Talk:Hadji Murat (novella)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 22:57, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Praise
Best short-novel ever written. Inspired dad so much, was named after him!--Murat (talk) 01:25, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Adding external link
Hi, I added (from IP 89.132.219.187) an external link to a website comparing translations of this text, only to see the change reverted. I was then told I should comment here if I wish to see the link replaced, rather than undo the edit, so here I am.

Can I ask why the link was removed? Plenty of other pages link to sites comparing translations, as its a valid addition to the wikipedia page, and relevant to the content- can I point you, for example, in the direction of the pages "English translations of Homer" and "Divine Comedy".

Not sure if the edit can be reverted, or should I wait for someone else to do that? Still haven't fully got to grips with Wikipedia! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.132.114.155 (talk) 22:43, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Overall Critique
Although there is some very good information on the current Wikipedia page, the page currently has no sources. It is not possible for us to determine if the content of the page is reliable or unreliable because there are no sources to check. Our first course of action should be to fact check the information present and add new information with reliable sources. As of now the page consists of a short introduction, an explanation of Tolstoy’s inspiration for the story, a plot summary, as well as some external links to more of Tolstoy’s work. Two major things that I think should be added to the Wikipedia page is a character list as well as some historical context about what was going on in Russia during the time it was written. For the most part, the novel is fairly covered according to the Wikipedia EXCEPT there are no sources to any of the information. This page is currently not up to standards in any passages because there are no sources to fact check the information. The article is very well organized other than the fact that it is missing a few sections that would make it much stronger. The subtitles and separation of paragraphs are planned out well however the plot summary is a little bit redundant and hard to follow. After reading through it a few times there are not grammar issues or stylistic problems that are obvious and noticeable. There is one image of The house of Prince Semyon Voronitsov that appears to be relevant. The information under the image is also accurate.