Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Republic of China/1

Republic of China

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Result: Delist. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 06:20, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article was improperly passed for GA by a WikiProject Taiwan involved editor. This reviewer could not possibly have been objective. --Slashem (talk) 10:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A quick scan through the article history implies that the article was nominated for GA status by Folic Acid on 11/21/2007 and listed by Jerrch on 11/22/2007. The page history shows that Jerrch has made ten edits to the article, the first one being on 11/11/06 and the last one occuring on 11/23/2007. Let me know if my assumptions are incorrect.

Can you provide some evidence showing that Jerrck would have been partial or too involved, or that the GA review was flawed? It will illuminate matters if you can provide more details. Thanks, Majoreditor (talk) 02:35, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jerrch (talk · contribs) founded WikiProject Taiwan and this article is one of the two most important articles in WikiProject Taiwan. Also, Jerrch (talk · contribs) never left any comments on the talk page explaining how the article met the GA criteria. --Slashem (talk) 03:29, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the additional information. I have left a message on Jerrch's talk page notifying him of this GAR and left a note on the article's talk page. Majoreditor (talk) 11:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've started to evaluate the article to see if it currently meets GA criteria. It will take me some time to complete my evaluation. I already see one big problem. The article has a citation request tag and a section banner for no citations. These issues will need to be resolved. Thanks, Majoreditor (talk) 12:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Still working through my review. The article will benefit from copyediting, particularly for punctutation and overuse of the passive voice. I've also uncovered some additional citation issues. My initial sense is that the article is well-developed and, with modest efforts, can be brought up to par. Perhaps some editors will pitch in and help save the article from de-listing. Majoreditor (talk) 15:29, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. There is no a priori conflict of interest in WikiProject members reviewing an article, as long as they have not contributed significantly to the article. However, in this case, it does appear that a substandard article has been passed. As Majoreditor points out, there are many problems with lack of citations. I am also not convinced that the tone of the article is entirely neutral. This is a controversial area, and citation and neutrality issues are particularly important. I agree it might be possible to fix the article easily, but I see no sign of this happening at the moment. Hence my recommendation to delist. Geometry guy 19:03, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. Lack of citations is certainly a major concern, but I also share Geometry Guy's doubts over the neutral tone of this article. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 23:06, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]