Talk:Mansouria, Tunisia/GA1
Latest comment: 10 years ago by FunkMonk in topic GA Review
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Reviewer: Quadell (talk · contribs) 19:27, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Nominator: QatarStarsLeague
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
This article is very strong, and is close to GA status.
- Is it reasonably well written?
- Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
- A. Has an appropriate reference section:
- All issues resolved.
- B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:
- C. No original research:
- A. Has an appropriate reference section:
- Is it broad in its coverage?
- A. Major aspects:
- B. Focused:
- A. Major aspects:
- Is it neutral?
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- Is it stable?
- No edit wars, etc:
- No edit wars, etc:
- 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:
- B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
- A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
- Overall:
- Pass or Fail:
- All issues resolved.
- Pass or Fail:
- Specific issues
- It's great that you source note [a], but you also need a source for note [b], that a cubit is about 18 inches.
- A non-muslim may not know who "the Prophet" is. A more NPOV designation would be "the Islamic prophet Muhammad" the first time (in the background section) and simply "Muhammad" thereafter.
- In some cases you use the serial comma, but in other cases you do not. It is best to be consistent, according to MOS:SERIAL.
- You link to Ismailism twice in the background section.
- In the background section you refer to the previous capital as "al-Mahdiyya", but in the construction section, you call it "Mahdia". Both link to the Mahdia article. It should be spelled the same in both cases, and linked once.
- Standardize spelling for other terms, like Al-Mansuriyya, Kairouan (vs. Kairoun vs. Qayrawan), etc.
- Please link terms the reader might not be familiar with: Banu Hilal, dirham, Fustat, Al-Mansur ibn Buluggin, Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis, etc.
- There seems to be an error with the page listing for citation 6. Also, citation 25 should use "pp." and an en dash (–).
- You should capitalize the prefix al- when it begins a sentence (in the background section).
- This article frequently uses strict transliteration (e.g. "Abū Yazīd") when, according to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Arabic, the standard transliteration without diacrics would be more appropriate (e.g. "Abu Yazid")
- A comma is needed after "The walls were twelve cubits wide".
- Please reword the "It was here that" and "It was from here that" lines, since they could be worded in a more encyclopedic way. (Besides, it's not clear whether "here" means al-Mansurriya or southern Italy.)
- When you say "The new city was rectangular rather than square in plan", I think you mean "rather than round", since that's what the source says. (And it just makes sense, since Al-Mansuriya had a round plan.)
- Many sources say Al-Mansur ibn Buluggin died in 995, not 996. I think that disputed detail could just be omitted.
- Sources with ISBNs do not need "retrieved" dates. They also don't need page numbers, since page numbers are present in the citations.
- I've addressed all issues, but three I can't solve... FunkMonk (talk) 15:31, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
- By the way, it appears nominator had no hand in writing the article... FunkMonk (talk) 17:10, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
FunkMonk, thanks for stepping in and taking over this article's nomination. I'm happy to promote it to GA status. – Quadell (talk) 17:17, 11 October 2013 (UTC)