Talk:John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: 3family6 (talk · contribs) 17:13, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

   Mostly clear and readable, a copyvio check found nothing. However, this sentence "..and was raised by his victorious brother to the rank of kouropalates and appointed him as Domestic of the Schools of the West.[3]" should be re-written as "...and his victorious brother raised him to the rank of kouropalates and also appointed him as Domestic of the Schools of the West.[3]" The other doesn't work grammatically.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Y Done.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 17:35, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

1. B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

   Follows the guidelines.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Has an appropriate reference section:

   Appropriate reference section, which follows a consistent standard.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

   B. Citations to reliable sources:

   I'm accepting the offline source AGF, as well as the two foreign language sources. Well cited, except for this sentence, "The crown then passed to Constantine X Doukas (r. 1059–67), although Bryennios asserts that it was first offered to John, who refused it, despite the pressure of his wife, Anna Dalassene, to accept.", which needs a citation, as well as this sentence, "Anna became involved in conspiracies against the Doukas family, whom she never forgave for taking the throne in 1059.", which also needs a citation.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Y Done.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:28, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

1. C. No original research:

   All content is verifiable.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

2. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   All major aspects covered.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

   B. Focused:

   Stays focused on subject.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

3. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

   No bias, fair representation.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

4. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

   Highly stable, single-author.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

5. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   Images are public domain, I fixed one tag to indicate that it is PD in the US.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

   B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

   Useful with appropriate captions.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

6. Overall: Almost there, just a few minor issues.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

   Pass or Fail:

I rewrote the problematic sentence. On the "missing" citations, in both cases the fact is cited by the next citation in each case (#7 and #11 respectively). I don't usually reference on a sentence-by-sentence basis. Once again, thanks for taking the time. Constantine ✍ 11:35, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

With citation #11, it isn't that major a deal, since the next sentence is still dealing with the same issue (the activities of Anna). I just wanted to make sure that citation 11 supports it. The first case, however, needs a citation, because it is directly summarizing a statement by Bryennios.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 17:35, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Fair enough. Done. Constantine ✍ 17:52, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Okay. Passed.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:28, 14 December 2014 (UTC)