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GA Reassessment

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I am reviewing this article as part of GA Sweeps. This is in pretty good shape, but it needs some work to bring it in line with the current standards of WP:WIAGA. I am outliniing a partial list of issues that need to be addressed. After I post this listing, I will give concerned and interested editors a week before I reevaluate the article's quality rating. I will be following along with the progress of the article and may make additional comments as it is appropriate.
Notified: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pennsylvania, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States, Ruhrfisch (talk · contribs), AlexiusHoratius (talk · contribs), ClairSamoht (talk · contribs), Thisisbossi (talk · contribs), PAWiki (talk · contribs), Boothy443 (talk · contribs)--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:45, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delisted largely for uncited content and problematic references.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:42, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • According to the alt text checker this article needs WP:ALT text. (Not required to retain GA status, but it is becoming common in articles)
  • According to the dablink checker this article has eight dablinks that need to be addressed.
  • According to the link checker this article has eleven deadlinks.
  • Several refs appear in the middle of sentences. Please make sure all refs follow punctuation marks.
  • Please reformat to either expand or merge one line paragraphs such as "Pennsylvania has 51 miles (82 km)[12] of coastline along Lake Erie and 57 miles (92 km)[13] of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary.", "Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 12, 1787,[45] five days after Delaware became the first." and "The Peace of Breda between England, France and the Netherlands confirmed the English conquest on July 21, 1667,[28][29] although there were temporary reversions."
  • The article has many bare refs used in footnotes. Please reformat as proper full inline citations.
  • Other bare refs in the article text such as those at Pennsylvania#Climate should be reformated as inline citations.
  • Please read WP:CAPTION#Wording as it relates to the use of periods.
  • Several image files no longer exist.

I will likely add other issues as I see that these are being worked on. I will reevaluate this article after one week.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:35, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dab links have all been fixed, and the links to image files that no loinger exist have been removed. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:58, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Out of curiosity, why do ref links have to be at the end of sentences or following punctuation marks? I don't recall seeing anything about that in the MoS, and I've seen plenty of instances where refs have been in the middle of sentences without punctuation. GlassCobra 16:05, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to be a misunderstanding; refs do not have to be at the end of sentences or following punctuation, but when they are at the end of sentences or combined with punctuation, then they follow the punctuation, except for emdashes, which they precede. See WP:FN, specifically, WP:REFPUNC. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:42, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
See also WP:PAIC.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That makes more sense. Thanks for clearing it up. GlassCobra 17:09, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
See also [1], especially the bit that says "Some editors prefer the in-house style of journals such as Nature, which place references before punctuation" (my emphasis)--Malleus Fatuorum 17:10, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Second opinion

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  • Several of the points raised by the reviewer above are irrelevant to the good article criteria and ought to be struck, except for recommendations should the article ever be put forward at FAC. Not only is no particular citation style mandated (citations before or after punctuation, citations mid-sentence, etc.), but there is no requirement for alt text. Neither are the presence or absence of dab links part of the GA criteria. --Malleus Fatuorum 17:17, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • They should not be struck unless the article has been improved accordingly. Those are my suggestions to improve the article. Fixing each of the concerns would improve the article, except the newly discovered allowance for randomly-placed citations.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:58, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • This is a GA review, and the review ought to be consistent with the GA criteria, which your review is not. GA Sweeps isn't an opportunity for you to force your own personal preferences on other editors. If you find yourself unable to assess this article against the GA criteria then I suggest that you close this review and let it be done by someone who can. --Malleus Fatuorum 21:56, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • Yes there is no alt text requirement in WP:WIAGA, but unless you have a problem with me making WP accessible to the blind, I will continue to request it be added to articles if it is not too much trouble. I will also continue to request dablink cleanup. This is my 50th GA Sweeps. SInce 50 is a round number, it will be my last.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 22:49, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
          • I have a problem with you assessing articles against your own personal criteria instead of against the GA criteria. If you believe that the GA criteria ought to be changed to accommodate your personal preferences then I suggest that you try and make your case at WT:GAN. Until then, I am greatly relieved to hear that this will be your last GA Sweeps review if this is typical of your work. --Malleus Fatuorum 00:49, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(outdent) As an uninvolved user, I strongly suggest passing the GA sweeps, which pertains only to items relevant to the GA criteria, and requesting the other things in a normal thread on the talk page. Most editors will have the courtesy to strive to at least respond to those requests. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:22, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]