Wikipedia:Peer review/Sviatoslav I of Kiev/archive1

Sviatoslav I of Kiev

This article has seen a lot of expansion by a number of dedicated editors in recent weeks and I think it's approaching readiness for FA status. Any comments that could help move it along that path would be appreciated. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 17:25, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see automated peer review suggestions here. Thanks, AZ _t 23:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's good - fairly short but it seems comprehensive. One thing, and I'm probably being dense, but in the second paragraph of the first section, what does 'minority' and 'majority' refer to? Other than that, I don't know what could be improved - I think it could nominated for FA. Trebor 17:25, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

minority= the period of time during which one is a minor (ie a child or under the age of "majority"- today 18 in most Western countries) Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 05:12, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One minor point: I believe the lengthy discussion of the causes for the Khazar campaign (mostly speculations anyway) is out of line with the rest of the text. It looks like we give undue weight to this topic, which is not the most important in Sviatoslav's biography. Perhaps we should move the passage to Khazaria or confine it to footnotes. Other than that, the article is OK. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 21:06, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have condensed the discussion on the roots of the conflict between the Khazars and the Rus. Beit Or 21:20, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 19:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to provide his name written as of that time? --Brand спойт 03:59, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kievan Rus' of that period was pre-literate- there was no widespread writing protocol in use until the eleventh century when glagolitic and cyrillic became common. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 05:12, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The earliest East Slavic inscription (found at Gnezdovo) is dated to Svyatoslav's reign, I think, which still does not make the Old East Slavic spelling of the name mandatory in the lead. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 19:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nevertheless, it's probably not a big deal to provide such a spelling, unless there are serious objections. Beit Or 19:24, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think Unicode has an Early Cyrillic font... in that article the unicode is given in modern Cyrillic. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 19:52, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]