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The biggest issues
Per
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lead section), the lead section should summarize all sections of the article. The lead section here seems to summarize the decision, but not other parts of the article. Material from "Background", "Dissent", and "Subsequent developments" should be summarized in the lead. Since the lead should not containing any information not found elsewhere in the article, there is no need for citations in the lead. Instead, the same information should be cited where it appears in the body.
The first section of "Subsequent developments" contains only criticism of the decision. Should this be given a subheading of "Response" or "Criticism" or "Controversy"? You quote two legal experts who disagree with the opinion, and their comments are notable... but are there any notable comments (from reliable sources) of experts agreeing with the decision? This could be a bias problem.
I have tried quite hard to find publications that support the decision. I managed to find one that supported it on procedural grounds but I have not been able to find anything else. --
Sailing to Byzantium(
msg),
21:11, 31 December 2011 (UTC)reply
The article is a little short, and I believe more relevant material could be added.
The oral arguments were revealing, and I think some material from that would be useful. And
this FindLaw summary gives many details which would be useful to the reader, but which are not in the article (related background law, "Police also knew that Alvarado was a minor", Costock said she "needed" to speak to Alvarado, not that she "wished" to, legal aspects of being a minor, etc.)
This article refers to the case as "No. 02-1684", linking to
Case citation. Some FAs and GAs on SCOTUS cases link to
United States Reports instead, and some appear in the format of "123 U.S. 456". Which link is preferable in this case, and which format?
The language of the first sentence seems odd to me, stilted and potentially biased. (Pretty much the same sentence is listed under "Holding" in the infobox.) Is this a direct quote from some official summary? If so, it should be sourced. If not, it seems like it could be reworded to be as NPOV as possible. For instance, "held that a state court considered the proper factors and reached a reasonable conclusion" is windy and a little confusing, and could be misinterpreted to mean that "reasonable" applies to the SCOTUS decision. I think it would be better as "upheld a state court decision that", if that is as accurate. Also, saying "despite the fact" could come across as rebutting the conclusion. I admit, I'm not overly familiar with language used to describe SCOTUS holdings, and accuracy is most important. Could you either change the wording, or clarify why you think it's appropriate?
The word "reasonable" actually refers to the legal standard used in this case. The Court will only grant an application for a writ of habeas corpus if the state court's decision was
objectively unreasonable. I recently changed the language to say that the Court declined to overturn the state court, but even that is not quite right. The Court decided that the state court's decision was not objectively unreasonable and thus declined to grant a writ of habeas corpus. I'm working on making the article more precise. --
Sailing to Byzantium(
msg),
14:16, 27 December 2011 (UTC)reply
A "See also" section should not list articles already linked to in the body of the article. I don't think the section is needed here.
The "J.D.B. v. North Carolina" section uses
Wikipedia:Summary style, but summarizes the decision in two sentences. I think more information about that case would be relevant here, and the section could be expanded.
The lead mentions many topics which the reader many not be adequately familiar with, and should be linked, such as
Miranda warning,
Minor (law), and
second-degree murder. Throughout the article, technical terms are sometimes used without a wikilink or explanation (such as "Discretionary review" or "suppress his statements".)
Your referencing is very thorough! But I think the format could be improved. You should consider having separate "Notes" and "References" sections. Footnotes could go in Notes, with brief reference format (e.g. "Alvarado v. Hickman") and the page numbers and/or relevant quote. A full reference (including full title, link, last-accessed, etc.) can go in the References section, each listed a single time. This would eliminate duplicate information, help people find sources quickly, and lead to a cleaner look. See
Augmentative and alternative communication for an example.
There are, unfortunately, a few problems with the images of justices. Both images are tagged as public domain, claiming that they were created by U.S. government employees, but that doesn't seem to be correct. See
this link for discussion about the two photos.
Really excited to tackle the suggestions mentioned above. Currently in the middle of a move right now, but I will revise the article on August 7th-9th. Hopefully that is acceptable as the reviewer mentioned the hold would last 7 days. --
Sailing to Byzantium(
msg),
18:48, 4 August 2011 (UTC)reply
Although this article is well on its way to attaining GA status, the issues were not resolved in the time that the review was open, so the nomination has failed. If you later resolve these issues, feel free to renominate the article for GA status. All the best, –
Quadell(
talk)14:25, 11 August 2011 (UTC)reply
(a) it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with
the layout style guideline;
(b)
reliable sources are
cited inline. All content that
could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose);[2] and
See discussion section, the citations need to be reformatted. No problems.
