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Petrevene

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 * A script has been used to generate a semi-automated review of the article for issues relating to grammar and house style; it can be found on the automated peer review page for December 2008.

This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because…

...I think that this article would benefit greatly from external peer review. I realize that this article may not be as developed as many other peer reviews, however, after being kindly encouraged by Ruhrfisch and Geometry guy, I decided to go ahead and nominate it. This article is relatively well referenced, and follows a consistent style. It is free from clean up banners and is more or less balanced.

I am interested to find out other users opinion of it and how I should go about improving it. I would very much like to push this article from a "C" to a "B" class in the short term, and eventually make it a GA. Please feel free to give suggestions as to how this can be achieved, and any other helpful advice and comments. In terms of sections that are complete and ready to be fully reviewed there are the Etymology, History and Culture and Traditions sections. I will continue to work on it myself, but please do edit and develop anything that you feel needs work.

Thanks, P.Marlow (talk) 18:02, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Ruhrfisch comments: Very briefly, here are some suggestions for improvement. Looksl ike a nice place to visit and it is clear a lot of work has gone into the article.
 * The lead should be an accessible and inviting overview of the whole article and should be longer than three sentences - probably 2 or 3 paragraphs. Nothing important should be in the lead only - since it is a summary, it should all be repeated in the body of the article itself. My rule of thumb is to include every header in the lead in some way. Please see WP:LEAD
 * Provide both English and metirc units - the convert template may be useful here. DONE
 * "Climate and drainage" section and the "Culture and traditions" section both need references (have none now) - My rule of thumb is that every quote, every statistic, every extraordinary claim and every paragraph needs a ref.
 * Internet refs need URL, title, author if known, publisher and date accessed. cite web and other cite templates may be helpful. See WP:CITE and WP:V
 * Interviews with people are not reliable sources - see WP:RS, generally refs need to be published.
 * I think the WP:MOS says you do not have to have both the common and Latin names for animals and plants
 * Avoid external links in the text (like the one in Petrevene is located 2.5 kilometers away from Geopark Iskar-Panega) convert to an inline citation / reference instead. DONE
 * Article needs a copyedit



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). Yours, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 05:37, 7 December 2008 (UTC)