Talk:Domnall mac Taidc/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: West Virginian (talk · contribs) 17:45, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Brianann MacAmhlaidh, I will engage in thorough and comprehensive review of this article within the next 48 hours. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns in the meantime. Thanks! -- West Virginian (talk) 17:45, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

Brianann MacAmhlaidh, I've completed a thorough, thoughtful, and comprehensive review and re-review of this article and I find that it exceeds the criteria for passage to Good Article status. Before it passes, I do have some comments and suggestions that should be addressed first. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! -- West Virginian (talk) 18:04, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Lede

Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section, the lede of this article adequately defines Domnall mac Taidc, establishes Domnall mac Taidc's necessary context, and explains why Domnall mac Taidc is otherwise notable.
The info box for the monarch is beautifully formatted and its content is sourced within the prose of the text and by the references cited therein.
The image of Domnall's name as it appears on folio 33r of British Library MS Cotton Julius A VII has been released into the public domain and is therefore suitable for inclusion in this article.
Kingdom of the Isles can be de-linked in its second use in the first paragraph.

Done.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:00, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The lede is otherwise well-written, consists of content that is adequately sourced and verifiable, and I have no further comments or questions for this section.

Parentage

The image of the locations relating to Domnall's life and times is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and is therefore free to use here in this article.
I wonder if this section would be better worded as "Family" or "Origin and family." "Parentage" still works, but I just wanted to make some alternative suggestions.

OK, I've changed the title to "Familial origins".--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:00, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This section is otherwise well-written, consists of content that is adequately sourced and verifiable, and I have no further comments or questions for this section.

Uí Briain intervention in Dublin

"That being said" seems a bit WP:COLLOQUIAL. Perhaps rephrase with the sentence beginning with However.

Done.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:00, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The second wiki-link to Kingdom of Dublin can be de-linked in the third sentence from the end of this section.

Done.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:00, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In the next to last sentence, it may be more appropriate to name Flanagan here and say Historian M. T. Flanagan asserts... or According to historian M. T. Flanagan...

I'd rather be consistant and not drop names of historians in text.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:00, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This section is otherwise well-written, consists of content that is adequately sourced and verifiable, and I have no further comments or questions for this section.

Meic Taidc interference in the Isles

The image of the excerpt from folio 458v of Royal Irish Academy MS C iii 3 was released into the public domain and is therefore acceptable for use here in this article.
This section is well-written, consists of content that is adequately sourced and verifiable, and I have no comments or questions for this section.

Norwegian ascendancy in Dublin and the Isles

The image of the nineteenth-century depiction of Magnús' forces in Ireland has been released into the public domain and is therefore acceptable for use here.
This section is well-written, consists of content that is adequately sourced and verifiable, and I have no comments or questions for this section.

Restoration in the Isles; death in Ireland

The image of the excerpt from folio 33r of Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson B 503 was released into the public domain and it is suitable for use here.
The image of the excerpt from folio 34r of Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson B 503 has also been released into the public domain and it too is acceptable for use here.
"In fact" is overused a bit in this section. I would suggest finding some ways to rephrase some of these mentions.

Ok, got it.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:00, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This section is otherwise well-written, consists of content that is adequately sourced and verifiable, and I have no further comments or questions for this section.

Ancestry

This section is well-written, consists of content that is adequately sourced and verifiable, and I have no comments or questions for this section.
- Brianann MacAmhlaidh, thank you for your thoughtful and timely responses to my comments and suggestions. I hereby pass this article to Good Article status, and congratulate you on a job well done! -- West Virginian (talk) 11:34, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks for the review.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 22:01, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]