Talk:Mary Two-Axe Earley/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: BennyOnTheLoose (talk · contribs) 22:37, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

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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Happy to discuss, or to be challenged on, any of my review comments. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:37, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

• Copyvio and plagiarism check

• 42% match found on Earwig's Copyvio Detector. This is due to direct attributed quotes, names (e.g. of organisations or conferences), or common phrases, and despite the relatively high percentage match, I don't think there is any issue here. I also checked the other four matches found, with the same outcome.

• Images

• Fair use picture of Mary Two-Axe Earley has appropriate rationale. (I did a Google images search and no freely-licenced result was found.)
• Kahnawake picture is public domain.
• Captions seem fine.

• Infobox

• Years active starts with 1968 - but 1968 is not in the article body. Should it be 1966 or 1967?

I've changed it to 1967 (I think that's the earliest confirmed activism in the article, when she founded Equal Rights for Indian Women). Alanna the Brave (talk) 12:27, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• Early life

• "was a Mohawk" is in the lead and reflected in the infobox, whereas this section doesn't explicitly state it. Is there enough already here (e.g. place of birth) to cover this?

I think the info included should be enough to make it clear: her father was Mohawk, and she was born/grew up on a Mohawk reserve. I'd say most other biographical articles use the same contextual info to communicate nationality/culture. Alanna the Brave (talk) 12:27, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• Background

• Victorian era could be wikilinked.
• (I wasn't sure about the phrase "busy living a happy life", but looking at several sources it does seem reasonable.)

I've linked "Victorian-era" and removed the word "busy" (I think that's less awkward-sounding). Alanna the Brave (talk) 12:27, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• Fight for change

• (Canada's History source is available on EBSCO Host, verified.)
• Optional: Consider rewording the start of one of the paragraphs starting "In 1969..." / "In 1974..." so there aren't two consecutive paragraphs with a similar opening.

Reworded! I always struggle with this. Alanna the Brave (talk) 12:27, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• Aftermath

• Looks fine.

• Awards and honours

• Optional: Consider rewording the start of one of the paragraphs starting "In 1979..." / "In 1990..." so there aren't two consecutive paragraphs with a similar opening.
• "received the inaugural Governor General's Persons Case Award" is a wording that makes it read to me as though she was the only recipient, but I believe (from the sources and wikilinked article) that there may have been other awardees at the same time.

I've reworded one of the paragraphs and removed the word "inaugural". Alanna the Brave (talk) 12:27, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• Death

• "Two-Axe Earley lived at Kahnawake for the rest of her life" - I think the source says this was from 1969 until her death, might be worth mentioning a date here as the reference to moving back in 1969 is a few paragraphs earlier in the article, and there are events covered after that.

Fair point -- I've adjusted it to "Two-Axe Earley continued living at Kahnawake for the rest of her life". Is that clearer? Alanna the Brave (talk) 12:27, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• References

• All seem to be reliable sources, appropriately cited.

• Further reading

• Looks fine.

• External links

• Seem fine.

• Lead

• Re: the International Women’s Year conference, The article body has "receiving national and international attention" whilst the lead has " the media's attention" - I think these are a bit different, and suggest using either term (or a new one) in both places.
• Consider wikilinking "band council" here and in the article body. (Is Band government appropriate?)

I've adjusted the "attention" sentence in the lead for consistency, and I've linked "band council" (Band government does look appropriate). Alanna the Brave (talk) 12:27, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Alanna the Brave, thanks for all your work on this interesting article. I only have some fairly minor comments above, very happy to discuss any of these. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:16, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@BennyOnTheLoose: Thanks for the review! Your comments are very sensible, and I think I've finished addressing the issues you've raised. Let me know if you think anything else still needs work. Alanna the Brave (talk) 12:27, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Alanna the Brave. I'm happy to pass this for GA now. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:55, 2 October 2020 (UTC)