Talk:George Town, Penang/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Semi-auto (talk · contribs) 21:18, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm taking this one. I will try to sort out this review within one week. Thanks! Semi-auto (talk) 21:18, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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At first glance, the page seems to be well-written, with adequate citations and clear, concise prose. The use of collapsible tables is certainly commendable, as it helps keep the page short. Still, I feel there are too many images in this page which could be reduced to make the page more compact in terms of bytes, especially at the transportation section. There is also the image caption on the Penang State Museum which I think needs some sort of citation. But aside from these minor issues, the page (in my opinion) seems ready for GA.

Will go into further details soon. Semi-auto (talk) 21:34, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Upon further reading, I noticed a few other issues.

According to WP:OVERKILL, a single point should have up to three citations. However, there are certain sentences in the George Town page where more than three citations can be found. For instance, Aware of this situation, Light formed friendly relations with the then Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin II, and promised British military protection, while the Sultan reciprocally offered Penang Island, then part of Kedah. I would advise you to trim these citations, if possible. Choose the more reputable ones to be included in the page.
There are also repetitive links, such as Malaysia and Greater Penang in the demographics section, and the States and federal territories of Malaysia. In fact, I would also advise you to remove irrelevant links in the page; this could help to take off a few hundred bytes from this page.

On top of the other issues regarding excess images, resolving these would put beyond doubt that the page deserves a GA. Semi-auto (talk) 23:17, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]