Talk:Oldham Riots

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Oldham Riots has had a peer review by Wikipedia editors which is now archived. It may contain ideas you can use to improve this article.

Just had a first scan through, and it all looks pretty sound. Most of the changes I made were cosmetic and didn't affect the material content of the article much; I hope they've made some of the sections a little clearer. I'll have a closer look at the sources and content later on, but I'm happy to let it stand as is for now. Good job! Aquilina 01:55, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA failed: June 18, 2006

For these reasons :

• The violence was particular intensive in the suburb of Glodwick and to a slightly lesser extent in Westwood. needs rephrasing.
• The main riots occurred in the Glodwick area of the town which is a multi-ethnic district of Oldham and home to a large community of people of Pakistani heritage. needs referencing.
• Here, up to 500 Asian youths (particularly of Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage) were involved., needs referencing.
• On Saturday, 26 May, the (somewhat ironically titled) Live and Let Live pub, which was occupied at the time, was pelted with bricks, stones and petrol bombs. would be NPOV should the text in parenthesis be removed.
• A section on the history or the lead up to the rioting is missing.
• Some other parts are still missing citations and POVness. Lincher 06:45, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

--Thanks for the feedback, I'll try to make these amendments personally, and score out tasks as they are completed, however other users are also encouraged to help. Thanks again, Jhamez84 11:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Renomination

I've tried to fix the issues provided above about the article failing GA criteria. I've fixed the vast majority (which were mainly citation/referencing problems), and have scored them out respectively. However, two points still remain as indicated above. I've messaged User:Lincher about this, and he wanted more reference to predicitions and rate-hate murders; I feel this is not appropriate for this article - as it is meant to document the Riots themselves, rather than an entire history of race crime in Oldham.

Lincher also stated that the article still has POV content. As I've written this article on an almost solo basis I think this is quite possible, so I will seek a peer review. If any reviewer or editor would like to contribute further to the article, please do, or discuss possibilities and suggestions below. It would be much appreciated. Thank you, Jhamez84 23:15, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

The article is not yet illustrated. I know from my own attempts to improve the Bradford Riot article that it is likely that most images of the riot itself are of unsuitable copyright status. I have settled for the moment with taking a picture myself of some of the still visible damage. "a lack of images does not in itself prevent an article from achieving Good Article status" but have you considered this? MGSpiller 14:03, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Personally, I think that the article should have some images.... most taken of the riots themselves are copyright (mainly from BBC websites and such), and only a few exist. I could try to create some graphs or maps should I not find a suitable image, but I'll look at licencing and perhaps photographs of the area first. I'm trying to use the 1992 Los Angeles riots as a guide for this article also- which does have images.

It's a fair point, and I agree with it. If the article fails GA for this I think it would be fair, but the nomination will at least generate interest and reviewers who could improve the wording for the time being.

Thanks for the comments, I'll try to take them on board personally if no-one else can. Jhamez84 19:19, 25 June 2006 (UTC)