Copied to the Homeopathy discussion page)

Adam Cuerden talk 18:06, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep. I advocate keeping this article at GA status. As far as I can tell, the only thing actually wrong with it is the recent edit wars that have occurred on it, however they had no impact on the actual content of the article. The article HAS been changing since it was promoted to GA however all of those changes have been done in improvments. All articles must improve and that simple fact should never be something that disqualifies them from GA status. Wikidudeman (talk) 19:29, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delist Violates WP:NPOV, WP:WEIGHT, WP:VERIFY, WP:RS, WP:WEASEL, WP:NOR and WP:FRINGE. &#0149;Jim62sch&#0149; 22:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How? Please provide some details and examples of how it Violates WP:NPOV, WP:WEIGHT, WP:VERIFY, WP:RS, WP:WEASEL, WP:NOR and WP:FRINGE. Thanks. Wikidudeman (talk) 14:11, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
While I echo the call for a delist, I strongly oppose the grounds cited by User:Orangemarlin and User:Jim62sch, whose contributions to the topic seem to be entirely unconstructive and negative. I speak as an experienced but uninvolved editor, never having contributed to this article, and who finds the article on the whole to be good, but which has been damaged by POV editors determined to undermine an excellent attempt at balance. The temporary ban of these users, as suggested above, would be an excellent way to ensure the article reaches GA status again. docboat 23:46, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Remember folks, this page is supposed to be for discussing whether an article does or does not meet GA status, and why or why not. Disputes about user conduct related to an article would belong somewhere else, in general probably WP:RFCC or WP:AN/I, or perhaps in this case, the Fringe Theories noticeboard. Homestarmy 23:55, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could you be a little more specific? Thanks. Wikidudeman (talk) 14:14, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep. I think this article covers criticism of homeopathy very well. It's certainly not a perfect article, with prose and size problems, but nothing that prevents it achieving GA standard. I think the NPOV, WEIGHT and NOR arguments made above are poor. As someone who thinks homeopathy is a form of quackery I must say I think it's criticisms have been covered very well. - Shudde talk 02:05, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

