Talk:Samuel of Bulgaria/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 18:55, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: four found and fixed.[1] Jezhotwells (talk) 19:05, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Linkrot: six found and tagged, no archived versions at Internet Archive/ Jezhotwells (talk) 19:14, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

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

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   The article is not well written.

   Some examples:

   and co-ruled with him, as Roman bestowed upon him the command of the army and the effective royal authority.

   But from 1001, he was forced mainly to defend the Empire against the superior Byzantine armies.

   Similar comments were made even in Constantinople, - "even" is a WP:weasel word

   However after Maria's death in 963, the truce had been shaken and Peter I sent his sons Boris and Roman in Constantinopole, as honorary hostages, to honor the new terms of the peace treaty.

   As the main effort of Basil II were concentrated against the rebel Skleros

   Above are just a few examples of the poor prose which is to be found throughout the article, please get it copy-edited. This should have been done before nomination. Article clearly fails criteria #1a.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

   6 dead links found and tagged.

   Confusing mixture of footnotes and citations.

   What makes ref #4[2] a reliable source?

   ref #6 Britannica is not a RS

   Author/Publisher details missing from many print citations.

   Outstanding citation needed and clarification needed tags.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Appears to be thorough and broad

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   Samuel is among the most renowned Bulgarian rulers. Who said this?

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):

   Images tagged and captioned but perhaps too many are used and the text is awkardly sandwiched by some of them.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   I think this is a straightforward fail. There are a large number of issues which cannot be resolved in a week, and the article is a long way from meeting the criteria. Get it copy-edites and take it to peer review. Not listed. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:39, 1 July 2011 (UTC)