Talk:Romanos III Argyros/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Auntieruth55 (talk · contribs) 16:07, 14 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Will start this in a day or two  auntieruth (talk) 16:07, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)


 * what does this mean....despite their being Byzantine vassals...
 * Note 1 is confusing. Hippodrome is a court.  What does it have to do with horse racing?
 * I think it's unnecessary. It simply confuses the issue.  If anyone clicks on the link, they will see that the Hippodrome of Constantinople was a court.


 * first sentence of life and family is convoluted
 * the sister wasn't anonymous, just unnamed
 * At the time of the death of Basil II's successor, Emperor Constantine VIII, in 1028, he held the post of urban prefect of Constantinople (the formal head of the Senate and one of the emperor’s chief lieutenants) ??? At death of Emperor Constantine VIII in 1028, he held the....
 * needs to eliminate pufferywords (very etc)
 * As a member of the aristocracy, Romanos III abandoned his predecessors' curtailment of the privileges of the nobility and reduced their taxes sentences like this should be cleaned up. too confusing.  As an aristocrat, R abandoned the policies that curtailed the privileges of the nobility, and reduced their taxes.  At the same time, he embarked upon a building scheme etc....  These practices resulted in....

I forgot to ping you. Embarrassing phraseology changed. Unclear points rewritten. Some pufferywords removed. Explanation for footnote given. Hopefully in better shape now. Gog the Mild (talk) 08:56, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I tweaked a few more spaces, put link things together. this should be ready to go.  Just read it through one more time and ping me.

Many thanks for all of the work you have put into this. I had already deleted the note re the Hippodrome. (For info, the Hippodrome of Constantinople was a horse racing course. The Covered Hippodrome was the nickname for the High Court; due to language slippage over the centuries. But by all means let's not go there.) I have tweaked a couple of word duplications, spellings and moved a misplaced sentence. It is probably as good as we are going to get it right now. Over to you to make the call. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:02, 22 May 2018 (UTC)


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