Talk:Calais/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Thine Antique Pen (talk · contribs) 15:43, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I will review this article. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 15:43, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Its pretty comprehensive I think, I put a lot of time into researching it, any issues should be minor I believe.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:02, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

Yeah, it's quite good. I've done a few minor fixes.

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
I like it.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
Well, references seem to be reliable. There is lots of 'em too.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Shows main points but with all minor detail included.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
I see nothing wrong.
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It looks to be in quite good standing. No current 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):
It's got quite a few images, so I checked all the rationale sections on the Images.
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
I'll pass this one! Nice work, Dr. Blofeld! --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 16:11, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yikes, that was quick! I thought you might have expected more information on the universities or something which I think is the worst part of the article, I'll see if I can dig up some brief info on some of the main ones, just to make it a bit more interesting!.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:17, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't really care about the universities bit, have it, or don't. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 16:20, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are quite a few red links which I should be able to fill in the coming days... Actually looking for more about the universities it appears to be the usual faculty stuff on the websites nothing interesting to say as such. None of them are exactly Oxford..♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:29, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Town or city[edit]

Is Calais called a town, city or both? This article calls it in different places a town and a city, but uses town more. Is it not very good practice to use a mix of two different terms in one article, like using two different spellings for one word, one should be consistantand only use one?

I see maybe the French language does not have separate words for both city and town like English and some other languages do, nor does France have an official city status like the UK does. But what is it referred to as in published sources written in English? My Oxford English Dictionary only uses the word port not town or city. If Calais is only referred to by one term then we should only use one term. Even if Calais is called both a town and a city, should we not mention this fact somewhere near the beginning of the article, then in the rest of the article only use one term? the most often used term probably. Carlwev (talk) 14:38, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A complicating factor is different usage in American and British English. Americans tend to refer to any urban area as a city (see Nutbush City Limits) while Brits will call the same place a town or even a village. French usage is closer to the British but there are significant differences too. --Ef80 (talk) 18:36, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]