Talk:Samuel of Bulgaria/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 18:55, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: four found and fixed. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:05, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Linkrot: six found and tagged, no archived versions at Internet Archive/ Jezhotwells (talk) 19:14, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * The article is not well written.
 * Some examples:
 * and co-ruled with him, as Roman bestowed upon him the command of the army and the effective royal authority.
 * But from 1001, he was forced mainly to defend the Empire against the superior Byzantine armies. 
 * Similar comments were made even in Constantinople,  - "even" is a WP:weasel word
 * However after Maria's death in 963, the truce had been shaken and Peter I sent his sons Boris and Roman in Constantinopole, as honorary hostages, to honor the new terms of the peace treaty.
 * As the main effort of Basil II were concentrated against the rebel Skleros
 * Above are just a few examples of the poor prose which is to be found throughout the article, please get it copy-edited. This should have been done before nomination.  Article clearly fails criteria #1a.
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 6 dead links found and tagged.
 * Confusing mixture of footnotes and citations.
 * What makes ref #4 a reliable source?
 * ref #6 Britannica is not a RS
 * Author/Publisher details missing from many print citations.
 * Outstanding citation needed and clarification needed tags.
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * Appears to be thorough and broad
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * Samuel is among the most renowned Bulgarian rulers. Who said this?
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * Images tagged and captioned but perhaps too many are used and the text is awkardly sandwiched by some of them.
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * I think this is a straightforward fail. There are a large number of issues which cannot be resolved in a week,  and the article is a long way from meeting the criteria. Get it copy-edites and take it to peer review. Not listed. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:39, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Pass/Fail:
 * I think this is a straightforward fail. There are a large number of issues which cannot be resolved in a week,  and the article is a long way from meeting the criteria. Get it copy-edites and take it to peer review. Not listed. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:39, 1 July 2011 (UTC)