What is a good article?
- GA review (see here for criteria)
- It is reasonably well written.
- a (prose): b (MoS):
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- It is broad in its coverage
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- It follows the neutral point of view policy.
- a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
- It is stable.
- It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
- a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
- Overall:
- a Pass/Fail:
Article: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Try not to make sentences so passive.
- Avoid "it" and subst. with a proper noun/collective noun whenever possible
- First sentence is too wordy. Should be split in two sentences.: Chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly on December 11, 1789, and beginning instruction in 1795, UNC is the oldest public university in the nation and the only one to award degrees in the eighteenth century. Done – Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- "beginning instruction" = instruction of undergrads or grads? Done – Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- What does the cornerstone symbolize? What is the meaning of the cornerstone?
- Second and third paragraph needs additional citations. Done – Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Woman's? Do you mean Women's? Done – Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- "UNC itself" - t/o itself Done – Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- the section needs to be expanded to include recent history Done – Artichoke2020 (talk) 00:26, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- might want to add presidents/how the university expanded through their administration Done – Artichoke2020 (talk) 00:26, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- The pictures' captions on the page don't need periods, "unless" they are complete sentences. I don't see any of pictures with captions with complete sentences in this article. Done – Artichoke2020 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- After important basketball victories, it has become tradition to rush downtown to Franklin Street, which the police shut to traffic.
- Who rushes downtown? Students? Faculty? Done – Artichoke2020 (talk) 17:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Went through the article. Extensive progress has been made. Thus, I am promoting this to GA. miranda 21:54, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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