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1740 Batavia massacre

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I've listed this article for peer review because I would like to bring it to FA if possible, and could really use some ideas. It should be noted that there would presumably be many sources in Dutch, especially from before the 20th century; I cannot read the language, nor do I have access to any of those sources, so I cannot use those.

Thanks, Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:49, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Magicpiano

Interesting read, fairly well-rounded. I have a few comments.

• I would actually expect some reference to Dutch sources in an article like this, since it is likely to be poorly covered in English sources. It is good that you have an Indonesian source; presumably Dutch sources will reduce dependence on it that is currently manifest. The lack of Dutch sources may cause some problems at FAC (criterion 1c).
• Shorten long multi-clause sentences (I'm guilty of this one too). See e.g. the first sentence of the second-to-last paragraph.
• You should link Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies at some point.

• Done.

• You should parenthetically explain what "Zeylan" is, since not all English-readers will recognize it.

• Done.

• "a group of hundreds"? "hundreds" will suffice

• Done.

• "Although at first some members" of what? (the most recent relevant noun is "the Chinese", which is probably not what you mean. "members" -> "councilors"?)

• Done, that's it.

• none of the non-Chinese non-Dutch ethnic groups are ever identified by name. You should explain how many there are (at least approximately) and identify at least a few major groups. This might put a proper "face" on the currently-faceless "ethnic groups" acting in the second paragraph of "Incident". (Dutch or other sources might even identify who leaders of some of these groups are.)

• It was in the Setiono source as well, at the time I didn't feel it pertinent. Added.

• was Batavia's ethnic diversity otherwise balkanized (i.e. groups living in separate neighborhoods/enclaves)? What is known about the town's ethnic organization?

• The Dutch towards the end of their regime followed a policy of separating different ethnic groups. Not sure what happened in the 1700s.

• Who was the Dutch military leader? Or did Valckenier actually direct the Dutch military operations in the field?
• It sounds like the Dutch had a plan of attack, based on the description of the incident (e.g. placement of troops at the canal to catch escapers). Do we know whose plan it was? How much detail is known on the Dutch troop movements before they opened fire?
• If a reasonably good period map of Batavia exists, consider marking it up (or create a schematic map from it) to identify relevant landmarks. (I understand this may not be easy or possible; I have my own battles with maps of this time.)

• Closest one we have is 1681... a 60-year-old map won't help much, methinks.

• The provenances of File:1740 Batavia massacre.jpg and File:Chinezenmoord1740.gif appear to conflict, given that one appears to be a cropped version of the other. (The asserted provenance of the latter image will raise a flag at FAC as it currently stands.)

• At worst, the image can be removed.

-- Magic♪piano 19:17, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks, I'll try and work with a Dutch-speaking user to find the missing data. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:12, 1 December 2011 (UTC)