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This review is transcluded from Talk:Colebe/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: SkywalkerEccleston (talk · contribs) 03:44, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Borsoka (talk · contribs) 07:17, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it well written?

   A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:

   B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:

2. Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?

   A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

   B. Reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose):

   C. It contains no original research:

   D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:

   B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):

4. Is it neutral?

   It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:

5. Is it stable?

   It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:

6. Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Image review

• File:Portrait of "Colebee" by Thomas Watling.jpg: the source at Commons is a dead link; US PD tag is needed at Commons.
• File:Taking of Colbee and Bennelong 25 November 1789.jpg: Could you add a more specific source at Commons? US PD tag is needed.
• File:Drawing No. 25 from the Watling Collection.jpg: rephrase the caption. Borsoka (talk) 07:24, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source review

• List all sources in section "Sources", and use the same template for all citations.
• Do you have secondary sources about Colebe's life? My concern is that primarily tertiary sources are cited. Our relevant policy says: "Wikipedia articles usually rely on material from reliable secondary sources...tertiary sources can help provide broad summaries of topics that involve many primary and secondary sources and may help evaluate due weight, especially when primary or secondary sources contradict each other". Borsoka (talk) 07:32, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• @SkywalkerEccleston: when do you think you can address the above issues? Borsoka (talk) 04:26, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Hi Borsoka, I can address this in the next 48 hours. SkywalkerEccleston (talk) 11:45, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Borsoka, I have updated the page and added some new sources. It is ready for your review.--SkywalkerEccleston (talk) 14:37, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

• Could you provide us with a background (no more than two or three sentences) about his homeland, the tribes, the British settlers and administration, and their relationship?
• ...was estimated... By whom?
• According to the Eora... Who are the Eora? Link them. Why is their view relevant?
• Link Aboriginal.
• His face was described as being heavily scarred by smallpox. The Eora had endured a smallpox epidemic in April 1789. Could you consolidate the two sentences, or their consolidation would be an original synthesis?
• I would clarify that Watling was Colebe's contemporary.
• ...by the Governor's house By?
• ...the spearing of Governor Philip... Some context?
• ...on the orders of... Did he specifically want to capture Colebe and Bennelong, or he wanted to talk with two Aboriginals?
• ...refused invitations to meet with the European settlers.. The invitations are not mentioned in previous sentences. Why were they invited? Why did they refuse invitations? Whose are these settlers?
• ...the settlers' town... Where? Could you name it?
• Colebee acted as a guide to the settlers,... When?
• ... became increasingly dependent on the British colonists What does this mean? Does the European settlers and the British colonist form two separate groups?
• ...he failed to bring in Bidjigal warrior Pemulwuy,... Why should he have brought him in?
• Introduce Collins.
• ...fought over Bennelong's wife Kurubarabulu... Some context?
• Colebee's violence towards women was well-known. By whom? Perhaps "towards women is well documented". Do we know the reasons? Was he punished for his violent acts?
• ...ritual revenge battles... Some explanation in the text or in a footenote? Borsoka (talk) 09:29, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]