Talk:Field Day (festival)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: –– Jezhotwells (talk) 13:47, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   The prose is in places well written, but I shall point out some issues below:

   Similar to sister festival Underage, the single day event takes place around early August of each year. Both festivals usually share similar line-ups, as well as taking place within days of each other. try and find a variation on "similar"

   Contrary to Underage, .... I get the meaning but it is clumsy to start a sentence with "Contary to"

   Beginning in 2008, the area includes a sack race, tug of war and egg and spoon race. "beginning in" Batter to use something like "The area began in 2008 and includes ..."

   The area is handled by organiser Tom Baker's girlfriend Natalie. looks like trivia - how is this relevant?

   Village Mentality was formerly known as Homefires,[6] who hosted their own London festival until 2007.[7] Could be better phrased

   2007 Do we really need a long list of acts, many of them barely notable? Likewise with the sections on succeeding years. If people really want to know they can go to the sources. Just use WP:SUMMARY style and mention some of tghe more notable bands.

   Originally being billed as a capacity of 6,000, the amount was increased to 10,000 shortly before the festival. Clumsy wording

   The event was criticized for having sound issues with many of the stages, ... "sound issues with"? surely something like "The event received criticism for poor sound quality ...."

   The main stage was retitled the "Converse Century Stage", to reflect the company's 100 year anniversary in 2008. Beter to explain a little more, "The main stage was sponsored by the Converse shoe company, celebrating their centenary."

   We don't need these constant references to the Underage Festival, surely.

   The 2009 festival takes place on 1 August 2009... dated infor

   Three "line-up"s in three sentences.

   The 2010 event was confirmed to take place on 31 July 2010... "An announcement on the festcial website in late 2009 confirmed a date of ....

   Again, trim down the list of bands, this is not an advertisement.

   Overall, the article needs a thorough copy-edit and the lists of acts need pruning.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   Plenty of references, all check out, the reliability of some is a little questionable. WP:RS says Articles should be based on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. I query whether DrownedInSound, eFestivals, Eat Your Own Ears really meet those criteria.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   There isn't really much content here when the lists of performers are removed. Local reaction? Is there anything to make this worthy of good article status? At the moment the reader doesn't get much feel for the festival. Just some facts and figures, a few problems the first year. I realize that this isn't Glastonbury, but what makes it special? A bit more background would not go amiss. Attendance figures for 2009. Budget? Licensing problems? Major sponsors?

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   It has continuously expanded and improved every year since, ... represents a point of view

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

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

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

   I am really surprised that there are no images to be found.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   I don't think that this article is ready for GA status yet. The guidelines state that If the problems are minor or easy to fix, the article can be put "on hold" for a week or so. If the problems are serious or extensive, the article can be failed. So I am not going to list at this time. Work on introducing a broader range of materila, copy edit, prune the long lists of everyone who as ever performed at the festival. take the article to WP:Peer review for further advice when work has been done. Check and improve again, and if you are confident that it meets the criteria, renominate at WP:GAN. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 15:06, 5 April 2010 (UTC)