Talk:Stanisław Kot/GA2

GA Review
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Reviewer: Biruitorul (talk · contribs) 06:46, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Greetings. I’ll be reviewing this article imminently.

Immediate Failures

 * It is a long way from meeting any one of the six good article criteria - no
 * It contains copyright infringements - no
 * It has, or needs, cleanup banners that are unquestionably still valid. These include,, or large numbers of , , or similar tags. (See also ). - no
 * It is not stable due to edit warring on the page. - no

Lead

 * Suggested second sentence: “A native of Austria-Hungary, he was early attracted to the cause of Polish independence.”
 * There may be a WP:CITELEAD issue. Unless that statement is controversial (doesn’t appear to be the case), the citation should be transferred to the appropriate point in the body.
 * ”communist takeover of Poland”: link, say, History of Poland (1945–1989).
 * Infobox: Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria after Ruda?
 * Alma mater: Lviv or Lwów?
 * ”studies about the Reformation in Poland”

General

 * ”gymnasium in Rzeszów”: Gymnasium is, I believe, a common noun; no need to italicize.
 * ”student socialist movement”: Link socialism in Poland, socialism or the name of the relevant political party.
 * ”ethnic-Ukrainian”: hyphen probably not needed; link History of the Ukrainian minority in Poland?
 * ”1908–12”: spell out 1912.
 * ”Lviv (Lwów)”: which goes first? Polish subject, more of a Polish city back then.
 * “married Ida Proksch”: We hear nothing more about his family life. Is it mentioned in any sources? Did he have children, for example? Also, given his field of study, did he express any religious beliefs?
 * Neither of these issues were discussed in any sources I can recall. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 03:36, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ”Switzerland, and Belgium”: use of the serial comma is noted. Of course, it’s not necessarily incorrect. On the contrary. But there’s one point where it was skipped. I’ll see if I find it.
 * ”Wiadomości Polskie (Polish News)”. I looked into this, and it seems the proper style is to italicize both the Polish and the English. So unless you find otherwise, I would do that for all instances.
 * ”strong opponent of nationalism”: perhaps link Polish nationalism, which seems more relevant, unless he had an aversion to all nationalism.
 * I think the sources don't clarify this so I'd rather leave it more ambiguous. I doubt he supported others and not just Polish, so he likely disliked all of them, although obviously he saw and health with Polish the most... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 03:36, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ”member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences”: can be shortened to Academy, as it just occurred in the previous sentence.
 * ”while despite the disruptions of World War I”: rearrange as follows: “while he produced substantial scholarship in the decade between his 1909 Ph.D. degree and 1919, despite the disruptions of World War I, his...”.
 * ”In 1933”: rearrange: “In 1933, the Sanation government controlled by Józef Piłsudski was mistreating political prisoners at the Brześć fortress. In response, Kot was one of the main organizers of a protest by university professors.”
 * ”suppression of University autonomy”: link academic freedom.
 * ”British Jewry, Poland's Jews“: link British Jews, Polish Jews.
 * ”In 1942 he cofounded in New York City”: “In New York City in 1942, he cofounded”.
 * ”between Poland and the Soviet Union”: follow this by: “(severed upon the Soviet invasion of Poland)”.
 * ”substantial Polish armed forces”: link Polish Armed Forces in the West.
 * ”new communist authorities”: link, say, Polish Workers' Party.
 * Any word on what he did in Italy?
 * Outside being an ambassador? He was criticized for his activities, which I think is mentioned somewhere else, but nothing specific. There is, I believe, an entire article about what he did, mentioned in further reading, but it is not online and I am not in Poland so I can't go to the library for further details (if this ever goes for FA, those sources should be consulted first). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 03:36, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ”on 26 December 1975”, add “soon after turning 90”.
 * partisan prejudices'." — the punctuation in this section, specifically the quotation marks, is all over the place. Be sure to review and make it consistent.
 * ”relieved Władysław Sikorski of his army command“: mention why this is relevant, i.e. add “Kot’s ally Sikorski”, or something like that.
 * 95 "major studies: I’m not sure the quotes are needed: the claim is cited, and the wording is nothing special.
 * ”A number of his scholarly”: reword: “Particularly after World War II, a number of his scholarly articles were...”
 * ”Select bibliography”: should be “selected”. And needs some cleanup: publishers, cities published, italics, etc.
 * ”See also”: such sections are generally outdated, and I don’t quite see the purpose of this one.
 * ”External links”: lowercase letters for the first one, per MOS.
 * Categories: more are needed. Here are a few I can think of: Category:Jagiellonian University alumni (and remove Lviv, as he didn’t graduate), Category:Polish magazine editors, Category:Reformation historians, Category:Polish activists, Category:Polish anti-communists, Category:Historians of education, Category:Historians of Poland, Category:Cultural historians, Category:Polish refugees, Category:Polish schoolteachers, Category:Polish newspaper editors, Category:Polish people of World War I, Category:Polish people of World War II, Category:Polish biographers, Category:Stroke survivors
 * Added all except anti-communists, I don't think this is in sources, not all people who opposed the communist regime and emigrated were actively anti-communist; anyway, I think this would need an attribute cite in the text. Best not to dilute such categories with 'mild opponents'. Also I added 'Literary historians' instead of cultural as I think it is more specific and correct. For Polish people of World War I I wonder if Category:Polish legionnaires (World War I) wouldn't be better, but I cannot confirm he held a military rank. Was he a civilian administrative supporter? This is probably answered in the offline sources I can't access. I'll replace Polish people of World War II when I create some categories for Polish politicians of the gov't in exile and related (to do soon). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 03:36, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Images: they look fine. Maybe the infobox one could be captioned “Kot while university professor”. “Stalin signs the Soviet-Polish declaration”. “Kot (front left, in dark suit)”.

Thank you for the extensive review. I have done all that you asked, I think, through see a few replies/comments above. Please let me know if there are any further outstanding issues. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 03:36, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

GA Review

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


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):  d (copyvio and plagiarism):
 * 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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

Closing comments
It’s my pleasure to pass this article, now that Piotrus has taken care of a few small issues. The writing is fluent. As to sources, while I have not verified most of them (these being either offline or in Polish), the article does reflect what I have been able to check; as for the rest, I trust Piotrus’ research abilities. The article deals with Kot’s life while situating him in context, and does so neutrally. There are no issues with the images, and the current version is stable. - Biruitorul Talk 12:25, 28 July 2020 (UTC)