Talk:Andrew Dickson White/GA2
GA Reassessment[edit]
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This article seems to have been promoted in a less strict era. At the moment it doesn't seem to fulfil the GA criteria; here are some of the problems:
- MOS: the lead section is almost non-existent. Also, there's use of external links in the text, rather than in footnotes.
- Lack of in-line citations, especially in the biography section. Some assertions, like "his farsighted leadership set the university on the path to becoming an elite educational institution", need references.
- Focus: the "Contribution to the conflict thesis" is important, but it takes up disproportionally much space compared to the biography. This is after all a co-founder of Cornell University.
I will leave this notice here for a week, to see if anyone is willing to address the concerns. Lampman (talk) 14:53, 31 January 2009 (UTC)