Talk:Queenie (waterskiing elephant)

Queenie (waterskiing elephant) was nominated as a Natural sciences good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (January 14, 2013). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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	This article was accepted on 7 August 2012 by reviewer Eclipsed (talk · contribs).

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Tomcat7 (talk · contribs) 15:01, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): 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):
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:

I see many issues:

See WP:LEAD how to build a summary of the content
Prose mistakes throughout the article
I think animals are always referred to "it". What is its gender?
Odd structure: sentence-long paragraphs, written like bullet items
"Pittsburgh Incident" section is acceptable, but the rest is not
There are dead links.
If there are no free images, you can upload a non-free file.--Tomcat (7) 21:15, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This nomination was placed on hold over a month ago. A few days later, there were edits that combined paragraphs, but did little else. Given the failure to address all but one of the significant issues raised, I think it's probably time to conclude this review. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Failing per this. Wizardman 00:00, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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