Talk:Siege of Smolensk (1632–1633)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: GreatOrangePumpkin (talk · contribs) 16:21, 21 June 2012 (UTC)


 * 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):
 * Should "king" be capitalicized? Sounds like a proper noun to me.
 * Standardized to non-capitalized version. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * "ending the last Russo-Polish War.[1]" - not sure if I understand correctly, but there were many more Russia-Polish wars. Maybe remove "last" to avoid this confusion or replace with "latest"
 * Good point, fixed. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * "comprised part of Shein's army.[4]" - I would add "a" behind "comprised" for flow
 * Good point, fixed. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * "force of about 1,500 strong" - not sure if the "strong" is correct; is this standard in war-related articles?
 * I am not sure myself, I thought I saw it used in some other articles; if you would like to change it, go ahead. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * delink "pospolite ruszenie" in the second mention
 * "Cossack" should be linked here and the one in the second paragraph of the second section should be delinked
 * Done. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Can you integrate "Shein's begun the siege of Smolensk on 28 October.[6]" into the next section?
 * Done. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Should "siege" be capitalicized?
 * I think it can, some articles do it for the Battle of, and it is the same with Siege of. But I just checked and I don't see much capitalization of this word in the article? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Why the bracket "Tymosz (Timofiy) Orendarenko"?
 * Changed to Ukrainian spelling. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * This and the other sections are ok
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * Non-English sources should be labelled as such
 * Done. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Wrong formatting of Ref 7
 * ISBN error fixed. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Several sources should be labelled as "pp" instead of "p"
 * Fixed. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (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):
 * 1) Overall: Great article, just needs a few fixes before passing. -- GoP T C N 16:52, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Pass/Fail:
 * Thanks, I addressed the raised issues. Is there anything I missed? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the corrections. I just ignore this "strong" for now :) Overall very interesting, good work! :)-- GoP T <sup style="color:#8EE5EE;">C <sub style="color:#8EE5EE;">N 18:31, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Overall: Great article, just needs a few fixes before passing. -- GoP <sub style="color:#8EE5EE;">T <sup style="color:#8EE5EE;">C <sub style="color:#8EE5EE;">N 16:52, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Pass/Fail:
 * Thanks, I addressed the raised issues. Is there anything I missed? --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 18:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the corrections. I just ignore this "strong" for now :) Overall very interesting, good work! :)-- GoP <sub style="color:#8EE5EE;">T <sup style="color:#8EE5EE;">C <sub style="color:#8EE5EE;">N 18:31, 21 June 2012 (UTC)