Talk:David III of Tao/Archive 1

Archive 1

GA

I passed the article on the GA nomination, after correcting some language. Congratulation! Eixo 15:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you Eixo. Cheers, Kober 16:09, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Good work!

Gamarjoba Kober! I really appreciate your work on David III. Just a few minor remarks: 1) There is good reason to believe that the Byzantine court title of kuropalates was already bestowed on David in 978, and that he was granted the title again in ca. 990, after it had been taken away from him because of his support of Bardas Phocas during the second rebellion against Emperor Basil II. 2) David father was Adarnase Kuropalates (958-961), and not Bagrat, eristavt eristavi, as accidentally stated by you. The latter was David’s older brother. 3) David did not inherit the eristavt eristavi-title from Bragrat; already in 961 he bore the Byzantine court title of a magistros. 4) The cross you are displaying on the web-page is not a personal, but a processional silver cross. It was made by the goldsmith Asat (inscription on lower arm) due to a commission by David Kuropalates. Keep on the good work! Best wishes, User:Sofie.

Hey Sofie, thank a lot for your remarks. I'm very happy to have a chance to make proper corrections as the article is a Good Article nominee. Thanks again. --Kober 09:36, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

GA Sweeps

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. Although I have passed this as acceptable, I think that it does need some work doing to it and it might not qualify under current guidelines if submitted at GAN today. I think the prose is somewhat unusual and should be thoroughly copyedited. I would also like to see more sources, especially in the Issues of succession section. I expect that more could probably be found to say about this man, and without further information this article would never make FA. Finally it might be an idea for someone familiar to create some pages for the various persons mentioned but not linked in he article; this would help provide greater context to King David. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, Jackyd101 (talk) 15:42, 3 March 2008 (UTC)