Talk:The Holocaust in Slovakia/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ed! (talk · contribs) 01:47, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Giving this article a look. —Ed!^(talk) 01:47, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

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

1. It is reasonably well written:

   Pass External links, dup links and dab links look good. Copyvio detector returns green.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable:

   Pass Offline references accepted in good faith. Cursory check of Google Books shows references that back up source material here.

3. It is broad in its coverage:

   Not Yet

   • "and resulted from stereotypes demonizing Jews as the enemy of Christianity and the economic opponent of Slovaks" -- Would it be useful here to explain they were a minority and the religous and ethnic makeup of the county at the time? In a footnote, I'd think.

   • Added footnote

   • Of the population of Jewish people in the country, any word on where they were concentrated? Would be helpful context.

   • Added some information on that.

   • "Tiso-led autonomous government began to fire Jewish civil servants and restrict the Jews' rights." -- Any specifics about the rights?

   • No. I assume Ward was referring to the government actions surrounding the 1938 deportations, but that would be OR. Instead, I've mentioned the establishment of the Propaganda Office.

   • "the first such law was passed on 18 April 1939." -- Same question here.

   • This was the numerus clausus law mentioned at the beginning of the Aryanization section. I've edited so it's not mentioned in the overview.

   • " the authors of some of the more egregious articles and caricatures were prosecuted" -- Would also be good to indicate here some examples.

   • Loncikova states that "many journalists, employees and chief representatives of the PO fac[ed] justice". Unfortunately, she does not mention any individuals who were tried for their actions. Propaganda chief Alexander Mach was given a lengthy prison sentence but on other charges. She does give the names of several Slovaks who were tried for broadcasting from Austria in 1938, but I don't think any of them are notable.

   • Timeframe needed here: "In total, 1.1 billion Ks was stolen from Jews ..."

   • Done

   • "Jews serving in the army were segregated to a special unit" -- Any estimated number of military or what the unit was they were sent to?

   • It was a labor unit. I do not have the number of Jews affected, but I did find a source for the size of the Sixth Labor Battalion and added that information.

   • "Opposition" -- Slovakia during World War II mentions some armed resistance to the overall occupation, any of relevance that should be included here?

   • There was no armed resistance in 1942, nor was Slovakia occupied. In 1944, the Slovak National Uprising broke out, which is discussed later in the article.

   • " the Working Group tried to bribe Himmler with $3 million" -- I assume I know who you're talking about; full name needed on first reference.

   • Done

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy:

   Pass Contentious subject to be certain, though the use of a variety of sources, I'm seeing quite a few as recent scholarship, meets this criterion as well as I believe it can be met.

5. It is stable:

   Pass No problems there.

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

   Pass Spotting CC, PD and FU tags on all images used in the article as appropriate.

7. Other:

   On Hold Overall a very even-handed work on a very contentious and difficult subject. Holding for some clarifications. —Ed!^(talk) 02:36, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Awesome, thank you for your work on this--another tough subject to be sure. Seeing no other major concerns, going to Pass the GA now. —Ed!^(talk) 01:31, 21 January 2019 (UTC)