Pass
(c) (original research)
No OR problems.
Pass
Broad in its coverage:
Criteria
Notes
Result
(a) (major aspects)
Please see the discussion section for comments. Can these major aspects be included (precedent set, comment in the news media, further jurisprudence on the precedent? Content added.
Pass
(b) (focused)
Article is well focused and does not stray or go into too much detail.
Pass
Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
Notes
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Subsequent developments section is now NPOV as support and criticism mentioned. Prose is neutral.
Pass
Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing
edit war or content dispute.
Notes
Result
No problems.
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images,
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Criteria
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(a) (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales)
One image needs to be looked at. No problems.
Pass
(b) (appropriate use with suitable captions)
No problems.
Pass
Result
Result
Notes
Pass
Article meets the Good Article criteria.
Discussion
General Comments
I wonder if the article could be further expanded - has the case been followed or distinguished in any further rulings of the Supreme Court? I note that this was decided in 2004. You could add a section on this in "Subsequent Developments" if applicable. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
For Support / Criticism ... did the case receive any main stream press coverage (the first sentence mentions the press)? This should be worked in if so. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
After further searching, I still cannot find any coverage worth including.
This is the Google search I used, which should find anything available in the online archives of mainstream news publications. The CNN article is just announcing that the Supreme Court agreed to take the case, the New York Times article is just a summary of the holding, and the USA Today article is just incidental coverage. The rest of the search results are from court records or scholarly publications. As such, I've decided to remove the mention of coverage in the media with
this edit. --
Sailing to Byzantium(
msg),
19:52, 20 February 2012 (UTC)reply
Under "Subsequent Developments" the first sentence shouldn't be there if the article is going to include the J.D.B. v North Carolina case as a sub-section in this section, as it is neither a scholarly publication or the press. Perhaps create a subsection on "Legal reception" and move the subsection there and include any more rulings there have been referring to the case? DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
The lead needs to summarize the whole article. None of the "Subsequent Developments" section is included. Try to work this into the lead in general terms, especially if the case has been followed or distinguished in subsequent rulings. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
I think the lede would benefit from a concluding sentence that explains the impact of the ruling (especially for readers who are not going to go on and read until the end of the article). Concluding with: "In a split decision, the Supreme Court declined to overturn the state court's conclusion because it was not objectively incorrect," doesn't give a good explanation of what the precedent set is. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
*I see the previous reviewer suggested that the article adopt this format and pointed to the article
Augmentative and alternative communication as an example. I like this format a lot, but the citations need to make it clear which Reference is being referred to. As in the
Augmentative and alternative communication it provides the author and page number, and links to the full biographical reference. As this article is shorter, when I click on the page number it just brings me to the reference section (so I can't tell what source is being referred to (without seeing the coding of course)). It would be better if each footnote included a "source short form" and page number. For example, "Yarborough v Alvarado (Opinion), p. 7" and continue linking to the relevant source in the list of references as is done now. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
14:33, 18 February 2012 (UTC)reply
I see you have made a lot of progress from the first review in wiki-linking concepts that are unfamiliar to the reader - I think a few more could still be linked (e.g. respondent, precedent). You should try to read the article from the perspective of someone unfamiliar with U.S. or even common law. Terminology such as "respondent" changes in different legal systems, and not all even rely on precedent - so a reader may not understand what these mean. As I said though you've made a lot of progress in this area. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
14:33, 18 February 2012 (UTC)reply
The article uses the idiom "red herring" in the Dissent section. This violates
WP:IDIOM in the MoS. If it is a quote from the Judge, please reformat it as a quotation. Otherwise reword to avoid idioms. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
As mentioned from the first review, the "See Also" section should not link to what is already linked in the article - likely the article doesn't need a See Also section at this point. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
As these issues are relatively minor, I will put the review on hold for 7 days to allow for further amendments.
With my most recent edits, I've attempted to address all issues brought up above. Thanks a lot for taking the time to do the review, the feedback was really useful! Please let me know if there are any other suggestions you have. --
Sailing to Byzantium(
msg),
19:54, 20 February 2012 (UTC)reply
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This is an interesting article about an important topic, and it has many strengths (like thoroughness and sourcing). I am a very thorough reviewer (some might say nit-picky), so I have identified many issues below. Please don't be discouraged. When I see that an article has "Featured" potential, I push hard to make it as good as possible, and I am willing to work with nominators to improve the article, and I'm also capable of compromise.
