User:Miranda/Phi Iota Alpha

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[edit] What is a good article?

GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): (not properly cited) b (citations to reliable sources): (some cite needed) c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
  5. It is stable.
  6. It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
    a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
  7. Overall:
    a Pass/Fail:

[edit] Post Analysis Review

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[edit] GA Review for Phi Iota Alpha

[edit] General

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Needs more refs which are unaffiliated with the fraternity.
  • I am so confused by the history section
  • Prose needs working on.
  • Why wikilink the Spanish article if it doesn't exist?

[edit] Lead

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • No comma between frat and "and"
  • What's the first Latino student organization and fraternity in the U.S.
  • brotherhood - not linked
  • I copy edited this section

[edit] Infobox

Issue addressed miranda 23:54, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Motto and Publication need to be ital. (updated) 2much (talk) 03:27, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] History

[edit] Origins

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • cite 2 is empty
  • last sentence - Original Research
  • RPI: Birthplace of Phi Iota Alpha - better wording

[edit] Consolidation

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:Uha2.gif - needs fair use rationale

  • Pi Delta Phi (ΠΔΦ) fraternity - Fraternity is capitalized
  • find sources for your citations
  • needs more refs.
  • Sigma Iota - when first introduced, establish that the group is a fraternity
  • Any controversies?
  • By 1928, Sigma Iota had lost many of its chapters and therefore sought to stabilize its operations by consolidating its chapters in the United States with a more stationary and well-rooted organization.[citation needed] better wording - repetition of its is bad
  • No hyphen: Pan-Americanism

[edit] Founding

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Hyper link dates.
  • Prose issues

[edit] Expansion

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • No flags are needed
  • Image:Ula.jpg - fair use image which needs rationale
  • Image:Picture20006small.jpg - looks like a page from a book (picture) needs to have fair use rationale

[edit] History: 1939 - 1983

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Prose issues, capitalization, citation needed.
  • hyperlink dates
  • Image:Fialsu72.jpg - fair use image
  • Pic looks like it is interrupting the flow of the article

[edit] History: 1984 - 2000

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 75th anniversary

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Cite needed
  • I had to edit the section
  • Image needs thumbnail

[edit] Chapters

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Section needs more than a mention of a redirect.

[edit] National Programs

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • take out "its"
  • most wording is POV
  • Latino and Hispanic Americans
  • 2 spaces after Latin America. (SPACE) The fraternity provides for charitable endeavors through its Foundations, providing academic scholarships and support for community development projects.

[edit] Pillars

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Doesn't tell me anything - the gallery

[edit] Mission

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Needs to be in prose form

[edit] Beliefs

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Take out "it"
  • De-capitalize "frat"
  • sounds like an advertisement which is against NPOV

[edit] Membership

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • List of famous members go in a separate article in order not to cluster the article
  • How are applicants accepted for membership?
  • We know what plethora is, please don't link.
  • No flags for famous members
  • How does one become a member? What are the requirements?
  • "ranks of its membership
  • Please don't use "Brothers" b/c not every person on Wikipedia is a brother of Phi Iota Alpha
  • Latino AND Hispanic
  • Latin American countries

[edit] Symbols

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • should be renamed symbolism
  • Pan American - no hyphen
  • Colors - decapitalize color names and "fraternity"
  • Make this into paragraph form

[edit] Badge

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Thumb on photo of badge
When was the badge adopted?
Official Badge of the Fraternity
Badge, Official, Fraternity - not capitalized
cross, pearl - not need to be linked
The badge dies at the bottom with a golden sphere that culminates the fasces.? (word choice)

[edit] Flag

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • or, azure, gules - not capitalized
  • The short-lived republic that consisted of present-day Flag of Colombia Colombia, Flag of Venezuela Venezuela, Flag of Ecuador Ecuador, and Flag of Panama Panama.
No flags per MOS
  • Flag image needs FU rationale

[edit] Crest

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • insignia, coa, crest, or, shield - not capitalized
  • chain, support, chief - not linked
  • More sources needed
  • Lions' (possessive)
  • crest doesn't belong here b/c it is featured above in the infobox
  • The riband for the motto at the Lions' feet, in argent, with azure letters: Semper Parati Semper Juncti.[21] - doesn't make sense. (updated) 2much (talk) 03:22, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fraternal dates of celebration

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Should be incorporated into the text of the prose and not stand alone

[edit] See also

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Should be placed after citation section and before external links

[edit] References

Issue not addressed miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Should be renamed to cites. There should be separate sections for references (books) and cites (citations)
  • Spefs.
No page numbers on 1, 2, 5, and 9
three colons on 6 and 20?
16 - "State of New York's Department of State"
22 - Don't cite a Wikipedia Article
23-31 - no page numbers

[edit] Preliminary Decision

Article is on hold until the 25th. miranda 10:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comments

[edit] Post-Analysis

I have failed this article, due to 1.) The article being on hold for almost a month, and 2.) lack of submitter addressing the issues during that timespan. One of the twenty-three issues were addressed, in summary. miranda 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)