Talk:Fenrir/GA1

GA Review

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• "Fenrir is a monstrous wolf" - this is said twice in the first paragraph
• "including that he once bit off the the right hand of the god Týr when the gods bound Fenrir due to their knowledge of prophecies foretelling great trouble from him and his rapid growth" - kind of a long sentence.
• Is the Poetic Edda the earliest work mentioning Fenrir, or just the most prominent?
• Tell us about the Poetic and Prose Edda. In what century were they written? What are they about, generally? Just basic background knowledge.

More review to come. Wrad (talk) 20:20, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello! Thanks for taking the time to review this article. Here are my responses to the issues you've raised:

1. Fixed.
2. Restructured.
3. As the introduction states, the Poetic Edda was compiled in the 13th century from traditional material that often reaches much further back. There are a lot of theories regarding the origins and dates of many of these poems, and it's best not to get into that here but on the respective articles of those books and poems.
4. As the introduction states, both were compiled in the 13th century. Outside of the fact that the Poetic Edda consists of various poems, and the Prose Edda consists of four prose sections, it gets complex, and as a result I've found the approach I've taken in the introduction to be the best way of handling the books. Otherwise, people can click them for more information.

Please let me know if there's anything else. :bloodofox: (talk) 23:50, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Review by Dana boomer

Hi! I'll be taking over the GA review of this article, per a request by Wrad on the GAN talk page. I should have my full review up shortly. Dana boomer (talk) 20:38, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   Everything looks good with this article, so I am going to pass it to GA status. Thank you to Wrad for his previous review that caught the few issues in the article. Very nice work, Bloodofox, for another great Norse mythology article...I always enjoy reading them! Please let me know if you have any questions. Dana boomer (talk) 21:58, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Great! Thank you for taking the time to review the article and also for the kind words. I'm glad to hear that you have been enjoying the articles, and I hope to produce many more to come. :D :bloodofox: (talk) 08:21, 9 January 2009 (UTC)