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Reviewer: Mokadoshi (talk · contribs) 23:58, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
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1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct. | The prose is clear and concise. The spelling and grammar look correct, except for some small typos I've already fixed. Looks like you consistently use British English in the article which I've noted in the Talk page (not required for GA). | |
1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. |
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2. Verifiable with no original research: | ||
2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline. | Yep! | |
2b. 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). | ||
2c. it contains no original research. | Looks good! | |
2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. | Earwig report is 36.3% which is okay. It's mostly from the large quote from Jon Marshall. This is fine, but you could improve it further by reducing the size of this quote. | |
3. Broad in its coverage: | ||
3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic. | After reviewing the sources, there is nothing I think is missing from the article. | |
3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). | No coatracks or other tangents. | |
4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. | I believe the article gives WP:DUE weight to the references cited. | |
5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. | Yep! | |
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: | ||
6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content. | Yep! | |
6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions. | ||
7. Overall assessment. | Passed |
Hackaball is an educational toy designed to teach school children computer programming.If you disagree, let me know, but in that case at the very least ball needs to be wikilinked since it has multiple possible definitions.
...Kickstarter campaign that reached its goal of $100,000 after 23 days.
...Fast Company's Innovation by Design awards.
...named one of Time magazine's best inventions of 2015...
...won a bronze and silver award in the 2015 Lovie Awards.
It was conceptualised in 2013 by two interns at Made by Many—Ben King and Thomas Nadin—when they were given a side project to investigate the intersection of the Internet of Things with play. To tackle this, they aimed to make computer programming more available to six to ten-year-olds by using activities to teach programming.This block is cited with 3 references. The first reference does not support that they were interns working on a side project, and that they were shooting for the six-to-ten age group since the beginning. (The Fastcompany source used elsewhere in the article says the product is aimed at six to ten year olds, but it doesn't say it was this way from the start). I can't see the other 2 sources since I don't have access. But at the very least this should be changed.
Two weeks into their project, ...snip... or "sock[s] filled with a Raspberry Pi and some wires".This paragraph has 2 references. The first reference does not support the claims given in the first 3 sentences of the paragraph.
In 2014, Made by Many began testing Hackaball in school playgrounds; throughout production, Hackaball was tested with over 100 families with children of varying ages.This sentence has 2 references. The first reference does support that Hackaball was tested with over 100 families, but not the bit about school playgrounds. The second reference doesn't support this number.
...was launched on 3 March 2015. The goal was reached 23 days later. By its end on 2 April, the campaign raised over $240,000, with 2,300 backers contributing.This sentence and a half has 2 references. The first reference doesn't support this. The second doesn't support the dates here or the 23 days number.
Hackaball's internal electronics consist of a six-axis gyroscope, vibrator, nine LEDs, rechargeable battery, memory, microphone and a loudspeaker (with a selection of sound effects).This has 2 references. The first is mostly good but doesn't say anything about a microphone. The second only says anything about the gyroscope and LEDs (but didn't give a specific number of them).
holds the pieces together and is used along with an internal absorber made of ABS and TPE plastics to make Hackaball shock-absorbent.This has 2 references. The first doesn't say anything about ABS and TPE plastic. I can't verify the second.
Made by Many intended this to let children get closer to the inner workings of technology, which they might not be able to do often.Not supported by the reference.
After assembling the two hemispheres using the silicon coveringdoesn't say anything about silicon. (and do you mean silicone?)