Talk:Siege of Calais (1346–1347)/GA1

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Reviewer: Peacemaker67 (talk · contribs) 06:36, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I will review this. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:36, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A few minor points:

suggest using the diacritic for entrepôt and linking

Careless of me. Done.

Edwards Flemish allies needs an apostrophe

Done.

drop the comma from "began he disbanded most of his army, to save money" and put one after

I am not convinced by that one, but done anyway.

who is Duke John? ditto Lancaster, and his presence in the southwest also hasn't been mentioned, a sentence of introduction seems necessary

Well spotted, thank you. (I probably need a break from the Hundred Years' War, I am getting too close.) Both properly, if briefly, introduced.

"Philip's heir, Duke John" should be unnecessary as he should have been introduced earlier per above

As above.

"large financial resources to strengthening their naval resources" is a bit repetitive

Good point. Tweaked.

link Saint-Omer

Done.

initial capital for "in an attempt"

Done.

"September. but experienced serious difficulties" should be a comma?

It should.

File:Belagerung von Calais 1346-1347.JPG needs more information or a better license, currently needs an author and date of death

I'm not sure how I missed this. Swapped it for what I hope is a better licenced image.

File:Phil6france.jpg likewise

Likewise.

That's all I have. Placing on hold for the above to be addressed. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:11, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Peacemaker67: Phew. A lot of sweat expended over the images, but hopefully all of your points now addressed. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:56, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This article is well-written, verifiable using reliable sources, covers the subject well, is neutral and stable, contains no plagiarism, and is illustrated by appropriately licensed images with appropriate captions. Passing. Nice work! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:09, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Post-GA

I recently noticed and fixed the overcapitalized lead "The Siege of Calais..."; note that sources overwhelmingly use "siege of Calais" with lowercase siege. Gog reverted me. This should be fixed, esp. for an FA. Dicklyon (talk) 02:44, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gog fixed it back. Dicklyon (talk) 22:50, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Gog the Mild: There was a request to provide an author and date of death for File:Belagerung von Calais 1346-1347.JPG. The only thing that has been provided is the book it was scanned from. Where's the info about the original painting? How do we know that it's actually of the siege of Calais or even that it's "medieval"?

Images of unknown provenance should be avoided in articles overall and should be a no-no in infoboxes. This matters because whatever goes in to the infobox effectively becomes the image of the battle. It's not just a concern for Wikipedia but tends to have huge ripple effects all across the interwebs. Peter ^Isotalo 14:48, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]