Talk:Battle of Anzen

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 3, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that in the Battle of Anzen, the Byzantine emperor Theophilos managed to avoid death or capture due to a sudden rainfall that loosened his enemies' bowstrings?

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Battle of Anzen/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: ✽ Juniper§ Liege ^(TALK) 15:19, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I shall be undertaking the review of this article against the Good Article criteria, per its nomination for Good Article status. ✽ Juniper§ Liege ^(TALK) 15:24, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Quick fail criteria assessment

The article completely lacks reliable sources – see Wikipedia:Verifiability.
The topic is treated in an obviously non-neutral way – see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view.
There are cleanup banners that are obviously still valid, including cleanup, wikify, NPOV, unreferenced or large numbers of fact, clarifyme, or similar tags.
The article is or has been the subject of ongoing or recent, unresolved edit wars.
The article specifically concerns a rapidly unfolding current event with a definite endpoint.

Article passes quick fail criteria. Main review to follow. ✽ Juniper§ Liege ^(TALK) 15:24, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Main review

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):
Well written.
b (MoS):
Conforms to manual of style. Some unnecessary wikilinks but occurences removed per WP:OVERLINK.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references):
Well referenced.
b (citations to reliable sources):
Citations are to third party publications.
c (OR):
No evidence of OR.
It is broad in its scope.
a (major aspects):
Addresses major aspect of article subject matter. Although short, highly informative.
b (focused):
Remains focused. No digressions. Keeps to description of battle.
It follows the neutral point of view policy:
No issues concerning POV evident.
It is stable:
No edit wars etc.
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):
Images are properly tagged and justified.
b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Images are accompanied by contextual captions.
Overall:
Pass/Fail: PASS ✽ Juniper§ Liege ^(TALK) 15:35, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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