Talk:Fortín Solano

GA Review

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Reviewer: DivaKnockouts (talk · contribs) 03:46, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Lead

• The castle has been the center of several notable events on Venezuelan history. --> The castle has been the center of several notable events in Venezuelan history.
• It was declared National Monument in 1965. --> It was declared a National monument in 1965.

Description

• It is a military castle built c. 1766 by order of governor of Venezuela, Don José Solano y Bote. — Could you consider rewording? This comes off as confusing to me.

History

• Pedro Carujo, born in Barcelona, became a Commander in 1828, hand picked by Simón Bolívar to lead the Military Academy founded in Bogotá. — Was he born in Barcelona, Spain? Reword this.
• In 1904, a budget designed by engineer Germán Jimenez is approved by the Ministry of Public Works to repair the castle. --> In 1904, a budget designed by engineer Germán Jimenez was approved by the Ministry of Public Works to repair the castle. — Can you provide why the castle needed repairing?
• As soon as the national Goverment is aware of the revolt, troops of both the Air Force and the Army led by Colonel Alfredo Monch are sent to bomb and surround the city. --> As soon as the national Goverment became aware of the revolt, troops of both the Air Force and the Army led by Colonel Alfredo Monch are sent to bomb and surround the city.
• 400 deaths and 700 wounded. — Citation?
• The fort was declared National Monument in 1965. --> The fort was declared a National monument in 1965.
  • I have fixed all :) — ΛΧΣ²¹ 04:18, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Gallery

• Everything looks good here.

References

• Everything looks fine here. A little skeptical on "Venezuela Tuya" however. Is that a magazine, looking at the website, it is hard to tell.

  Its a website that contains most information about Venezuela. It is very accurate, as most info available on the site is relied upon high quality books which are not commonly available online. Although, I try not to use it if better sources exist. — ΛΧΣ²¹ 04:18, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

  Alright then, great job. — DivaKnockouts (talk) 04:22, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): 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, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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— DivaKnockouts (talk) 04:22, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Not a castle

Why do we call it a castle? It's not the private residence of a member of the nobility. That makes it a fort, which is exactly what the Spanish language wikipedia calls it. 155.213.224.59 (talk) 16:42, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

I think that's a reasonable point. Would anyone mind if I moved the article to a different title, eg: Fort Solano? Nev1 (talk) 20:20, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

@Nev1: All articles in Category:Castles in Venezuela seem to be forts rather than castles. If the article is moved, I would prefer the Spanish name, ie. Fortín Solano. I tend to use native names in cases where an English name is not common (eg. Forte Gonzaga not Fort Gonzaga). Xwejnusgozo (talk) 13:44, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

@Xwejnusgozo: I think using the title Fortín Solano is sensible. Should we think about what to do with the other articles in the category or just take it one at a time? Nev1 (talk) 16:30, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

@Nev1: I just moved the page to Fortín Solano. Xwejnusgozo (talk) 13:04, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

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