Talk:Fortifications of Mdina/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 14:42, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

I'll get to this shortly.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:42, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * No DABs, external links OK
 * Can you put a north-pointing arrow on the diagram of the fortifications?
 * Link to course, countermine, sally port, curtain wall.
 * Use an endash for ranges of numbers like 1048–49.
 * What do you mean by land front? It's not clear to me since the city lacks a waterfront of any sort.
 * The pentagonal Despuig Bastion, built in the 1740s during the magistracy Ramon Despuig, is The date of this bastion is discussed in the bullet list immediately above.
 * Nicely done.


 * Most of the above changes have been done. Regarding the use of land front, in the case of Mdina it refers to the southern perimeter of the city, which was the most important part of the city walls. It was the only part of the walls which could be easily bombarded, since the northern, western and eastern walls are built on the perimeter of a natural plateau, and therefore would be more difficult to attack. In fact, the three main bastions (St. Peter, De Redin and D'Homedes) and the two original gates (Mdina Gate and Greeks Gate) are all located on the southern perimeter/land front. I agree that the use of land front can be rather confusing, but it is widely used when it comes to Mdina - eg. in an article by Stephen C. Spiteri here, and also by NICPMI here.
 * Clarify that the sides of the plateau are essentially unclimbable and that the only realistic direction to assault the city is from the south.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:40, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I understood you correctly re Despuig Bastion. The bullet list lists the three bastions on the land front, so Despuig Bastion is not included there since it is located in the northeastern part of the city.
 * Quite right, my mistake.
 * Thanks for reviewing this article. Best regards, Xwejnusgozo (talk) 12:01, 8 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I added the following to the "Layout" section: The northern, western and eastern walls are built on the perimeter of the natural plateau, so they were difficult to attack. The southern perimeter of the city is built on level ground, along what is now the border with Rabat. It was the only realistic direction to assault the city, and was hence known as the Mdina Land Front. Is it OK now? Xwejnusgozo (talk) 12:09, 15 May 2016 (UTC)