Talk:Constitution of 3 May 1791/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Grandiose (talk · contribs) 16:27, 30 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Will be reviewing in full shortly, but look very promising. I imagine you're heading onto to FA with this one. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 16:27, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Some of the image licensing needs improving:
 * commons:File:Stanislaw_malachowski.jpg, commons:File:Hugon Kołłątaj.PNG, and commons:File:Ignacy_Potocki_2.JPG all need information about the source of the image - who took the picture in question. I don't doubt that PD-ART applies to each, but a source is necessary for plagiarism and other purposes.
 * Potocki's image replaced with a better one. For Kollataj, I added a similar source; I cannot find the exact source. For Malachowski, I found a hq image, and replaced the current one, noting the source (also, improved description). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 16:36, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * With regard to references:
 * We have a page on Hugh Seton-Watson, although of course this is not a requirement.
 * Linked. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 51 is best removed as a tertiary and unneeded source.
 * Fixed, as well as another to that source. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Why are #60 and #74 to the same book, and in general, whilst others have page numbers? Can one be provided?
 * Typo in a template fixed, should display page numbers now. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Consider (not a req.) adding a translated title to references such as #98 and #99.
 * Added. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Could you also tidy the external links; nothing major. Bucki is used as a reference and may not be suitable. Nothing is particularly necessary, but it would be nice.
 * Bucki is really kept only for a translation, as the printed source has a fuller quote (but in Polish). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * On prose:
 * "confederations - legal rebellions" ~ should be a dash (m-dashes used elsewhere);
 * I don't know how to fix dashes. They have always been an arcane mystery to me. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * "Józef Massalski,"~ semicolon would work better;
 * done. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * "The Enlightenment had gained great influence in certain Commonwealth circles during the reign" ~ I think if you dropped the first link in favour of the second, you could word it so as to be a lots less clumsy;
 * Hmmm, ok. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * "eventually blot Poland from the map of Europe" ~ reword please to avoid the non-enyclopedic tone;
 * Sounds good to me. Could you suggest a different wording? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Suggestion: "1770–71", "1761–1763" ~ inconsistent;
 * Fixed.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Suggestion: "3 May", "May 3" ~ inconsistent;
 * Fixed. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 14:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * "What was left of the Commonwealth was merely a small buffer state with a puppet king and a Russian army." ~ reword or reference;
 * "[57] [58]" ~ space
 * Fixed, I hope. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 15:07, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * " — " ~ should be unspaced in various places;
 * "May 3 constitution", "May 3rd constitution" ~ inconsistent;
 * Fixed. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 15:07, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * "130[ref]-132[ref] senators" ~ can't work out if that's a hyphen, if it is, should be endash;
 * See if "Sejm" should be capitalised in some places it isn't;
 * Fixed. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 15:07, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * "Some feminists might prefer "motherland."" ~ remove
 * Fixed. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 15:07, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * No neutrality or stability issues.
 * On hold for 7 days. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 17:10, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I hope I fixed all but the dash issues, which I just can't grok. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 15:07, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, think I got all the dash issues. I changed "blot" to "remove" – this reduces the melodrama. For the record, "blot from the map of Europe" sounds a bit like a rhetorical flourish. If you accept "remove" then I'll pass. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 15:50, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure. I tried for a bit more flowery language with blot, but I accept that I might have overdone it there. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 16:14, 10 January 2012 (UTC)