Talk:Mirza Shafi Vazeh/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Whiteguru (talk · contribs) 07:29, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Starts GA Review; the review will follow the same sections of the Article. --Whiteguru (talk) 07:29, 11 February 2021 (UTC) 

Lede

 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * A reasonably good summary of the life and poetic works of Mirza Shafi Vazeh. I wonder about the inclusion of Ivan Grigoriev.

Birth Date

 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * Whereas other sources claim Mirza Shafi was born in 1794 in Ganja, a strong refutation and citation of sources is given in this section. The section concludes (sensibly) with citation by Mirza Shafi's commander-in-chief.

Early Life

 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * The Russian conquest of the Caucasus features the fall of Shafi's father to impoverishment and death. Several sources are cited in rounding a conclusion that Mirza Shafi was "a kind, simple man who was Tatar by origin, and Persian by upbringing".

Education

 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * It is well known that Shafi made enemies of most of the local clergy. The influence of Haji Abdullah is strong and noted with regard to Shafi's continuing education.

Teaching in Tiflis

 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * Multiple sources confirm that Shafi taught oriental languages and calligraphy. Here is the beginnings of a time wherein Shafi's influence on Divans of the future was slowly being transmitted. His time teaching in the Gymnasium is also cited by many sources.

Vazeh and Bodenstedt

 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * Bodenstedt made Shafi famous in Europe
 * Bodenstedt's hoax is also well known.

Death

 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * Not many sources cite the date nor the cause of death.
 * The location is often given some name of a garden.
 * Simple, and well scribed, well sourced.

Literary Activity

 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * The most important section of this article
 * Addresses the mystery of poems lost and found
 * Unfolds the history of translations
 * Unfolds the character and writing of Shafi

Legacy

 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * A good history, well illustrated.

Notes and References

 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * All examined; appropriate

End Matter

 * 1) Is it is Broad in its coverage?
 * Yes, this is exemplary in coverage and history, yet appropriately terse and concise.
 * 1) Is it Verifiable with no original research?
 * Yes.
 * 1) Does the article meet notability guidelines?
 * Yes
 * 1) Does it follow WP:NPOV Neutral Point of View?
 * Yes, quite so.
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * 957 page views in the last 90 days;
 * This page started life on 6 May 2006
 * Page has had 195 edits by 68 editors.
 * page is considered stable, no evidence of edit warring.
 * Yes, quite so.
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * 957 page views in the last 90 days;
 * This page started life on 6 May 2006
 * Page has had 195 edits by 68 editors.
 * page is considered stable, no evidence of edit warring.
 * Page has had 195 edits by 68 editors.
 * page is considered stable, no evidence of edit warring.

* CuriousGolden * Mike hayes * Twofingered Typist * Rathfelder * Interfase
 * 1) Top editors are


 * 1) It is illustrated by images ?
 * There are many images, well laid out and appropriate to each section.
 * The legacy section images are both apt and very well laid out.
 * First image (a crop) is in the public domain, dated 1850
 * Battle of Ganja is dated 1893, so public domain.
 * Abbas mosque in Ganja is work of Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov and claimed to be circa 1900.
 * Gymnasium image is from Poetry of Nikoloz Baratashvili, Permission=PD-Ol
 * Page from the Chrestomathy is dated 1852, extract from филиала Академии наук СССР, 1938
 * Poems of Mirza Shafi Vazeh is dated 1890, source is above.
 * Vazeh and Bodenstedt image is dated 1850, Tausend und ein Tag im Orient, 1850
 * Three images in the legacy section are Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, and Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
 * All images are appropriate to the article.

Overall

 * Well scribed

Conclusion

 * --Whiteguru (talk) 08:22, 16 February 2021 (UTC)