Talk:Continuation War/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Gog the Mild (talk · contribs) 16:08, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Criteria

Further information: WP:WIAGA

Well-written:

(a) the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and

(b) it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.^[1]

Verifiable with no original research:

(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]

(c) it contains no original research; and

(d) it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.

Broad in its coverage:

(a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic;^[3] and

(b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).

Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.

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Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:

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(a) media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and

(b) media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.^[6]

Review

Well-written:

Criteria	Notes	Result
(a) (prose)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Undetermined
(b) (MoS)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Undetermined

Verifiable with no original research:

Criteria	Notes	Result
(a) (references)	A formidably solid set of sources.	Pass
(b) (citations to reliable sources)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Undetermined
(c) (original research)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Pass
(d) (copyvio and plagiarism)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Pass

Broad in its coverage:

Criteria	Notes	Result
(a) (major aspects)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Undetermined
(b) (focused)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Undetermined

Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.

Notes	Result
The reviewer has no notes here.	Pass

Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.

Notes	Result
The reviewer has no notes here.	Undetermined

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)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Pass
(b) (appropriate use with suitable captions)	Good use of images. Very good use of maps.	Pass

Result

Result	Notes
Undetermined	The reviewer has no notes here.

Discussion

References.

A lot of references do not have a publisher location. For information only at B class.
For references 17 and 84 do you have page numbers?
Ref 73 should be pp., not p..
In the section "Finnish advance in Karelia" two paragraphs do not end in a reference. Referencing is very dense in this section, but if you could cite them directly it would let me give them an easy tick.

Captions. Whilst better editors than I may disagree, in the reindeer image, is it relevant that he is at an armoury? More pertinently "along the snow" is odd; how about "in snow conditions" or similar? Gog the Mild (talk) 17:29, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Prose.

"The Baltic governments acquiesced to these demands and signed respective agreements in September and October." Whilst grammatically correct, this reads oddly. Do you have objections to deleting the "respective"?
"numbered around 450,000 soldiers in 18 divisions and 40 separate battalions in the Finnish region." Instead of "separate", it should be "independent".
"Although it outnumbered the Kriegsmarine, the fleet lost all but one of its naval bases and was mostly inactive for the remainder of the war." This doesn't really work as a sentence. Probably because rather than stick to the OoB you include operational details. I would suggest moving the latter to a later section.
"23 Soviet bombers were lost in this strike while the Finnish forces lost none." I am not sure what the Finnish forces (the Finnish airforce?) lost none of: bombers? Fighters? Aircraft?

Focus

All three "Background" sections seem overlong to me. For example, in what way are the Rapid Settlement Act or the "divisive White Guard tradition" relevant to the Continuation War? Does the long Trotter quote add anything to the excellent prose summary? (If it does, why say it again?) Gog the Mild (talk) 19:13, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Duplication.

WW2 is duplicated within the lead.
Petsamo is dup-linked. Ditto: Murmansk and Porkkala Peninsula.
There is no need to keep linking Russian. Ditto for Finnish.

Additional notes

^ Compliance with other aspects of the Manual of Style, or the Manual of Style mainpage or subpages of the guides listed, is not required for good articles.
^ Either parenthetical references or footnotes can be used for in-line citations, but not both in the same article.
^ This requirement is significantly weaker than the "comprehensiveness" required of featured articles; it allows shorter articles, articles that do not cover every major fact or detail, and overviews of large topics.
^ Vandalism reversions, proposals to split or merge content, good faith improvements to the page (such as copy editing), and changes based on reviewers' suggestions do not apply. Nominations for articles that are unstable because of unconstructive editing should be placed on hold.
^ Other media, such as video and sound clips, are also covered by this criterion.
^ The presence of images is not, in itself, a requirement. However, if images (or other media) with acceptable copyright status are appropriate and readily available, then some such images should be provided.

Gog the Mild (talk) 16:16, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Gog the Mild: Thx a lot for the review! I'll start fixing the article on Tuesday when I get back from travels. Manelolo (talk) 09:46, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Compliance with other aspects of the Manual of Style, or the Manual of Style mainpage or subpages of the guides listed, is not required for good articles.

[2] Either parenthetical references or footnotes can be used for in-line citations, but not both in the same article.

[3] This requirement is significantly weaker than the "comprehensiveness" required of featured articles; it allows shorter articles, articles that do not cover every major fact or detail, and overviews of large topics.

[4] Vandalism reversions, proposals to split or merge content, good faith improvements to the page (such as copy editing), and changes based on reviewers' suggestions do not apply. Nominations for articles that are unstable because of unconstructive editing should be placed on hold.

[5] Other media, such as video and sound clips, are also covered by this criterion.

[6] The presence of images is not, in itself, a requirement. However, if images (or other media) with acceptable copyright status are appropriate and readily available, then some such images should be provided.

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