Talk:Rhoda Roberts

Comments

• First, some general comments.
• Overall, the standard of the article is high.
• It is of reasonable length, with 2,746 words of readable prose.
• The lead is short at 117 words.
• Authorship is 80.7% from the nominator with contributions from 43 other editors.
• GPTZero confirms that the writing is highly likely to be human.
• It is currently assessed as a B class article.
• There are some duplicate links, including Alice Springs, Australia Day, Canberra, Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures, Opera Australia and Parrtjima.
• Although not a GA criteria, suggest adding ALT text to the images for accessibility.

Criteria

The six good article criteria:

1. It is reasonable well written.

   the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct;

   • The writing is clear but leans into proseline. This means that it reads more like a list of events than a narrative article. This is particularly noticeable in the short one sentence paragraphs. I strongly suggest rewording to solve this, both by adding context to the story and combining sentences into a coherent story.
   • Related to this, there are often sentences that start the same, for example, the paragraph that starts "Her parents were politically active" has six sentences that start with "he" and have a similar grammar structure.
   • Please review "Roberts's mother, Muriel, was white, well-educated "quite middle-class", and worked at David Jones, and was also a dressmaker."
   • There are a few spare commas, as in "Olympics Games, at Tokyo in 1964".

   it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead, layout and word choice.

   • Please expand the lead to cover more of the subject. The lead "should stand on its own as a concise overview of the article's topic" but lacks a lot of information that is included in the body, including making no mention of her early life and a brief mention of her work on stage.
   • Please review "In those days" and similar phrases.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   it contains a reference section, presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;

   • A reference section is included, with sources listed.
   • There are some follow-on citations, such as that at the end of the sentence "He was also active in the APA".

   all inline citations are from reliable sources;

   • Sources are mainly newspaper articles and webpages published by reputable publishers. I believe AusStage is credible.
   • Please confirm that The Lismore App is reliable.
   • 32 is self-published.
   • The link to Celebrity pages is no longer live. If possible, replace it with a more credible source.

   it contains no original research;

   • The sentence "She was writing a novel, Tullymorgan, at the time of her death" has its citation in the middle.
   • All other relevant statements have inline citations.
   • Spot checks:
     • 1d confirms she trained to be a Nurse's Aide (capitalised in the source).
     • 4m says that is was the first of many rather than "ushered in" the others.
     • 7q confirms the claims.
     • 7r states she was married for ten years rather than the date of the wedding.
     • 9d confirms, and also the date (which is after the citation).
     • 14e mentions that is was inaugural as well as Stan and Uluru.
     • 14w confirms the diagnosis.
     • 19 is a primary source.
     • 27a was published on 14 March 2021 so supports the claim.
     • 35 contains the quote. 36 may be superfluous, but see my comment above on The Lismore App.
     • 43 contains the quote.
     • 47 confirms the claims.

   it contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism;

   • Earwig gives a 56.4% chance of copyright violation, which is high. Some of the similarity is proper nouns but there is some close phrasing with the article by Janke and Carr. For example, the sentences "During her tenure there, in 2014 she established an annual free outdoor festival celebrating Indigenous music, dance, and culture, called Homeground (2014). Roberts presented the weekly national program Deadly Voices from the House, which included live talks and a monthly podcast" is close to the source "As the head of Indigenous programming at the Sydney Opera House from 2012 to 2021, Roberts established an annual free outdoor festival celebrating First Nations music, dance and culture called Homeground (2014) adding Dance Rites to the festival in 2015." Please review.

3. It is broad in its coverage

   it addresses the main aspects of the topic.

   • Once the proseline issue is resolved, I feel this will pass easily.

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

   • As above, once the proseline issue is resolved, I feel this will pass easily.

4. It has a neutral point of view.

   it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to different points of view.

   • There are a few sentences in Early life and education that may need to be looked at. For example provide background for the statement "The only reason she did not go on to do year 12 was that it was discouraged for Aboriginal students at her school".
   • Given previous comments, I suggest adding some more context on how she overcame some of these challenges and the wider social implications of her profile.

5. It is stable.

   it does not change significantly from day to day because of any ongoing edit war or content dispute.

   • There is no evidence of edit wars.

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   images are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content;

   • The infobox image has a fair use tag.
   • The remaining images have appropriate PD and CC tags, although Musee du quai Branly exterieur.jpg notes that "although this image is free under US copyright law and thus acceptable on the English Wikipedia, it is believed to be non-free in its home country, France".

   images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.

   • The images are appropriate and help illustrate relevant points in the article.

@Laterthanyouthink: Thank you for an interesting article on an individual that seems to have had a wide impact. Please take a look at my comments above, particularly the notes on close phrasing and proseline, and ping me when you would like me to take another look. simongraham (talk) 20:41, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

simongraham - thank you for taking the time to do such a thorough review. I am new to the process, but intend to go through your comments and improve the article per your suggestions. I'll let you know when I think I have addressed them. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 01:23, 26 June 2026 (UTC)