![]() | Lectionary 179 was nominated as a Language and literature good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (May 7, 2012). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated. |
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- This review is transcluded from Talk:Lectionary 179/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Puffin (talk · contribs) 21:38, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
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1. Well-written: | ||
1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct. |
"It has subscriptions." what are subscriptions? I would suggest wiki linking this to the relevant article. "In Genesis 12:4 it reads θεος for Κυριος" Isn't this information slightly random? Why is this important? Instead of just the vague section heading of "description" maybe you could use a level 2 heading to divide up your information, instead of just leaving spaces everywhere. "The manuscript was brought from Syria in the 11th century" Who brought it? Why? Where did they bring it? Please clarify this information. "The nomina sacra and other words are written in an abbreviated way" This is hard to understand. Don't you mean "Words such as "nomina sacra" are abbreviated" This would make the article more clear. "The following words are abbreviated: και, πατηρ, μητηρ, υιος, θυγατηρ, ανθρωπος, Θεος, Κυριος, σωτηρ, πνευμα, ουρανος, Αβρααμ, Δαυιδ, Χριστος, Ιερουσαλημ" What do these words mean? Why are they abbreviated? Couldn't you re word this to make it more clear and use less examples by maybe writing "Some words in the manuscript are abbreviated. For example, και (give the meaning), πατηρ (give the meaning), μητηρ (give the meaning etc...), υιος, θυγατηρ, ανθρωπος, Θεος, Κυριος, σωτηρ, πνευμα, ουρανος, Αβρααμ, Δαυιδ, Χριστος, Ιερουσαλημ
"It contains the decorated headpieces, decorated initial letters, and musical notes in red at the margin" Why do you need the word "the" in there? It would read much better if you wrote "It contains decorated headpieces, decorated initial letters and musical notes in red in the margin" Is this what you mean? Where else do these features occur in the manuscript?
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1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. | The number of single-sentence paragraphs should be minimized, since they can inhibit the flow of the text. See Wikipedia:Writing better articles#Paragraphs There are many of these through out the article. | |
2. Verifiable with no original research: | ||
2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline. | Words to watch: "It has many grammar corrections" How many? Please clarify. Also, it would be clearer to write "It has many grammatical mistakes which were corrected" But, give examples to not make the statement so vague. | |
2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose). | Ref 2: What language is this? Can you provide it in the citation? Do you have the ISSN for this journal?
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2c. it contains no original research. | ||
3. Broad in its coverage: | ||
3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic. | There could be a more detailed view of the manuscript, without randomly throwing in pieces of information that are out of place. The article could be broken up into further sections to imrpove the reading and to address more of the topic. | |
3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). | You possibly give too many examples, like the error of itacism and the abbreviated words. Include less examples and improve the wording, as explained above. | |
4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. | ||
5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. | Yes. | |
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: | ||
6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content. | Yes. | |
6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions. | ||
7. Overall assessment. | Unfortunately, there are major issues with this article that realistically can't be solved quickly. Mainly the sentence structure and the request for copy edit. When the copy edit is completed and the issues are resolved, I encourage you to re nominate the article. Puffin Let's talk! 19:37, 7 May 2012 (UTC) |
- "subscriptio" - at the end of book some information were added by a scribe (e.g. name of scribe, date, number of stichoi, etc.).
- Nomina sacra. ΘΣ for Θεός; ΚΣ for Κύριος.
- "In Genesis 12:4 it reads θεος for Κυριος" - θεος (God) for Κυριος (the Lord).
- "Itacism". This informations perhaps are not important for usual reader, but they are important for palaeographers. Steininger do not explain how many errors of itacism. Minuscule 543 (Gregory-Aland)
- Domschatz - museum. I want to create article about Domschatz (Museum am Dom Trier, P. Weber, Der Domschatz zu Trier). We have even category in Commons Commons:Category:Domschatz, Trier
- "unusual readings" - technical term, it means the readings do not occur, or rarely occur in other manuscripts. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 09:19, 25 April 2012 (UTC)