Talk:Mars (mythology)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: North8000 (talk · contribs) 14:22, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm starting a GA review of this article. North8000 (talk) 14:22, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review discussion

Sorry I have not made a lot of comments on this. I'm wrestling with one sort of complex issue and am not sure what to say about it or recommend, and so have been planning to research how it has been handled in other similar article. This is tat the statements of mythology are put in as fact, without qualifiers. I'm sure there is a smoth and graceful way to handle this without prefacing every statement from mythology with "according to Greek mythology" Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 01:18, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't see what the problem is, but I tweaked the first sentence to state the frame of reference more clearly: that this is a figure from religion and myth, not a historical figure. The article presents the beliefs of the ancient Romans as described by modern scholars. Once the frame of reference is established, I really don't see what dangers you're trying to avoid. I might suggest, however, that you take a look at the articles Religion in ancient Rome and Roman mythology as background, since the only time the article should say "according to Greek mythology" is when a comparison is made to the myths of Ares. Cynwolfe (talk) 17:10, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your edit summary, I'm no expert in this field (and used the wrong term), I just volunteered to take on the review....it has been waiting for over 3 months for someone to take it. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 17:22, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA criteria final checklist

Well-written

Meets this criteria.North8000 (talk) 01:49, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Factually accurate and verifiable

Meets this criteria. North8000 (talk) 01:49, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Broad in its coverage

Meets this criteria.North8000 (talk) 01:50, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without bias, giving due weight to each

Meets this criteria. North8000 (talk) 01:51, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute

Meets this criteria. North8000 (talk) 18:17, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Illustrated, if possible, by images

Meets this criteria. Has 16 images. No non-free images, so no article-specific use-rationales are required.

Result

This passes as a Wikipedia Good article. This article represents an immense amount of high quality work. North8000 (talk) 01:59, 3 July 2013 (UTC) Reviewer[reply]