While it is true that votes which aren't really explained in terms of the GA criteria can safely be ignored by archivists, (There have been discussions in the past about ignoring plainly deficient votes) with such a controversial looking review, I think it would be far better if users who are providing an extremely terse explanation were encouraged to say a little more, rather than just ignoring them at the very end :/. Homestarmy 14:32, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've been trying to get them to explain why they think the article violates NPOV, OR, Etc, Etc, however they never do. They either reference the above comments (which don't explain anything either) or they ignore me. So... Wikidudeman (talk) 14:36, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments, I have been reading this discussion and the reasons given for delisting or retaining listing. My thoughts on this are:
  1. Undue weight - since rather ill-defined but strong criticism has come from both sides of the argument, they almost cancel each other out! I have read the text carefully and even written parts of it myself and don't regard the current version as having serious POV problems.
  2. Original research - the article has 135 references, but if more are needed they can be added. Any specific instances of original research should be raised on the talk page.
  3. Verifiability - The sources are of varying quality, but the less-reliable sources are generally used to make statements about themselves, in line with the WP:V policy. Again, any specific instances of misuse of sources should be raised on the talk page.
  4. Instablity - this is a valid criticism, but advice along the lines of delist it now and we can relist it later ignores that fact that this article has always been heavily-edited and always will. The situation will be no different in a week, a month or a year. I regard the article as existing in a state of dynamic equilibrium, with many small edits making the article fluctuate around a mean position that has remained surprisingly stable and neutral for a long period of time.
Since I have edited the article, I have a conflict of interest and can't vote on this, but in my opinion this discussion is suffering from I don't like it voting. Tim Vickers 18:05, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, there's no restriction of that kind on GA/R participation. The only thing that would result in someone's vote being discounted is if it had nothing to do with the GA criteria or is particularily ridiculous in some way. (For example, in the Hispanic admirals review down below, one of the votes sounds as if its from WP:AfD, rather than concerning the GA status of an article) The opinions of article editors are often very important in GA/R's, as it helps people who don't know much about the article understand more about it from the perspective of its editors. Homestarmy 18:41, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep Yes, there are some issues and I agree with some of the comments above, on both sides, but in the main the article is now much much better than its predecessor that Filll and I worked on in July/August and the original old thing that was such a mess. The arguments don't really centre on homeopathy itself but on the theoretical objections of people who have never seen homeopaths, never watched what they do or tried these remedies for themselves. It is a bizarre fact that those who object most violently to homeopathy do so from an entirely uninformed perspective on the grounds of so-called empirical science. In truth, their objections do not flow from the empirical realities of homeopathy at all, but exude from a theoretical objection rooted in their adherance to scientific materialism which is a system of dogma that claims small doses cannot possibly work because they say so. Anyway, I think the article is better than it was and hopefully it will improve as time goes on. Peter morrell 17:19, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak delist I agree with Peter in that the post-rewrite article is superior to the previous version. My primary grounds for delisting are that the article is not especially stable, since there are still frequent and fairly vitriolic edit wars that occur. Tim is probably correct in that it will end up in a steady state, with constant vigilance required against POV pushers. Alt med articles on Wikipedia are mostly in a terrible state, and my eventual hope is that a concerted effort can be made to "hold the line" on POV in a manner similar to what has taken place on creation "science" articles. I'm just not seeing that level of effort yet, despite the good contributions of several editors. Cheers, Skinwalker 22:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I just don't agree that an article's GA status should be taken away just because specific editors choose to edit war, even though the article meets the quality of a GA article. The article's content is stable aside from consensus improvements. Any edit warring is quickly reverted and I don't think this should be something against the article being GA status if it meets all other criteria. Wikidudeman (talk) 23:29, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Having read through the entire article (though, I confess, not the talk page, I don't think I can handle that at the moment) I see a well written, thorough, fairly balanced article. I do think there is a bit too much emphasis on the anti-homeopathy theme, but not really so much that the article be delisted. One place that probably needs to be revised is the swimming pool analogy. The section "Homeopathic hospitals also appeared..." has the opposite problem, it paints the picture of mainstream medicine in too much a negative light. I also have a question about the picture of the book cover, is this a copyright problem? I thought book covers were copyrighted and had to have fair use rationale. But the quality of the article is too good to be delisted over these few problems. There is room for improvement, and such improvement should be made, but I see no compelling reason to delist. I don't know how much more commentary I can read on this subject, though, it hurts my head. Jeff Dahl 06:01, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I want to suggest to the individual who closes this reassessment, please ignore any one who says it should be delisted but fails to provide examples or details on their assertions. Since it's impossible to improve the article from someone simply saying it violates NPOV without giving details or examples, These delist comments should simply be ignored. Wikidudeman (talk) 14:11, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It may also become necessary for archivists to discuss how to handle this together, with such a controversial subject matter and so many lackluster looking opinions, the subjectivity that normally makes GA/R archivals run so smoothly might not be enough to close this without making many people rather unhappy... Homestarmy 17:21, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment having seen the dynamics of the page and the talk page, and seeing the tactics of the anti-article POV pushers, I am changing my opinion from strong delist to Keep as I believe the article should be listed as GA, while the POV warriors should be reined in. docboat 11:41, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I Don't Remember

Result Delist. No support here for the inappropriate listing of this article: it does not, at present, meet the criteria. Geometry guy 20:44, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(Edit · Talk · History · Watch)
(De)listing: Archive at GAR, WP:GA, T:GA#, Article talk.

This article falls within the scope of the dispute mentioned below by LaraLove, and laid out in detail here. Hesperian 00:22, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any proof of this IRC chat, I didn't see it in the conversation. Homestarmy 18:07, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There is. There is currently an ArbCom case where Bishonen has interpreted the logs. I have also read the logs in their entirety and, while I don't agree that it's as bad as Bishonen has summarized, it definitely raised some questions for me. Particularly considering neither article meets the criteria.
  • Delist - I asked 17Drew to look over the article for me, because I didn't want to look at the article with biased eyes. He wrote back to me noting that:
    • the first section is confusing and needs a copyedit at minimum.
    • its first sentence also appears to be unsourced.
    • the part about "it doesn't really matter whose fault it was" is confusing, appears as if there's information missing or something.
    • most of the list of parodies appears to be original research.
    • It seems like there should be reviews from more reliable, well-known publications.
    • the fact that the only information about commercial performance is one chart position is pretty disappointing. (As posted to my talk page). LaraLove 18:20, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Ctrl+F on the ArbCom workshop page doesn't seem to find mention of this article, it might no longer be a major part in that case, something to keep in mind concerning stability and/or conflicts of interest. Homestarmy 03:24, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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