Talk:Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei/GA1

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Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 01:15, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your work on this one. There's a lot of good information here! Unfortunately, I think there are also still some problems that make this a somewhat premature nomination.

The article appears to need a copyedit for grammar. A few things I see at first glance:
- " as well as changed the era name to Wutai so as to assure the people"
- "Ever since, there was no more historical records about her"
- "Because a year had not reached"
- "she was a woman and cannot exercise her power as a monarch directly, she firstly poisoned her son, then made her infant granddaughter ascend the throne, and later replace her" (several problems with verb tenses here)
- "while the replacement of the throne in the short period of time shocked the people"

You might consider putting in a request at the Guild of Copyeditors if you'd like any help with this.

I made a request at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests. At the same time, since you listed what needed copy editing, why don't you help to copy edit them too? --Huang (talk) 07:08, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The source list is entirely in Chinese; while I realize these are Chinese-language publications, English translations of the titles should be provided so that an English speaker can know where the information is coming from.
- Most of the sources are historical publications, while they are linked to their corresponding English article. I am not supposed to translate the sources. Therefore there isn't a need. --Huang (talk) 06:52, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The article has a citation needed tag that appears to be valid (the section has no inline citation).
- The section basically do not require inline citations. It is an introduction of fictional stories related to her. It was the statement which Zanhe tagged, saying that even though fictional, it provides a largely factual account of events. --Huang (talk) 06:57, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- The statement is already cited with a reliable source on the internet. --Huang (talk) 07:18, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

For these reasons, I'm not listing the article for GA at this time. However, I hope you'll consider renominating this one as soon as these issues are addressed. This is an interesting bit of history and I'd be glad to see it as a GA. -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:15, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually you could put it on hold to await improvements instead of directly failing the nomination. --Huang (talk) 07:01, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Huang, it's already been closed, but you're welcome to renominate at any time you feel it's ready, including right now. Thanks again for your work, -- Khazar2 (talk) 10:40, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]