Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Kostiuchnówka

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Battle of Kostiuchnówka

Failed --Eurocopter (talk) 12:36, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder how close this GA-class article is to a MILHIST A-class? I do think I exhausted all the sources available to me when writing it. I found and translated a map for the article, but it got removed as it was not free enough and I could never get a mapmaker to make it into a free one (and I gave up... if you know/are a willing mapmaker, please help :). Currently the map is available as an external link: [1] --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 22:15, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

The lead is very short.

The article itself is short.

There are a huge amount of redlinks.

The word 'is considered' should be cited. ṜedMarkViolinist^{Drop me a line} 17:44, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply: lead can be expanded, WP:WTA can be applied. But please provide sources for expansion - I run out. Also, red links simply indicate bias/lack in our coverage (most of them refer to Ukrainian villages), and not a problem with the article itself.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 19:00, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The article being short shouldn't be grounds for an oppose; even in FAC, it's not about length, as opposed to how complete the article is. If there isn't a lot of information, obviously the article will be short. On the other hand, if this was the largest battle Polish forces were in, why are there not more sources? JonCatalán^(Talk) 18:56, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply. There are more Polish sources, but not online. See further reading section in the article, as well as those mentions.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 01:10, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried to get all the books that are available, and looked at the snippet view on google books for the ones that a library near you doesn't have and you aren't able to purchase?

Snippets are worthless. I will look into getting the books.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 21:24, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment

The lead needs to be expanded a bit, it's a tad anaemic at the moment
Some MoS problems, mainly with the titles 'The battle' should be 'Battle', and that massive picture in the infobox just stretches everything out
Seems a tad POV as well - 'The battle is considered the largest and most vicious of those involving the Polish Legions in World War I'. Now, I know this is sourced, but as a lone sentence it seems POV, and could do with some expansion - who considers it that? Who are they and why is their opinion significant?
Needs more sources on Russian figures; even approximations with a note stating the sources are vague/unknown would be better than what there is at the moment Skinny87 (talk) 18:45, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply. I think the lead is comprehensive, I am not sure what to expand upon in it. I have referenced, qualified and better improved the sentence about importance. The sources I have don't have info on the Russian figures other than those given in the article.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 01:10, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose
- In the Background section the Brusilov Offensive should be explained a bit more.
- In the infobox, having question marks is bad. There really should be numbers, or at least something that looks more professional than a question mark, such as "Unknown".
- The article is riddled with grammatical and stylistic errors. It needs a very thorough copy-edit. Some parts are so error-riddled that the sentences don't make any sense, especially in the Opposing Forces and The Battle sections.

I cannot support it until these and the problems mentioned above are resolved, especially the need for a copy-edit. – Joe Nu tter 15:58, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- Changed ? to unknown and asked for a copyedit. Can you explain why we need more details of the Brusilov offensive there? It has its own article, after all. I have copied a ref sentence from the lead to BO article to give a little more information on it to the article.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 01:47, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  The infobox and background are better now, although it'd look better if you replaced "The Brusilov Offensive" in the new sentence with a pronoun.– Joe Nu tter 21:18, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

comment I'm not very familiar with the ACR process, so I won't support or oppose, but that final paragraph of the lead needs to be expanded upon or merged into another paragraph. ~the editorofthewiki ^{(talk/contribs/editor review)}~ 00:45, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, get more familiar! :D We need more reviewers, if you are willing... Allanon ^{♠The Dark Druid♠} 07:17, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Merged.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 12:31, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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