Hey,
I'm trying to get
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netball to good article
status and hopefully to featured article status. The discussion is at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Netball/GA1
The literature about netball when you start getting into media
representation basically follows similar themes: Because this is a
women's
sport, it doesn't get media coverage. Because it is a non-Olympic sport,
it
gets ignored in a wider sporting history. Because it is a women's sport,
it
doesn't have the documented history. It is a women's sport and should be
celebrated as such, not being forced to conform to male models.
I'm having issues with the Good Article review. I've never done this
before
and I'm feeling a bit frustrated. I can't figure out if I frustrated
because:
* I think I'm right and he's completely wrong; OR
* the reviewer is not communicating clearly; OR
* the reviewer is treating this sport by standards that would be applied
to
men's sport that shouldn't be applied to women's sport; OR
* I've never gone through this before and my expectations are incorrect.
Does anyone have any insight into this situation? Or can anyone provide
assistance in helping edit the article to help get it through the GA
process? I feel like I keep taking information out of the article and
taking information out and I'm not certain why we're constantly removing
information from the article or how to get information that no matter how
much searching I can't find.
Sincerely,
Laura Hale
Good article review would be a hassle for anyone. It can bring you up
against Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources in a nasty way. Strict
application of reliability guidelines can result in being unable to
maintain a decent article, let alone a featured article. The same sort of
thing can happen if you subject the article on your home town to the
process; most of the interesting information has not been published and
if everything is not perfectly sourced you would be left with nothing but
census statistics and GPS coordinates.
You're running into an underlying policy problem which should probably be
addressed better than it is. However, as in the case of a small town I
would turn to local papers or governments, there might be some netball
newsletters, or a blog or mailing list which arguable could be considered
a reliable source for this subject.
Break a leg,
Fred