Talk:Siege of Lankaran/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Unlimitedlead (talk · contribs) 20:51, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

@HistoryofIran: Happy to work with you again. Will review over the next day(s). Unlimitedlead (talk) 20:51, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

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

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):

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

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a. (reference section):

   b. (citations to reliable sources):

   c. (OR):

   d. (copyvio and plagiarism):

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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):

   b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/fail:

(Criteria marked are unassessed)

• The caption of the lead image does not strike me as particularly meaningful, and I am not sure the formatting is correct either. I would recommended changing it to something like "History painting of the siege by Franz Roubaud, 1893. I also think it needs a US tag on Commons? Unlimitedlead (talk) 21:14, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Hello UnlimatedLead - happy to work with you too. I've changed the caption to what you suggested [1]. --HistoryofIran (talk) 00:14, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Anything on the US tag? Unlimitedlead (talk) 01:29, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Ops, added it now [2]. --HistoryofIran (talk) 11:01, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

• Why does the article refer to Qajar Iran both as Iranian and Persian? I would choose one for consistency.
• "Shortly before the siege, Kotlyarevsky had offered the 4,000 soldiers and their commander Sadeq Khan Qajar...": You should clarify that these soldiers and the commander were occupying Lankaran.
• "...and thus the Talysh Khanate was once again under Russian protection": The wording (both in the lead and in the body) is strange; I would reword to something similar to "...and the Talysh Khanate once again fell under Russian protection". Although, I do find the use of the word "protection" strange; should it not be "control" or "hegemony"?
• Whenever a ruler is mentioned in the body, I would add a {{reigned|x|x|}} template.
• "The khan of the Talysh Khanate, Mir-Mostafa Khan kept shifting his allegiance between Iran and Russia, which both the Iranian monarch Fath-Ali Shah Qajar and his designated heir Abbas Mirza had grown tired of": There are different verb tenses in this sentence, which is weird.

Unlimitedlead (talk) 14:50, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Think I addressed them all here (though not much I can do about the name of the infobox unfortunately) [3]. Not sure if {{reigned|x|x|}} should be added for Mir-Mostafa Khan too? He was more of a governor than a traditional ruler. --HistoryofIran (talk) 23:00, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Looks great. I will pass this GA nomination. Unlimitedlead (talk) 00:52, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

Awesome. Once again, thanks for the review and I'll see you around! HistoryofIran (talk) 01:02, 11 June 2023 (UTC)