The biggest issues
Per
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lead section), the lead section should summarize all sections of the article. The lead section here seems to summarize the decision, but not other parts of the article. Material from "Background", "Dissent", and "Subsequent developments" should be summarized in the lead. Since the lead should not containing any information not found elsewhere in the article, there is no need for citations in the lead. Instead, the same information should be cited where it appears in the body.
The first section of "Subsequent developments" contains only criticism of the decision. Should this be given a subheading of "Response" or "Criticism" or "Controversy"? You quote two legal experts who disagree with the opinion, and their comments are notable... but are there any notable comments (from reliable sources) of experts agreeing with the decision? This could be a bias problem.
I have tried quite hard to find publications that support the decision. I managed to find one that supported it on procedural grounds but I have not been able to find anything else. --
Sailing to Byzantium(
msg),
21:11, 31 December 2011 (UTC)reply
The article is a little short, and I believe more relevant material could be added.
The oral arguments were revealing, and I think some material from that would be useful. And
this FindLaw summary gives many details which would be useful to the reader, but which are not in the article (related background law, "Police also knew that Alvarado was a minor", Costock said she "needed" to speak to Alvarado, not that she "wished" to, legal aspects of being a minor, etc.)
This article refers to the case as "No. 02-1684", linking to
Case citation. Some FAs and GAs on SCOTUS cases link to
United States Reports instead, and some appear in the format of "123 U.S. 456". Which link is preferable in this case, and which format?
The language of the first sentence seems odd to me, stilted and potentially biased. (Pretty much the same sentence is listed under "Holding" in the infobox.) Is this a direct quote from some official summary? If so, it should be sourced. If not, it seems like it could be reworded to be as NPOV as possible. For instance, "held that a state court considered the proper factors and reached a reasonable conclusion" is windy and a little confusing, and could be misinterpreted to mean that "reasonable" applies to the SCOTUS decision. I think it would be better as "upheld a state court decision that", if that is as accurate. Also, saying "despite the fact" could come across as rebutting the conclusion. I admit, I'm not overly familiar with language used to describe SCOTUS holdings, and accuracy is most important. Could you either change the wording, or clarify why you think it's appropriate?
The word "reasonable" actually refers to the legal standard used in this case. The Court will only grant an application for a writ of habeas corpus if the state court's decision was
objectively unreasonable. I recently changed the language to say that the Court declined to overturn the state court, but even that is not quite right. The Court decided that the state court's decision was not objectively unreasonable and thus declined to grant a writ of habeas corpus. I'm working on making the article more precise. --
Sailing to Byzantium(
msg),
14:16, 27 December 2011 (UTC)reply
A "See also" section should not list articles already linked to in the body of the article. I don't think the section is needed here.
The "J.D.B. v. North Carolina" section uses
Wikipedia:Summary style, but summarizes the decision in two sentences. I think more information about that case would be relevant here, and the section could be expanded.
The lead mentions many topics which the reader many not be adequately familiar with, and should be linked, such as
Miranda warning,
Minor (law), and
second-degree murder. Throughout the article, technical terms are sometimes used without a wikilink or explanation (such as "Discretionary review" or "suppress his statements".)
Your referencing is very thorough! But I think the format could be improved. You should consider having separate "Notes" and "References" sections. Footnotes could go in Notes, with brief reference format (e.g. "Alvarado v. Hickman") and the page numbers and/or relevant quote. A full reference (including full title, link, last-accessed, etc.) can go in the References section, each listed a single time. This would eliminate duplicate information, help people find sources quickly, and lead to a cleaner look. See
Augmentative and alternative communication for an example.
There are, unfortunately, a few problems with the images of justices. Both images are tagged as public domain, claiming that they were created by U.S. government employees, but that doesn't seem to be correct. See
this link for discussion about the two photos.
Really excited to tackle the suggestions mentioned above. Currently in the middle of a move right now, but I will revise the article on August 7th-9th. Hopefully that is acceptable as the reviewer mentioned the hold would last 7 days. --
Sailing to Byzantium(
msg),
18:48, 4 August 2011 (UTC)reply
Although this article is well on its way to attaining GA status, the issues were not resolved in the time that the review was open, so the nomination has failed. If you later resolve these issues, feel free to renominate the article for GA status. All the best, –
Quadell(
talk)14:25, 11 August 2011 (UTC)reply
(a) it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with
the layout style guideline;
(b)
reliable sources are
cited inline. All content that
could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose);[2] and
See discussion section, the citations need to be reformatted. No problems.
