Talk:Semi-periphery countries/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: SilkTork *^YES! 14:18, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

I'll take a look sometime in the next seven days and then leave some initial comments. SilkTork *^YES! 14:18, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Initial comments

I will make some initial comments as I read through, and then summarise. SilkTork *^YES! 16:15, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

• Prose is clear and readable and conveys often complex and difficult ideas in a lucid manner. There isn't too much reliance on WP:Jargon, though the terms periphery and core are used in the lead without explanation. A quick definition of those terms would be helpful - a link to their respective articles would be for those who wished to know more detail than a simple definition. SilkTork *^YES! 16:15, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

• Article is stable. SilkTork *^YES! 16:17, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

• Images have appropriate copyright tags. Some of the later images could be captioned in a manner that makes their presence in the article clearer - see WP:Captions. The ballot box is simply captioned "Ballot box", which is not very helpful! SilkTork *^YES! 16:22, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

• References. The article has plentiful in-line cites to a range of text books, though the 1914-Today section is uncited. I haven't checked the sources yet, and will make spot checks later to ensure that what is said in the article is what is said in the sources. SilkTork *^YES! 16:25, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

• Clarity of ideas. There does need to be an explanation of core and periphery in the lead as it does help the reader get a quick grasp of the semi-periphery concept. Encyclopedia.com takes that approach, and I find their introduction very helpful: [1]

"World-systems theorists originally conceptualized global power relations in terms of core (metropolitan) capitalist states and their weaker underdeveloped dependants in the periphery. The concept of the semi-periphery was subsequently devised in recognition of the inadequacy of the bipolarity of the original formulation. It referred to those nation-states which were neither core nor peripheral but somewhere in between. These societies remained dependent, and to some extent underdeveloped, despite having achieved significant levels of industrialization. Examples include Greece and Ireland."

I think it's worth incorporating some of those ideas, and explaining semi-periphery in terms of an explanation of core and periphery. SilkTork *^YES! 21:01, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

• Ref section. Would you please organise the bibliography in alphabetical order by author surname, and only link a person's name on the first mention, and delink redlinks unless you intend to create an article on that author in the near future, and have evidence of that person's notability. SilkTork *^YES! 11:12, 17 February 2010 (UTC)