Talk:Stephen Jolly

Peer review

Stephen Jolly

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, TarnishedPath^talk 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? TarnishedPath^talk 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.

TarnishedPath^talk 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. TarnishedPath^talk 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.

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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).TarnishedPath^talk 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? TarnishedPath^talk 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)

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

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 04:37, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

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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.

TarnishedPath^talk 07:22, 15 March 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

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)

• • @TarnishedPath and Crisco 1492: Comment as I review for promotion - what about ALT1: ... that according to Australian newspapers, Stephen Jolly was the only Westerner to address protestors in 1989 in Tiananmen Square? Attributing it should blunt any superlative concerns. (We could also say "According to The Age" if the paper is considered sufficiently well-known abroad.) Dclemens1971 (talk) 19:45, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
    • Sounds good to me. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:46, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
      • Sydney Morning Herald says it too, so I updated the hook slightly. Dclemens1971 (talk) 19:48, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

@Dclemens1971:, sounds good to me. I'd just make a slight change of linking 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre instead of Tiananmen Square. I find that a lot of kids under 40 don't even know what happened there. I saw it live on TV, so I'm accutely aware of what happened.

I think ALT1a ... that according to Australian newspapers, Stephen Jolly was the only Westerner to address protestors in 1989 at Tiananmen Square? TarnishedPath^talk 00:18, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

@Crisco 1492:, do we need a new tick from you for these hooks? TarnishedPath^talk 00:21, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

• Probably not, but here's one just in case.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:03, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Here's another slight rewording. I don't think it needs a tick as the facts haven't changed from ALT1a. ALT1b ... that according to Australian newspapers, Stephen Jolly was the only Westerner to address protestors at Tiananmen Square in 1989? TarnishedPath^talk 01:09, 10 April 2026 (UTC)