Talk:Stephen Bocskai/GA1

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Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 15:10, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:10, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

I'll copyedit as I go through the article; please revert as needed.

• Bocskai was one of Sigismund's few councillors who supported his plan to join an anti-Ottoman coalition: this wording makes it sound as though Sigismund had a few councillors, all of whom supported his plan. I think what is meant is "Bocskai was one of the few members of Sigismund's council who supported his plan to join an anti-Ottoman coalition".
• Maximilian, who had a very tolerant attitude towards Lutheranism, died on 12 October 1576.[18] His devout Catholic son, Rudolph, succeeded him. I assume we're mentioning the religious positions because they're relevant to Stephen, but I don't see how -- he was Calvinist, not Lutheran. I would also suggest linking "Calvinism" in the paragraph above.
• There appear to be two people named Stephen Báthory, since one dies in 1586 and one is active with Balthasar Báthory in 1588; can we make it clear to the reader that this is a different person, to avoid confusion?
• His lieutenants overrode his instructions and pushed the rebellion: should this be "punished"?
• He personally led his troops against the Crimean Tatars and Ottomans who had broken into the Partium, which made Bocskai the actual ruler of the principality: I don't follow this. Why does Sigismund's leadership of the troops make Bocskai the ruler?
• Sigismund Báthory, who had again decided to return, tried to convince Bocskai to support him, but Bocskai gave his nephew's envoy over to Rudolph's official, Pál Nyáry,[106] but this did not earn him the trust of Rudolph's commissioner: two "but" clauses in a row.
• but Bocskai did not accept his offer on 24 March: do you mean that it was on that date that Bocskai refused the offer? If so, make it "but on 24 March Bocskai refused the offer".
• His partisans regarded Bocskai's uprising as a war for the independence of Hungary already during his life: suggest "Even before his death, Bocskai's partisans regarded his uprising as..."

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:11, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

@Mike Christie:, thank you for your comprehensive review and also for your copyedit. I changed the text based on your suggestions ([1]). Please let me know if further actions are needed. Have a nice day! Borsoka (talk) 02:53, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Most of the fixes look good. Can we do a bit more to make the second Stephen Báthory less confusing? Perhaps "He replaced his cousin, also named Stephen Báthory". This is the only time this Stephen Báthory is mentioned, right? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:27, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

No, the younger Stephen Báthory is also mentioned under the previous subtitle. This edit may have made clear the difference between the two Stephen Báthorys: ([2]). Borsoka (talk) 04:34, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

I moved the explanation to the first mention; I think it works better there, but revert if you don't agree. Either way this is fine to promote now. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:35, 22 February 2018 (UTC)