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Peer review
Stephen Jolly
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I've listed this article for peer review because I'm seeking guidance on improvements which can be made to the article prior to nominating it for WP:GA. Thanks, TarnishedPathtalk 13:41, 6 September 2025 (UTC)
Comments from Z1720
Comments after a quick skim:
- I added a citation needed tag to the article.
- The lead should be expanded to include all major aspects of this person's biography.
I hope that helps. Z1720 (talk) 03:36, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Z1720, I've removed the sentence which was unreferenced, as I don't think it added anything, and expanded the lead. How does that look? Any further guidance? TarnishedPathtalk 04:33, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
Updates
I've add some content on some positions that Jolly has taken as mayor of Yarra council and content on a current romantic relationship. There's still more to add. I'm putting it here in case someone wants to add it before me and so I don't forget about links.
- https://www.3aw.com.au/stephen-jollys-strong-message-to-jacinta-allan-as-emergency-services-levy-hits-the-city/ - His opposition to changes to the emergency services levy
- https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/on-the-road/melbourne-mayor-slams-cyclists-white-privilege-over-bike-lane-saga/news-story/0b663191c50040164efcc4322eaeda85 and https://www.smh.com.au/politics/victoria/far-too-narrow-richmond-bike-lanes-debate-intensifies-before-vote-to-bring-back-car-parks-20250811-p5mm3m.html (https://web.archive.org/web/20250812061851/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/victoria/far-too-narrow-richmond-bike-lanes-debate-intensifies-before-vote-to-bring-back-car-parks-20250811-p5mm3m.html) - For Yarra city council making changes to bicycle lanes under Jolly.
TarnishedPathtalk 10:18, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
- I've just added content about the emergency services levy. Not sure if the bike lanes stuff should go in. TarnishedPathtalk 07:31, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
GA review
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
- This review is transcluded from Talk:Stephen Jolly/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominator: TarnishedPath (talk · contribs) 08:47, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Jacksonvil (talk · contribs) 08:52, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
Please note this is my first time doing a GA review, I may get some stuff wrong, please tell me if I did. Thanks.
Status
Pass
Well-written
Overall for the most part, 
Pass.
Done 
Caution Some of the acronyms in political careers could be confusing for people not familiar to this topic.
- @Jacksonvil:, I have edited to expand acronyms on first usage, where the term is used more than once and removed them where they were only used only. I have also removed some wikilinks which were used in the article multiple times and done some slight copy editing.
- Ps, thankyou for your time undertaking this review. Just in case you weren't aware, you'll need to do some spot checking on the sources to confirm that they do in fact state what is reflected in the article. Please let me know if you need any quotes during the process (especially with the newspapers.com sources as I have access).TarnishedPathtalk 10:04, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
Verifiable
Pass as far as I can see, has secondary sources from reliable news outlets and official sources from government
- Follow up - spot checks
- Source [3] (a, b) checked
- Souce [7] - note on very close paraphrasing to the article title
- Source [25] checked
- Source [32] checked
- @Jacksonvil: can you clarify which source you found very close paraphrasing with? When I just ran Earwig, I found 33% with the SMH source to do with public housing demolitions; however, that is mostly down to quotations. Source 7 in the article is a Green Left Weekly source (https://www.greenleft.org.au/2011/900/news/yarra-socialist-party-councillors-pledge-support-occupy-melbourne) and Earwig didn't find anything with that. Is there something that a closer read picks up that Earwig doesn't? TarnishedPathtalk 11:45, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
- It's not a big problem, there isn't really any other way to phrase it Jacksonvil (talk|contribs) 01:27, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Jacksonvil: can you clarify which source you found very close paraphrasing with? When I just ran Earwig, I found 33% with the SMH source to do with public housing demolitions; however, that is mostly down to quotations. Source 7 in the article is a Green Left Weekly source (https://www.greenleft.org.au/2011/900/news/yarra-socialist-party-councillors-pledge-support-occupy-melbourne) and Earwig didn't find anything with that. Is there something that a closer read picks up that Earwig doesn't? TarnishedPathtalk 11:45, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
- Follow up - spot checks
Broad coverage
Pass describes all aspects of his life
Neutral
Pass, opinions has been stated as from whom and what.
Stable
Pass, no ongoing edit wars/talk page discussions
Illustrated
Pass, captioned properly and all are free to use
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Did you know nomination
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- ... that Stephen Jolly addressed student protestors during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/121013804/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Seasons of Change, Template:Did you know nominations/Oscar Piastri
- Comment: Open to comments about alternative hooks.
Improved to Good Article status by TarnishedPath (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 21 past nominations.
TarnishedPathtalk 07:22, 15 March 2026 (UTC).
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Overall: 
Article is new enough and long enough. Hook fact is somewhat interesting. Copyvio tool is less than happy with the numerous quotes in the public housing section, but the rest of the article looks good. No image used with the hook. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:31, 15 March 2026 (UTC)