Orange43

Danka system

Hi. I saw your rating C class. That implies big gaps in the article. Could you be more specific, so I can improve the article? When you assess an article, please leave some comment as you did with Zaimokuza Beach explaining our decision. Your reasoning may not be obvious to those who wrote the article. Thanks. urashimataro (talk) 00:16, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

I am more than willing to reconsider a rating, but here were my thoughts:

The article does not flow and grammatically there are errors. For example, there should be no contractions in an article (use it is, not it's). Perhaps requesting a copy edit would be good?

Minor issues, but this could help too: In the first section: "The danka system changed drastically in 1638 when..."- what was different before? Even if there isn't a uniform picture of the system prior to the Edo period even highlighting a few things that changed would make it more complete. Also, in Gojomoku the word "gojomoku" itself is not translated by itself and the first paragraph of the section in general was a bit confusing- adding a bit more context or a sort of introduction sentence would help, I think. Again, a minor suggestion.

The article seems very complete and, in my opinion, meets the B criteria of 'good information but not enough for serious research.' I did not check the quality of the sources themselves, but there were no glaring missing citations in the article. It was for grammar rather than missing references or gaping holes that I put C class. Overall, this is an article with good potential. B-Class criteria if you want to reference it. In the future I will try to leave more feedback for articles with active contributors. Orange43 (talk) 05:39, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi. No need to reconsider the rating, I just wanted details. A rating by itself isn't useful without them. Thanks for answering in detail. urashimataro (talk) 06:00, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Asian 10,000 Challenge invite

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