Talk:Walmart/GA3

GA Review

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Reviewer: TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) 03:49, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Note the following previous discussions:

Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Wal-Mart/1

Talk:Walmart/GA1

Talk:Walmart/GA2

• Note that I did not consider unsuccessful FAC1, FAC2 and FAC3, which were all from 2007 and prior.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:31, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

• I will review this article.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:49, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
• According to the toolbox to the right, article has over two dozen dead links and another handful of other suspicious links.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:28, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
  • Given that this is the third nomination since December 2012 and citations have been a consistent problem historically (although mostly [citation needed]), it is a bit surprising that a basic problem like this persists.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:28, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
• The disambiguation tool is down at the moment.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:28, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
• It is confounding that after the WP:GAR delisting and two prior unsuccessful WP:GANs which all pointed out [citation needed] issues that this would be nominated with even the lone [citation needed] issue that remains.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:34, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
• The article also continues to have the [when?] tag that was at issue in GA2.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:38, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
• It seems all other outstanding GA2 issues remain including the next three issues timestamped simultaneously to this comment.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:45, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
• (spelled as in Canadian English) ?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:45, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
• Walmart International section could perhaps be split up?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:45, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
• The Corporate affairs section continues to begin with what "seems like a list of some features of walmart".--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:45, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
• Note that when this was delisted and GA1 there were complaints that the WP:LEAD was too short. The lead is currently 2248 characters. A full-size LEAD is 3000 characters and this article is plenty long enougn to justify a full-size LEAD.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:30, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Early years (1945–1969)

• "When the lease for the location expired" add in YYYY.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:55, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
• Do we know when Store #1 moved.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:55, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
• Why isn't the original 5 and dime considered store #1?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:55, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Incorporation and growth as a regional power (1969–1990)

• "Walton remained as Chairman of the Board, and the company also rearranged other people in senior positions."
  • This needs a ref.
  • What was S. Robson Walton's position at the time?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:04, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Retail hegemony and rise to multinational status (1990-present)

• The opening two paragraphs have a total of one WP:ICs from WP:RSs. I am troubled that I am unable to WP:V this intriguing content. I have added {{fact}} tags to the end of both paragraphs, which actually need ICs throughout them.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:55, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Initiatives (2005–2010)

• (equivalent to $1.12 thousand in 2014) s/b (equivalent to $1,120 in 2014). Same for all the thousand conversions. Billions are O.K. as is.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:14, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
• Merge or expand stubby one-line paragraphs.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:14, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Current developments (2011-present)

• Again merge stubby para.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:20, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Operating divisions

• Throughout merge or expand stubby paragraphs.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Walmart Supercenter

• How current is the information about one-hour photo processing lab (also in Walmart Discount Stores section) and video rental stores?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Walmart Express

• Do we have updates on the January 2012 Walmart Express plans--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:35, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Sam's Club

• "There are three kinds of memberships of Sam's Club,Sam's Plus" ->There are three kinds of Sam's Club memberships: Sam's Plus--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:07, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
• What about March 2009 plan?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:07, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Walmart International

• Do those German or Brazilian stores have links?
• "In the mid-1990s Walmart tried with a large financial investment to get a foothold in the German retail market." is ingrammatical. Try In the mid-1990s, Walmart tried to get a foothold in the German retail market with a large financial investment.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:16, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
• The German market at this point (when?)--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:16, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
• FDI comes from no where.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:16, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Corporate affairs

• "Unlike many other retailers, Wal-Mart does not charge a slotting fee to suppliers for their products to appear in the store.[148] Instead, it focuses on selling more popular products and provides incentives for store managers to drop unpopular products, as well as asking manufacturers to supply more popular products" I don't understand this. Walmart asks manufacturers to supply more popular products. However, Walmart seems to pay less for its inventory. If I have some new craze good (think Cabbage Patch dolls, Beanie babies, Tickle Me Elmo), and I know I will sell out of it wherever I ship it why would I send shipments to Walmart who is paying less than other stores if they are just asking me for supply. If we haven't committed to paying for shelf space, how does this work?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:55, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Finance and governance

• "a net income of $15.4 billion (equivalent to $16.1 billion in 2014) on $422 billion (equivalent to $442 billion in 2014) of revenue with a 24.7 percent gross profit margin." ??? 15.4/422 <> 24.7%.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:49, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
• Remove (this is a different Tom Coughlin than the football coach).--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:49, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Competition

• What is the source for each list of competitors?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:49, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Economic impact

• You should think about breaking this section into positive and negative impact claims.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:09, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Gender and sexual orientation

• Avoid phrases like "during the past decade". It is difficult to tell what time period this refers to.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:28, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
• I can't tell if this section has been updated since 2007.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:28, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Criticism

• This should be reorganized so that Criticism is not so brief. Sections like "Gender and sexual orientation" and "Employee and labor relations" may fit better in this section.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:34, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

See also

• This section needs to be re-written in prose with WP:ICs from WP:RS. The section should be renamed Walmart in popular culture.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:37, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

References

• Eliminate ALL CAPS.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:46, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Images

• All PD.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:32, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
• Many WP:CAPTIONs are punctuated incorrectly. Often phrases are punctuated with ending periods as if they are complete sentences.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:36, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

• I have completed my review. I am failing this nomination. If the nominator did not take the time to address the concerns of the prior reviews, I doubt that this extensive list would be addressed. I am not averse to evaluating attempted responses to the concerns above. I could be convinced to reopen the review, but I see little chance that things that have gone this many reviews without being addressed are going to be addressed now.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:42, 19 September 2014 (UTC)