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Reviewer: Sammi Brie ( talk · contribs) 01:32, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
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There are a lot of copy issues as well as reference formatting issues. Please pay some attention to the metadata on your references, as it is lacking in quite a few places. 7-day hold to
SerAntoniDeMiloni; ping me when done.
Sammi Brie (she/her •
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07:04, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
"CinS" means to consult User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences.
Items article-wide:
Most quotations take double quotation marks.
million and billion should be spelled out on first use, and (optionally) abbreviated M or bn (both unspaced) thereafter: She received £70 million and her son £10M; the school's share was $250–300 million, and the charity's $400–450 M.I'd opt for writing out "million" in each use.
exclusive free music provider for Sonera's global wireless portal, Zedin particular.
Of the 51 references on the page, I selected 7 for spot checks. They all check out.
2, 5, 14, 17, 18, 32, 37
I will also note that I haven't merged all of the citations with multiple incidences as doing this would lose some of the individual quotes viewable when clicking on the citation. Let me know what you think. Many thanks, SerAntoniDeMiloni ( talk) 21:37, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
SL93 (
talk)
01:06, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/418296.stm
Improved to Good Article status by SerAntoniDeMiloni ( talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke ( talk) at 18:01, 2 December 2022 (UTC).
quotes=
in the citations from a
WP:COPYVIO perspective, especially with regard to the Sound on Sound source. Unless the source is behind a paywall or offline, it's excessive to have entire sentences quoted in this manner, and I would recommend abridging some to their bare essences with ellipses (...).
DigitalIceAge (
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01:47, 18 December 2022 (UTC)This is the
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reassess it. Review: November 30, 2022. ( Reviewed version). |
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Main Page in the
Did you know column on 21 January 2023 (
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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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Reviewer: Sammi Brie ( talk · contribs) 01:32, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
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Overall: |
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There are a lot of copy issues as well as reference formatting issues. Please pay some attention to the metadata on your references, as it is lacking in quite a few places. 7-day hold to
SerAntoniDeMiloni; ping me when done.
Sammi Brie (she/her •
t •
c)
07:04, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
"CinS" means to consult User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences.
Items article-wide:
Most quotations take double quotation marks.
million and billion should be spelled out on first use, and (optionally) abbreviated M or bn (both unspaced) thereafter: She received £70 million and her son £10M; the school's share was $250–300 million, and the charity's $400–450 M.I'd opt for writing out "million" in each use.
exclusive free music provider for Sonera's global wireless portal, Zedin particular.
Of the 51 references on the page, I selected 7 for spot checks. They all check out.
2, 5, 14, 17, 18, 32, 37
I will also note that I haven't merged all of the citations with multiple incidences as doing this would lose some of the individual quotes viewable when clicking on the citation. Let me know what you think. Many thanks, SerAntoniDeMiloni ( talk) 21:37, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
SL93 (
talk)
01:06, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/418296.stm
Improved to Good Article status by SerAntoniDeMiloni ( talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke ( talk) at 18:01, 2 December 2022 (UTC).
quotes=
in the citations from a
WP:COPYVIO perspective, especially with regard to the Sound on Sound source. Unless the source is behind a paywall or offline, it's excessive to have entire sentences quoted in this manner, and I would recommend abridging some to their bare essences with ellipses (...).
DigitalIceAge (
talk)
01:47, 18 December 2022 (UTC)