Talk:Catholic Church in Greenland/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 00:26, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: none found

Linkrot: one found and tagged.[1] Jezhotwells (talk) 00:28, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   The lead dioes not fully summarize the article, please see WP:LEAD

   After bringing gifts of ivory and walrus hide, and a "white bear" for the king, the king appointed Arnold, one of his chief clerks, to be Greenland's first bishop. Presumably Sockesson brought the gifts, but this needs to be in the sentence.

   At the settlement's height, there were four thousand Norse Catholics in two settlements. Poor prose. "At the height of the settlement's extent" or similar.

   Sixteen parishes and churches were founded along with several monasteries and even Benedictine nuns in a convent. "even" is a weasel word here.

   Churches built in Greenland were not independent properties owned by the church, but were built on farmland given by local farmers and other chief villagers, and collected a part of the tithes given to the church and sent to the archbishop in Nidaros. Confusing, rephrase.

   Attempts were made in nearby Scandinavian countries to take control of the local churches, and Norway's control of Greenland in 1261 may have put pressure on local churches to become independent, just as they had in Norway "nearby"? The whole sentence is clumsy and needs rewriting.

   Bishop Arnes in 1281 contributed to Peter's Pence and the expenses of the Crusades with walrus tusks and polar bear hides, and tithing continued in later years by selling the raw materials for gold and silver. What raw materials are these?

   The introduction of Christianity is thought to have caused a major cultural break from the past, introducing many mainland European ideas and practices, such as the building of large churches and cathedrals, and this connection was maintained by the fact that the bishops appointed to Greenland were from Scandinavia, and not locals. Again clumsy, please get the whole article copy-edited, it is pointless trying to review such shoddy prose.

   Despite some of the errors above having been corrected, there remain basic errors of grammar throughout the article. I suggest you get someone who can read and write good plain English to copy-edit thoroughly. Jezhotwells (talk) 17:35, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   One dead link to a blog, which is not a reliable source

   What makes {http://www.katolsk.no/utenriks/kronologi/greenland.htm} a reliable source. Likewise {http://www.ewtn.com/new_evangelization/europe/history/countries1.htm}, {http://www.katolsk.no/utenriks/kronologi/gardar.htm}

   MoS says that titles of cites should not be in capitals.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Sufficient coverage.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   tagged and captioned

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   On hold for seven days for above issues to be addressed

   I don't think that the issues have been addressed, so I will not be listing this article. Jezhotwells (talk) 04:03, 28 March 2011 (UTC)