Talk:Matthew Lukwiya

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Matthew Lukwiya was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Reviewed version: April 21, 2008

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[edit] GA Review

Overall, the article is in pretty decent shape, and definately represents a good start. However, after looking through the article, I have failed it's GA nomination, for the reasons described below. I hope my comments can be addressed soon, and the article renominated. To help in the process, I've tried to provide as many links as possible to various Wikipedia guidline pages.

  • Overall, the article lacks sources. Not only would more be better, but there are a few things which require citations that don't currently provide one. Namely, quotes and facts that are potentially contentious or extraordinary (such as the claim that he is the first doctor to catch the ebola virus). For more info, see WP:Cite.
  • The citations that are there need to be formatted more consistently, and provide more information and full attribution. I recommend using citation templates for citations, since they do all of the work for you. For help with attribution, see WP:WIAGA and WP:Attribution
  • The article's lead paragraph also needs to be expanded dramatically. See [WP:Lead]] for more info on how to do that.
  • I would also recommend an infobox, but I'm not sure which would apply here.
  • The See also section is a little bloated, especially since one of the doctors doesn't even have a page. See WP:See also.
  • An External links section would be nice. See WP:EL.

Hopefully the bullet points above can help with the further improvement of this article. If you have any questions or concerns with my review, feel free to drop me a line. Alternatively, if you feel my review is in error, you can nominate the article for reassment. Good luck, and keep up the good work! Drewcifer (talk) 00:08, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

WP:Good article usage is a survey of the language and style of Wikipedia editors in articles being reviewed for Good article nomination. It will help make the experience of writing Good Articles as non-threatening and satisfying as possible if all the participating editors would take a moment to answer a few questions for us, in this section please. The survey will end on April 30.

  • Would you like any additional feedback on the writing style in this article?


  • If you write a lot outside of Wikipedia, what kind of writing do you do?


  • Is your writing style influenced by any particular WikiProject or other group on Wikipedia?


At any point during this review, let us know if we recommend any edits, including markup, punctuation and language, that you feel don't fit with your writing style. Thanks for your time. - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 04:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC)