Talk:Germany–Japan relations/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: FeydHuxtable (talk) 10:41, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Initial Review
First impressions are there's some great work here Im delighted to see an article with a Groubani style info box up for GA. I'll be checking the references, pics and  against all the GA criteria  and hope to be back to complete the full review in a few hours. FeydHuxtable (talk) 10:41, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Full review
Im very pleased to promote this outstanding article. Without a doubt the best articles Ive had the pleasure to review, clearly written by editors with a solid understanding of the subject. Some great information-rich clauses like "persistent subliminal distrust on both sides" which seem to penetrate right to the heart of the subject and as a bonus appear to be original from a quick google search! In many ways it seems superior to many FA articles, and I hope it achieves promotion to that level. One of the weeknesses was the Lede, which was only borderline in its compliance with MOS. I've tried to rectify that a little, but the 3 paragraphs now in place probably need a little more expansion so they better summarise the article. For overall balance, there should probably be a little more on the post WWII relations. While there 's a good choice of public domain pics, it would probably be worthwhile to get a copyright expert to inspect them as from my non expert view the status on a few of them looks a little ambiguous. As a minor point Max von Brandt should be made into a blue link which should be easy as he has a decent entry on the DE wiki. Let me know if require me to explain any of the changes I made to the article as part of the review process. FeydHuxtable (talk) 13:59, 5 April 2010 (UTC)