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I will be reviewing this article using the GA Criteria. Any other editors are welcome to join in, make suggestions, and improve the article. -- Banime ( talk) 18:59, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
I first read through this article to determine if a speedy fail is required. The topic is not treated in an obviously non-neutral way. There are currently no cleanup banners, and there is no history of vandalism or edit wars. Finally, this is not about a current event.
However, I am concerned by the lack of sources in this article. This article seems to rely on only 2 pages of one source, and briefly uses another source. The sources are also not cited very well and lack information. I also caught a large amount of spelling and grammar mistakes, as well as many awkard sentence structures consistently throughout the article. The article is overall written very poorly. Additionally, there is even an empty section in the "External Links" section, and a non-literature source in the "Literature" section. Finally, when browsing the sidebar one year has a question mark next to it, yet the article does not mention if there was any disputed term of his. I'd usually put the article On Hold and go on a more in depth review, but I do not think the adequate changes can be made within a week.
This article needs to be extensively improved. Keep in mind that the article must be sufficiently well written, that is one of the major drawbacks of this article. Sentences are awkward throughout. Perhaps the main editor of this article is not an english native? If that is the case, I highly suggest asking or finding a friend or english mentor to help with the improvement of the article before renominating. Also, if there is any way to get more citations, please look for them and find them. When searching google I could not find a single one. That is not immediately a negative, however it could prove difficult to search for further sources. The format of the article can also be improved. There seems to be just one large lump section and a small family section, and the External Links section is completely blank yet still exists. Sources and writing and copyeditting, as well as the general format of the article need to be improved before renomination.
I hope all editors involved can work on this project and help to improve it so that one day it can be renominated as GA. -- Banime ( talk) 19:26, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Michel Doortmont ( talk) 22:36, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Cornelius Hermanus Wessels/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
This article was semi-automatically reviewed in April 2008 and subsequently all comments were substantially addressed. No upgrading to B-status took place, however. I have now given the article B-status. Any comments are welcome. Maybe this can become a Good Article some time! Michel Doortmont ( talk) 20:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC) |
Last edited at 20:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 12:17, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
Cornelius Hermanus Wessels article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
Find sources: Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
![]() | Cornelius Hermanus Wessels was a History good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. | ||||||||||||
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Current status: Former good article nominee |
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content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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I will be reviewing this article using the GA Criteria. Any other editors are welcome to join in, make suggestions, and improve the article. -- Banime ( talk) 18:59, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
I first read through this article to determine if a speedy fail is required. The topic is not treated in an obviously non-neutral way. There are currently no cleanup banners, and there is no history of vandalism or edit wars. Finally, this is not about a current event.
However, I am concerned by the lack of sources in this article. This article seems to rely on only 2 pages of one source, and briefly uses another source. The sources are also not cited very well and lack information. I also caught a large amount of spelling and grammar mistakes, as well as many awkard sentence structures consistently throughout the article. The article is overall written very poorly. Additionally, there is even an empty section in the "External Links" section, and a non-literature source in the "Literature" section. Finally, when browsing the sidebar one year has a question mark next to it, yet the article does not mention if there was any disputed term of his. I'd usually put the article On Hold and go on a more in depth review, but I do not think the adequate changes can be made within a week.
This article needs to be extensively improved. Keep in mind that the article must be sufficiently well written, that is one of the major drawbacks of this article. Sentences are awkward throughout. Perhaps the main editor of this article is not an english native? If that is the case, I highly suggest asking or finding a friend or english mentor to help with the improvement of the article before renominating. Also, if there is any way to get more citations, please look for them and find them. When searching google I could not find a single one. That is not immediately a negative, however it could prove difficult to search for further sources. The format of the article can also be improved. There seems to be just one large lump section and a small family section, and the External Links section is completely blank yet still exists. Sources and writing and copyeditting, as well as the general format of the article need to be improved before renomination.
I hope all editors involved can work on this project and help to improve it so that one day it can be renominated as GA. -- Banime ( talk) 19:26, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Michel Doortmont ( talk) 22:36, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Cornelius Hermanus Wessels/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
This article was semi-automatically reviewed in April 2008 and subsequently all comments were substantially addressed. No upgrading to B-status took place, however. I have now given the article B-status. Any comments are welcome. Maybe this can become a Good Article some time! Michel Doortmont ( talk) 20:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC) |
Last edited at 20:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 12:17, 29 April 2016 (UTC)