Talk:British rhythm and blues/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 00:25, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: none found. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:27, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Linkrot: none found. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:27, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Main review later today (15/3/11)

Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   The prose is "reasonably well written", it could probably be improved to flow more freely. Complies sufficiently with the Manual of Style.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   References appear to be RS, those that I could access support statements, no evidence of OR

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   The article does cover the subject, but could also stand expansion to examine the subject in rather more depth than being just sourced from two pages in one book and a number of AllMusic pages? For such an important part of British post WWII music this artcile seems rather thin. I got more information about the subject matter from watching Blues Britannia: Can Blue Men Sing the Whites? than I did from this article. I feel that the article fails on this criteria. It needs more expansion to more fully cover the evolution of British rhythm and blues from the the 1950s on through the sixties and into the seventies.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   NPOV

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   Stable

6. 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):

   I have some concerns with File:Eric Burdon & the Animals.jpg The cited author is Richard William Laws, but the description says "An early publicity shot of Eric Burdon and the Animals taken at Newcastle Castle Keep probably in early 1964.". Presumably the photographer would know when this was taken?

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   I think this artcile could be developed into a good and possibly even a featured artcile but its coverage is rather cursory at present, so I will not be listing it at this time. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:05, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

It would be useful for future development to know what areas are missing from the article.--SabreBD (talk) 07:25, 15 March 2011 (UTC)