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Leonid Brezhnev
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because I'm planning to nominate it to FA (I know I it has a long way to go, but this is only the beginning).

Thanks, TIAYN (talk) 17:08, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Ruhrfisch comments: Since I recently peer reviewed the article on Brezhnev's legacy, it is interesting to read the article on the man himself. This seems generally well done, though there are numerous small issues that will need to be addressed before FAC. Here are some suggestions for improvement. Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). I do not watch peer reviews, so if you have questions or comments, please contact me on my talk page. Yours, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 22:11, 5 May 2012 (UTC)-
 * A model article is useful for ideas and examples to follow - there are many FA biographies on political leaders at Featured_articles
 * Have one, the Nikita Khrushchev article. --TIAYN (talk) 08:23, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
 * In the lead, I would mention that his WWII service was as a political commisar (not a military officer) as most readers will assume such service during a war means military command
 * Working One of the most difficult criteria for most articles to meet at FAC is 1a, a professional level of prose. Here the second Breshnev in the sentence could just be "he": ''In 1952 Brezhnev became a member of the Central Committee, and in 1964, Brezhnev succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary; ...
 * When explaining things, do so at the first instance. So "Dniprodzerzhynsk Metallurgical Technicum (technical college)" is fine, but is at the second occurrence
 * Removed Problem caption A photo of Brezhnev taken in 1936. First off, it is not a fuill sentence and so does not need a full stop (period) at the end. Second, the caption should be more descriptive - the photo page says it was when he served as Director of the Technicum, so I would put the in the caption (it is already pretty obvious it is a photo)
 * Done Also the image File:Brezhnev1936.jpg uses the template PD-URAA, but does not say where and when it was published to meet the terms of this license (website is.
 * Removed File:Khrushchev and Brezhnev.jpg does not have a source - where is this image from? Scanned from a book? From a website? This also uses PD-Russia-2008, which seems like a more reasonable license than PD-URAA
 * Fixed (someone removed the references) There is one citation needed tag, and much of the first paragraph of Personality cult has no refs but needs them.
 * Removed (an IP added it) The references are not formatted consistently and some of them need more information (this will be checked at FAC). For example one ref is just Yatsko V. Russian folk funny stories and needs publisher, date accessed
 * See above Also what makes the preceding reference a reliable source?
 * Done As with the Legacy article, I am not sure why some books are listed in the bibliography, but others are in the references section.
 * Done There are several broken Special:BookSources... links in the current Refs
 * Working The Removal of Khrushchev section is confusiing to me - I expected there to be more about the conspiracy and why they decided to removed Krushchev. Instead there are sentences that just seem to assume the reader knows the details like this Vladimir Semichastny, head of the KGB,[13] was a crucial part of the conspiracy, as it was his duty to inform Khrushchev if anyone was plotting against his leadership. This is the first mention of the conspiracy, by the way.
 * (Specify please; I only see 1 image...) WP:MOSIMAGES says not to sandwich text between two images, but the two images in the Consolidation of power section forma sandwich on my monitor.
 * (Replaced image) File:A dead Brezhnev.jpg needs a fair use rationale for this article (currently only has one for the death and funeral article)
 * (I've removed two) There are a lot of sections - could the number be reducded?
 * (I fail to see such a section) Section headers need to follow WP:HEAD - don't start a header with a definite article in most cases, for example.
 * This needs a copy edit - unclear antecedent to his in the second sentence For instance, when Moscow City Party Secretary N. G. Yegorychev refused to sing his praises, he was shunned, forced out of local politics and earned only an obscure ambassadorship. His main passion was driving foreign cars given him by leaders of state from across the world.  (Obviously Brezhnev liked to drive cars, but the preceding sentence is about Yegorychev, so it seems as is the "his main passion" refers to Yegorychev).
 * The MOS says once a person is introduced, to use their last name only in most cases. So it should be just Kruschev and not Nikita Kruschev after his full name is used in the lead and perhaps first use in the body of the article
 * Working Watch WP:OVERLINKing
 * Working No mention of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn? Kruschev allowed his One Day in the life of Ivan D... to be published, but under Breshnev he was hounded by the KGB and eventually deported
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