Ethanol fuel in Brazil[edit]

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I've listed this article for peer review because I want some feedback before nominating the article as FAC, so I can improve it to make sure it meets all of the FA criteria, as this could be my first FAC experience.

Thanks, Mariordo (talk) 06:12, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Ealdgyth (talk · contribs)

• You said you wanted to know what to work on before taking to FAC, so I looked at the sourcing and referencing with that in mind. I reviewed the article's sources as I would at FAC.
• Newspapers titles in the references should be in italics. If you're using {{cite news}}, use the work field for the title of the paper, and the publisher field for the name of the actual company that publishes the paper
• The following references are laking last access dates and/or publishers, which are the minimum required at FAC.
  • Current ref 36 (HOw to Beat..)
  • Current ref 56 (Brazil invests...)
  • Current ref 68 (It's not even got a link title... needs that too.) (and it deadlinks)
  • Current ref 69 (doesn't even have a link title..)
  • Current ref 71 (Inae Riveras..)
  • Current ref 81 (US Congres..)
• Per WP:Footnotes#Style recommendations, we don't use op. cit. or similar abbreviations.

• Done using Shortened footnotes, as in these cases is important to point to the specific page number.

• What makes the following reliable sources?
  • http://www.icis.com/Articles/2007/11/12/9077311/brazils-flex-fuel-car-production-rises-boosting-ethanol-consumption-to-record-highs.html
  • http://news.mongabay.com/bioenergy/
  • http://www.greencarcongress.com/
  • http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/frost-home.pag
  • http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2004/11/23/feeding-cars-not-people/
• Current ref 30 needs a publisher at the least. Needs to have the title in italics aslo
• Please spell out abbreviations in the notes. Yes, they are linked, but you don't want your readers to leave your article, they might never return.
• Current refs 77, 78 and 79 are in portugese, need to note that in the ref

• Done!

Hope this helps. Please note that I don't watchlist Peer Reviews I've done. If you have a question about something, you'll have to drop a note on my talk page to get my attention. (My watchlist is already WAY too long, adding peer reviews would make things much worse.) 22:17, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your review, I will work on these improvements as soon as possible.--Mariordo (talk) 22:31, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]