Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Migration of Serbs/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Graham Beards via FACBot (talk) 10:48, 15 November 2015.

The Migration of Serbs

 * See Migration of the Serbs (painting)


 * Nominator(s): 23 editor (talk) 03:08, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

A painting that most Balkan folk would instantly recognize, this work isn't nearly as famous in the West. Composed by Paja Jovanović for an exhibition marking 1,000 years since the Hungarians settled Hungary, it wasn't completed in time for the exhibit due to politically motivated meddling by a Serbian church leader. Four versions were completed in all, three of which survive. I believe this article is quite comprehensive and FA seemed like the next logical step. 23 editor (talk) 03:08, 19 October 2015 (UTC) Johnbod (talk) 02:48, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Comments Interesting topic,but:
 * The title here isn't idiomatic, perhaps not grammatical, and isn't used by RS. There seems to be no standard translation, but (The) Migration of the Serbs and Migration of Serbs are common, with variants such as The Great Serbian Migration. But not The Migration of Serbs.
 * Most paras are too long, & should be split.
 * There's no point in links to the google books page for the works used. Where they have a preview, as Filipovitch-Robinson, Lilien (2014) does, that is worth linking to.
 * The reference works are in no order that I can see. Alphabetic by author is usual and best.
 * The current "Background" section's two (over-long) paras deal respectively with the historical background around 1700 and the commissioning of the painting in the 1890s. Two sections might be better.
 * The full details of the versions might be better moved from the lead, which otherwise is short on summary of the other sections.
 * For an article on a painting, there's not much art history in terms of style etc.
 * Have addressed some comments; will continue with the rest tomorrow. Expanding on stylistic context shouldn't be a problem. I'll add a paragraph or so from Antić on Jovanović's history of painting historical scenes and this painting's stylistic implications tomorrow or the day after. Thanks for the review so far! 23 editor (talk) 04:17, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I've expanded on the painting's artistic context and addressed your other points. Let me know if I understood everything correctly. 23 editor (talk) 00:45, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Image review
 * File:PajaJovanovic.jpg: source link is dead, and the licensing is problematic - you've got a life+100 tag but claim that the author died in 1944. What is the work's status in the US? Nikkimaria (talk) 15:26, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

I couldn't find any info that would suggest the picture was PD before 1996, which would make it PD-US. Thus, I've removed it altogether and added a photo of the Pančevo Museum instead. 23 editor (talk) 00:45, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
 * If three versions of the painting exist, why is only one shown? FunkMonk (talk) 11:33, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

This FAC has stalled and I will archive it shortly.

Graham Beards (talk) 10:48, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
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