Pass
(c) (original research)
No OR problems.
Pass
Broad in its coverage:
Criteria
Notes
Result
(a) (major aspects)
Please see the discussion section for comments. Can these major aspects be included (precedent set, comment in the news media, further jurisprudence on the precedent? Content added.
Pass
(b) (focused)
Article is well focused and does not stray or go into too much detail.
Pass
Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
Notes
Result
Subsequent developments section is now NPOV as support and criticism mentioned. Prose is neutral.
Pass
Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing
edit war or content dispute.
Notes
Result
No problems.
Pass
Illustrated, if possible, by media such as
images,
video, or
audio:
Criteria
Notes
Result
(a) (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales)
One image needs to be looked at. No problems.
Pass
(b) (appropriate use with suitable captions)
No problems.
Pass
Result
Result
Notes
Pass
Article meets the Good Article criteria.
Discussion
General Comments
I wonder if the article could be further expanded - has the case been followed or distinguished in any further rulings of the Supreme Court? I note that this was decided in 2004. You could add a section on this in "Subsequent Developments" if applicable. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
For Support / Criticism ... did the case receive any main stream press coverage (the first sentence mentions the press)? This should be worked in if so. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
After further searching, I still cannot find any coverage worth including.
This is the Google search I used, which should find anything available in the online archives of mainstream news publications. The CNN article is just announcing that the Supreme Court agreed to take the case, the New York Times article is just a summary of the holding, and the USA Today article is just incidental coverage. The rest of the search results are from court records or scholarly publications. As such, I've decided to remove the mention of coverage in the media with
this edit. --
Sailing to Byzantium(
msg),
19:52, 20 February 2012 (UTC)reply
Under "Subsequent Developments" the first sentence shouldn't be there if the article is going to include the J.D.B. v North Carolina case as a sub-section in this section, as it is neither a scholarly publication or the press. Perhaps create a subsection on "Legal reception" and move the subsection there and include any more rulings there have been referring to the case? DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
The lead needs to summarize the whole article. None of the "Subsequent Developments" section is included. Try to work this into the lead in general terms, especially if the case has been followed or distinguished in subsequent rulings. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
I think the lede would benefit from a concluding sentence that explains the impact of the ruling (especially for readers who are not going to go on and read until the end of the article). Concluding with: "In a split decision, the Supreme Court declined to overturn the state court's conclusion because it was not objectively incorrect," doesn't give a good explanation of what the precedent set is. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
*I see the previous reviewer suggested that the article adopt this format and pointed to the article
Augmentative and alternative communication as an example. I like this format a lot, but the citations need to make it clear which Reference is being referred to. As in the
Augmentative and alternative communication it provides the author and page number, and links to the full biographical reference. As this article is shorter, when I click on the page number it just brings me to the reference section (so I can't tell what source is being referred to (without seeing the coding of course)). It would be better if each footnote included a "source short form" and page number. For example, "Yarborough v Alvarado (Opinion), p. 7" and continue linking to the relevant source in the list of references as is done now. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
14:33, 18 February 2012 (UTC)reply
I see you have made a lot of progress from the first review in wiki-linking concepts that are unfamiliar to the reader - I think a few more could still be linked (e.g. respondent, precedent). You should try to read the article from the perspective of someone unfamiliar with U.S. or even common law. Terminology such as "respondent" changes in different legal systems, and not all even rely on precedent - so a reader may not understand what these mean. As I said though you've made a lot of progress in this area. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
14:33, 18 February 2012 (UTC)reply
The article uses the idiom "red herring" in the Dissent section. This violates
WP:IDIOM in the MoS. If it is a quote from the Judge, please reformat it as a quotation. Otherwise reword to avoid idioms. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
As mentioned from the first review, the "See Also" section should not link to what is already linked in the article - likely the article doesn't need a See Also section at this point. DoneConnolly15 (
talk)
09:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)reply
As these issues are relatively minor, I will put the review on hold for 7 days to allow for further amendments.
With my most recent edits, I've attempted to address all issues brought up above. Thanks a lot for taking the time to do the review, the feedback was really useful! Please let me know if there are any other suggestions you have. --
Sailing to Byzantium(
msg),
19:54, 20 February 2012 (UTC)reply
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