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Good articleStephen Lekapenos has been listed as one of the History good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
March 16, 2012Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 15, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the brothers Stephen and Constantine Lekapenos overthrew their father, the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, only to be themselves removed from power by Constantine VII after a few weeks?
On this day...Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on April 18, 2018, January 27, 2022, and January 27, 2023.

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Stephen Lekapenos/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: DCI (talk · contribs) 02:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC) I'll be starting the review soon. dci | TALK 02:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

  1. Is it reasonably well written?
    A. Prose quality:
    Just a few issues here and there:
  • In 943... This sentence could be revised to make it a little smoother.
  • Who were the unnamed sisters married to?
  • What was the college of emperors?
  • Who was the father-in-law Gabalas? What did he do?
  • The part about Constantine's reluctance to participate in the coup seems contradictory to the statement directly above it.
  • The paragraph beginning, Having managed to quietly depose their father... seemed a tad choppy. The second sentence in particular could be deleted or combined with the first to offer a more concise description of their situation.
  • Throughout the article, there are italicized terms. Could you give some cursory descriptions of the jobs associated with those positions?
  1. B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
    Make sure you watch out for phrases like "second oldest son." Just say "second son." Also, the lead needs to be revised to include more details and greater clarity. Who did Stephen serve as co-emperor with? Finally, be sure that you check for spelling and grammar throughout the article.
  2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
    A. References to sources:
    B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
    Please source the statement describing the length of their 40-day rule.
    C. No original research:
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. Major aspects:
    B. Focused:
  4. Is it neutral?
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. Is it stable?
    No edit wars, etc:
  6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
    A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
    B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail:
    I am deeply sorry for the time it has taken me to complete this, but you've done good work on the article and I am passing it for GA. dci | TALK 22:03, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! I've made some copyediting and additions on the points you raised, plus some other tweaks. On the "college of emperors", it merely means the group of co-emperors headed by Romanos I. I couldn't think of a better term to express this ("group of co-emperors" is a bit awkward), any ideas? Constantine 17:23, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The article's been passed. dci | TALK 22:03, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]