Talk:Sergeant Reckless/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dana boomer (talk · contribs) 21:51, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Finally getting around to reviewing this article...should have my full review up by late tonight. Dana boomer (talk) 21:51, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   • Per WP:LEAD, the lead should be larger: perhaps two paragraphs? Her military career especially could stand to be fleshed out in the lead.

   • I think I'll leave that for MTBW, she's better at that than I am. PumpkinSky talk 22:57, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

   • Origins, "The horse was originally named Ah Chim Hai in Korean,[6] which translates to "Morning Flame" or "Flame-in-the-Morning",[7][8] reputed to be the name of her dam," - She had the same name as her dam?

   • Yes, she did have her dam's name. PumpkinSky talk 02:32, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

   Took a stab at it today. PumpkinSky talk 20:27, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

   ITD helped too. PumpkinSky talk 22:15, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

   MTBW just did her part. PumpkinSky talk 23:23, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   • Who is the real publisher for Giaffo, Lou "Gooch's Marines"? The Google Books page says that it's Dorrance Publishing, which appears to be a self-publishing company. RoseDog Books appears to be a bookstore. If the book is self-published, what makes Giaffo a reliable source?

   • As that material all has other sources, I've moved that to Further Reading and cut the refs for it. PumpkinSky talk 22:54, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

   • Military service, "When learning a new delivery route, Reckless would only need someone to lead her a few times. Afterwards she would make the trips on her own." Source?

   • It's in the Geer book and it's made very clear. Hopefully I can find the page number with Kindle search function. PumpkinSky talk 03:00, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

   • On pages 181-183 and probably a few other spots. I found it searching for the word "alone". Ref added. PumpkinSky talk 22:49, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   • File:Reckless with Sgt. Latham.jpg could use an expanded source description (date of publication?), but is technically accurate.

   • Good catch! The source was wrong and it's fixed. I checked her commons cat and that's the only image that had that error. PumpkinSky talk 22:50, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   Overall, looking good. A couple more comments above, but that should take care of the majority of the work to be done. Once the above are addressed, I'll take another read-through, but at this point the article is very close to GA status. Dana boomer (talk) 01:57, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Redid and expanded the lede. Hope it's an improvement and we are good to go! Montanabw^(talk) 23:08, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

OK, I've re-read and everything looks good. Sorry for taking a few days to get back to this. Now passing to GA status. Nice work! Dana boomer (talk) 21:40, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

No problem, Dana. We all have real lives. Thanks for the great review, article is much better. I love Reckless' story, I love it! PumpkinSky talk 21:47, 31 August 2013 (UTC)