Talk:James Chadwick/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Gilderien (talk · contribs) 14:45, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Initial thoughts

• Comprehensive article, though heavily reliant on one source, Brown 1997.
• Earwig detector shows a 2.5% confidence there is a copyright violation, from a mirror site.
• Use of the word "thither" might be problematic as I think most readers will not know what it means.
• Neutrality is fine.
• "Beta radiation produced a continuous spectrum"? Of what? Energy? Direction? De Broglie wavelength? Double slit superposition?
  • Electromagnetic radiation. Corrected. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
• In the lead, the link to knighted should be corrected to the relevant honour.
  • Linked. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
• Consider linking Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
  • It is already linked. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
    • I meant in the lead, but I've linked it.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 22:40, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
    • No, no. I meant that is already linked in the third paragraph of the lead. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:18, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
• "On hand" sounds rather informal, I think it could be re-worded.
  • Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
• Should an edit-notice be added to remind editors that it is written in British English?
  • The "Use British English" template is already in the article for the bots. Added a template to the talk page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
    • Chadwick would have liked that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:18, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
• In the note at the top, "gynaecologist" would be British English.
  • Corrected. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
• Similarly, please make the use of "ionisation" consistent - it should be with an s unless you are writing in oxford english.
  • Corrected. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
• "Von" should not be capitalised.
  • Corrected. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
• Why did you use "gramme"?
  • I thought this was British English and "gram" is American. Switched to "gram". Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
    • If you can access the OED, it comments "The spelling gram is now preferred to gramme in scientific use". I always thought "gramme" was slightly archaic. Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 22:40, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 16:26, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

• British legislation uses the word "gram", but with the note that for UK legal purposes either "gramme" or "gram" is acceptable. Martinvl (talk) 10:18, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality: Yes -

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources: Well, (almost) all offline but seems reliable -

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales: All images appear to be in the public domain -

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

1. Pass or Fail:

--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 20:22, 13 June 2013 (UTC)