Talk:Kryvyi Rih/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Calvin999 (talk · contribs) 08:20, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Calvin999 and I am reviewing this article.

Review

is a city in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and is the 8th most populous city in Ukraine with over 650,000 inhabitants in 2013. → is a city in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine; it is the 8th most populous city in the country with over 650,000 inhabitants in 2013.
650,000 inhabitants in 2013.[3] → As long as this is sourced in a main section somewhere, it doesn't need to be cited here.
It lies within a large urban area, administratively, incorporated with Kryvyi Rih Municipality → I don't think this follows properly.
expand "at an astonishing rate" around → Quotations in the lead should have a citation.
the turn of the 1880s. → Usually use "the turn of" when talking about the turn of a century. I would change to "at the beginning of the 1880s"
transport ore to → transportation of ore?
Repetition of spurred
The lead needs re-structuring. A three line paragraph, then a six line paragraph, then a one line paragraph doesn't look good.
However, records pre-dating the existence of the city refer to the area by the same name, due to the shape of the landmass formed by the merging of the river Saksagan into the Inhulets. → Source?
Ingulets Palanka → This needs explaining, I don't know what this is.
5[16] schools → Having a citation after the number makes it difficult to differentiate.
while others have reduced their workers and output by more than half. → Should this be past tense? (had to reduce)
Around this time, Kryvyi Rih's status was changed from township to city. It was founded by Uyezd as part of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate. It included 30 volosts. In late 1919, it was briefly ruled by the Volunteer Army.[19] → Not much point have a one line paragraph, so just tack this onto the end of the previous one.
The city grew rapidly, there are 160 industrial enterprises and 947 shops. → You're using two tenses in this sentence.
August 1944, Government, → August 1944, the Government,
government - executive, gendarmerie, police. → government, installing executives, gendarmerie and police forces.
Gendarmerie should be linked Gendarmerie
The answer came in the ethnic cleansing → Too informal
After the war, people lived among the ruins while housing stocks were rebuilt. The housing shortage was met by innovative technological solutions, which meant temporary barracks and houses could be built quickly. The two kinds of cheap new materials [clarification needed] were used later for years afterwards. → Claification tag needs sorting out.
Explain briefly what the Stakhanovite movement is.
The city itself is laid out with broad avenues lined by wide sidewalks. Tram lines run down the centre of the major streets. Beside the sidewalks there are usually several rows of trees such as lindens and horse chestnuts. Many people live in rows of 5 to 9 story apartment buildings that are wrapped around large inner courtyards. Many of these courtyards are also filled with trees giving the overall impression that the entire city is built in a park. → Sources?
Running my eyes over the references, and there are numerous problems. URLs showing, citations not formatted, missing dates, missing access dates, as these are Ukrainian sources for the most part being used on English Wikipedia, language parameters should be inputted into the citation coding.

Summary

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. Has an appropriate reference section:

B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Outcome

Looking through the history, I can see that you've spent a lot of time editing this article, and that you've been waiting since November for someone to review it. But, I'm afraid to say, this article is far from meeting GA criteria. There are issues with prose and sourcing, and the references need a lot of work. I strongly recommend that you list this for a Peer Review, and then ask the GOCE to go through it as well. I can't pass this article in its current condition.

Pass or Fail:

— Calvin999 08:14, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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