Talk:Battle of Lade/GA1

GA Review

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GA review (see here for criteria) (see here for this contributor's history of GA reviews)

1. It is reasonably well written:

   Not Yet

   1. Longdashes should not have any spaces between them. Any normal dashes (-) in the text should be replaced with longdashes (—).

Done

1. 1. There are a number of typos and other grammatical errors thoughout the prose. I recommend it recieve a copy-edit, preferably by a third party (but you could do this yourself as well).

Ah, yes. Whoops. I've gone through and removed everything I could find (including my shocking inability to type "contingent" properly).

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable:

   Not Yet

   1. "Herodotus gives the order of the Ionian battle line as being, from east to west; Miletus – Priene – Myus – Teos – Chios – Erythraea – Phocaea – Lesbos – Samos." -needs a ref.

Done

1. 1. The big quote in the "Prelude" section ""Men of Ionia, let each one of you now show..." needs a ref.

Done##Per WP:FOOT, the refs should be in the form of "Name, p. #" Some of them are in this format, but not all of them.

Done

1. 1. All of the refs need to be put into {{cite book}} format.

Done

1. It is broad in its coverage:

   Pass No problems there.

2. It follows the neutral point of view policy:

   Pass

3. It is stable:

   Pass No problems there.

4. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate:

   Pass No problems there.

5. Overall:

   On Hold while a few stylistic issues are addressed. -Ed!^(talk) 03:50, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

OK. The article now meets the GA criteria, according to my interpretation of them. Well done! Ed!^(talk) 13:19, 8 July 2009 (UTC)