Talk:Leonardo da Vinci/GA1

GA Reassessment
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In general this article is poorly written, the sources it cites are often newspaper or encyclopedia articles (e.g., the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1909) and similar tertiary, outdated and/or unreliable sources. It includes statements that sound just plain silly, such as the claim that the Mona Lisa is in a "perfect state of preservation". It should never have been given a "good article" status and overall reflects poorly on the Wikipedia vetting process. The links in the references are often expired or lead to very different pages than expected (reference 40 leads to a Chinese or Japanese "404 File Not Found" page, reference 100 leads to a page discussing "What to wear to a Boudoir Photography Session" instead of the "Leonardo Bridge Project" as alleged), and I have by far not checked all references. The article propagates long disproved myths based on outdated popularisations, such as the notion that Leonardo went with the pope to Bologna in 1515, for which it cites a source that never even mentions Leonardo. It fails to include recent scholarship, such as the newly published letter of invitation to Leonardo, written by Admiral Bonnivet on behalf of Francis I and his mother Louise in March 1516. The article needs thorough checking and grounding in current reliable scholarship. It is just not acceptable for an encyclopedia, i.e., Wikipedia, to cite another encyclopedia as its source. Pictorex (talk) 13:26, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Pictorex