Talk:Siege of Bangkok/GA1

GA Review
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Hi! I will be reviewing this article for GA, and should have the full review up within a couple of hours. Dana boomer (talk) 18:37, 17 August 2008 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for criteria)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):
 * The lead should be a summary of the entire article, with no new information included. All of the information should be found in the body of the article, and the references should be placed in the body of the article.
 * ✅ PHG (talk) 10:39, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * According to WP:LEDE the lead should be two paragraphs. At the moment there is only one slightly scant paragraph, which is insufficient to comply with lede recommendations.
 * ✅ PHG (talk) 10:39, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Many of the sections in the "Seige of Bangkok" section are very short, and the the section headers are fairly long. Possible combine "Abandonment of the Thonburi fortress" and "Attempt to re-capture the Thonburi fortress" and rename it to simply "Thonburi fortress".  Also, possible combine "De-escalation" and "Peace agreement" and rename it "De-escalation and peace".  Any other reasonable combinations you can see would be great, as well.
 * ✅ PHG (talk) 10:39, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * In the "De-escalation" subsection, you say "managed to eliminate all the pretenders to the throne". Were they really pretenders to the throne, or were they actual viable candidates that Petracha called pretenders in order to facilitate their murders?  Clarification would be helpful.
 * ✅ PHG (talk) 10:39, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Also in the "De-escalation" subsection, you say that the French boat was commanded by "de l'Estrilles". Is this someone that you have introduced earlier?  If not, please give his full name and link to him if he has an article.
 * No more info on de l'Estrilles at this point. PHG (talk) 10:39, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * In the "Maria Guyomar de Pinha" subsection, you say that Petracha captured dozens of people to "obtain her turn". Do you mean her "return"?  Also you say "and resume a full conflict,"  Do you mean a "resumation" of full conflict?
 * ✅ PHG (talk) 10:39, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * In the "Aftermath" section, you say "The occupation of the island led nowhere,"  Does this mean that he wasn't able to occupy the island, or he did and it didn't help his position at all, or something else completely?  Clarification would be appreciated.
 * ✅ PHG (talk) 10:39, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * Reference format should be standardized. If you are going to use the short format for books for inline references, and put the full information in the references section, then do it that way for every book.  At the moment it looks like Smithies was done with the short format and the rest of the books were done using a long format.  Also, you can use named references to combine references to the same page in a book, which will make the notes section easier to read.
 * Several areas still need references. These include:
 * The first and last paragraphs of the "Background" section
 * ✅ PHG (talk) 11:06, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * In the "Seige of Bangkok" section, the last sentence of the intro paragraph and the last sentences of the first two subsections, as well as the last two sentences of the "Retreat from Bangkok" section
 * ✅ PHG (talk) 11:06, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Current ref #5 needs a page number
 * ✅ PHG (talk) 11:06, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 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 should be staggered right and left to make the article flow better.
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * Images should be staggered right and left to make the article flow better.
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

I am placing this article on hold for seven days in order to allow the editors to deal with the issues I have outlined above. I would also recommend re-reading the entire article for prose and grammar issues and to make sure it flows well. If you have questions, I can be contacted here on the review page (I have it watchlisted) or on my talk page. Dana boomer (talk) 19:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)


 * This nomination was closed by another user who neglected to check with me first. I still have minor concerns about referencing in the article, and was planning to take another quick run through the prose, but overall this was nothing to fail the article on.  Although I cannot reverse a GA close, I would support a quick renom of the article after minor work has been done. Dana boomer (talk) 13:26, 31 August 2008 (UTC)