Talk:Postage stamps and postal history of Malta/GA1
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Reviewer: Amitchell125 (talk · contribs) 15:49, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I am delighted to review this interesting article. Amitchell125 (talk) 15:49, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Summary
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- It is reasonably well written.
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
- a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
- It is broad in its coverage.
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- It follows the neutral point of view policy.
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- It is stable.
- No edit wars, etc.:
- No edit wars, etc.:
- It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
- a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- Overall:
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Assessment
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Postal history
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Postage stamps
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More comments to follow. Amitchell125 (talk) 09:17, 22 August 2020 (UTC) |
Issue
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Malta stamps under British rule
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A couple of layout issues:
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A few random points before the next section...
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Postal stationary
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See also
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References, Further reading
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On hold for a week
editI'm placing the article on hold until 2 September to allow time for the comments I have made to be addressed. Regards, Amitchell125 (talk) 07:35, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
- The article looks ready to pass, I'll do another check through to look for minor points. It's great work on your part. Amitchell125 (talk) 15:22, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Xwejnusgozo: Late comment - the image with the caption 'Birżebbuġa Post Office in 2011' produces a nasty case of sandwiching (see MOS:SANDWICH for where I am coming from), and being an image that doesn't directly inform the text any more than the image opposite to it, imo it should go. Do you agree? Amitchell125 (talk) 15:43, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for your edits and for uploading some images! I disagree with only one (rather minor) point – you removed the mention of EUROPA stamps in the "Postage stamps" section and added the following (bolding mine) in the "Postal stationery" section:
Since 1980, Malta has issued postal cards for philatelic purposes. Most of them have an imprinted version of EUROPA stamps—originally issued in 1971 as sheets and from 2006 in booklets—but there are a few exceptions which have actual adhesive stamps affixed instead of imprinted versions.
- This is not entirely correct since EUROPA stamps were issued only in sheets from 1971–2005, and in both sheets and booklets since 2006. In addition, since 1980 many postal cards which have an imprinted version of each year's EUROPA stamps have been issued. (For example, these are the different versions of the 2012 EUROPA stamps from the MaltaPost Philatelic Bureau website: sheet, booklet and postal card). Therefore, I think it's best to leave the mention of the EUROPA stamps and booklets in the "Postage stamps" section and the postal cards in the "Postal stationery" section, and I just edited this part accordingly.
- I also made a couple of other minor changes, including removing the Birżebbuġa PO photo according to your suggestion and replacing the image of the 1860 Halfpenny Yellow in the "Postage stamps" section with an image of a different printing of the same stamp (so as not to repeat the image at the top of the article). --Xwejnusgozo (talk) 12:56, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
- All good. Now passing, and congratulations on producing a great article. Amitchell125 (talk) 13:44, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you! --Xwejnusgozo (talk) 14:23, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
- All good. Now passing, and congratulations on producing a great article. Amitchell125 (talk) 13:44, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for your edits and for uploading some images! I disagree with only one (rather minor) point – you removed the mention of EUROPA stamps in the "Postage stamps" section and added the following (bolding mine) in the "Postal stationery" section:
- @Xwejnusgozo: Late comment - the image with the caption 'Birżebbuġa Post Office in 2011' produces a nasty case of sandwiching (see MOS:SANDWICH for where I am coming from), and being an image that doesn't directly inform the text any more than the image opposite to it, imo it should go. Do you agree? Amitchell125 (talk) 15:43, 28 August 2020 (UTC)