Talk:Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 01:02, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi Alex, I enjoyed the last submission of yours I reviewed and will be glad to take this one. Comments to follow in the next 1-5 days; thanks as always for your work, Khazar2 (talk) 01:02, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

What a well-constructed article this is. It's well sourced, well proofread, and strikes a perfect blend of concise summary with the occasional telling quotation or minor detail. It also helps, of course, that Michael's story is simply fascinating.

I made a few tweaks, nothing serious, as I went. There were also some points I couldn't immediately resolve myself (only the third is important):

• "where they were trailed by the Okhrana" -- I assume the "they" here is Michael and Natalia?
• "and they assumed they" --another unclear pronoun--Michael and Natalia again? Their family as a unit?
• "Given that he never reigned, his brother Nicholas II is regarded as the last actual, or de facto Tsar of Russia, and Michael is relegated to a largely forgotten footnote of history." -- though presumably correct, this doesn't appear to be discussed in the body, and it's significant enough to need inline citation.

- Spotchecks of Crawford and Crawford, the most heavily used source, show no evidence of copyright issues. - Minor lead issue (above); no other MOS issues found that fall under criterion 2b. - Comparison to other online biographies shows no major aspects missing, and the article appears thorough in its research - Sources are reliable. Only one significant unsourced statement (above) - Article is neutral - Article is stable - File:Brasova.jpg needs a tag for its US copyright status; all other images are ok and appropriately captioned.

In short, this is ripe for promotion; I'll put it on hold so those three points can be addressed. -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:24, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, one more point--looking again at the lead after reading the article, it seems to me that his love affair with and marriage to Natalia and his military service should both be mentioned. -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:38, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

• "Though the date is unknown, most photographs of Grad Duke Mikhail show him to be wearing the civil version (without swords) of the Order of St. Vladimir, Fourth Class, from circa 1910 forward

^ Though this is not yet confirmed, he appears to be wearing the medal to the left (lesser precedence) to the Greek Order of the Redeemer, in several photographs of him in uniforms of both the Chernigov Hussars and the Chevalier Guards, circa 1912-13 ^ Though this is not yet confirmed, he appears to be wearing the medal to the left (lesser precedence) to another medal (presumably the Commemorative Medal for the Centenary of the 1812 War), to the left of the Greek Order of the Redeemer, in a photograph of him in the uniform of the Chernigov Hussars, circa 1913" -- do these have citation? This may be straying into original research, and if sources like Crawford and Crawford don't mention these, they may be extraneous to mention here anyway. -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:40, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

@Khazar2: Thanks for the review, I'll get to fixing these when I have the time, probably either tomorrow or after Monday. Cheers, Alex (talk) 22:18, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Great, keep me posted. If it takes slightly longer than the standard week for a hold, that's not a crisis. -- Khazar2 (talk) 03:27, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

@Khazar2: I've gone through the problems above, please let me know if there's anything else to fix. Cheers, Alex (talk) 19:58, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Yep, that does it. Thanks again for your work on this one. -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:45, 30 November 2013 (UTC)