Talk:Preußisches Obertribunal/GA1

GA Review

Passed. Kimikel (talk) 00:11, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: WatkynBassett (talk · contribs) 06:35, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Kimikel (talk · contribs) 16:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I will be reviewing this article as part of the January GAN drive. Please expect comments from me within the next few days. Kimikel (talk) 16:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@WatkynBassett: I've completed my inital review. Please review my suggestions and let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you! Kimikel (talk) 16:17, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kimikel: Many thanks for your brilliant review and your valuable time spent on this. I hope, I adressed all your questions and issues below with one exception: I have no idea what I have to do to fix the incorrectly tagged image. WatkynBassett (talk) 21:15, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@WatkynBassett: Thank you for your expedience and your quality work; this article was an interesting read. I've fixed the image, but I'll explain what I did for future reference: the uploader incorrectly uploaded the picture under an "own work" tag when it should have been under a public domain tag, as the painter died 100+ years ago. To fix this, I went to the file on Wikimedia, hit "edit" in the top right, and then replaced "self|cc-by-sa-3.0" with "PD-art|PD-old-100-expired" for the licensing. Regardless, I appreciate the work you put in and I'm ready to promote this article. Thank you and congratulations! Kimikel (talk) 00:10, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well-written

To me, the italicization of all of the courts' names throughout the article is unnecessary. I believe this covered by the "organizations" mentioned in MOS:FOREIGN. I feel like the article would look a little nicer without all the italics.
- I am not very familiar with the rules on italicizations and gladly defer to you. I edited the article accordingly.

Lead

abbreviated PrObTr > I don't think the abbr template is needed since the full name is right there to the left
- I always try to err on the side of caution with abbreviations. So, if you do not mind, I would like to keep the template.
Reichsgericht—then the sole > Reichsgericht, which became the sole
- Done.

History

which had been granted by Leopold I > which Leopold I had granted
- Done.
In 1716... > I would merge this sentence with one of the other paragraphs so there's not just a floating standalone sentence
- Done.
in Berlin (except the Geheimer Justizrat [the Secret Judicial Council] and the Ravensburger Appellationsgericht [the Ravensburg Court of Appeals]) > recommend commas instead of parentheses
- Good idea, done.
with a view to form > with the goal of forming
- Done.
The Secret Supreme Tribunal... > recommend merging for same reason as above
- Done.
The area of French law > uncapitalize "the"
- Done.
was, however, fortified once more: Due > was fortified once more. Due
- Done.
(re-)gained > regained
- Done.
civil disputes whose subject-matter reached the amount of the appeal. > Maybe it's just me but this sentence seems unclear, could you explain what this means?
- I tried a different phrasing: Please check if this is any clearer: "Due to an ordinance dated 14 December 1833, it regained the sole responsibility to decide certain nullity appeals () and appeals on points of law () in civil disputes if the amount of the action in question reached the sum necessary for appeal."
(in its capacity as Geheimer Justizrat) > remove parentheses
- Done.
inter alia > among other things
- Done.
court – again named Obertribunal > court, again named Obertribunal.
- Done.
This new court was, however, short-lived > This new court was short-lived
- Done.
On 30 September 1879... > merge with previous paragraph
- Done.
Reichsjustizgesetze [de] > a brief description of what the Reichsjustizgesetze were would be helpful
- Done, please check if this is sufficient.

Collection and publication of decision

(because the court had no competencies for criminal law) > remove parentheses
- Done.
subject-matter remove hyphen
- Not done: Wikipedia likes to use this hyphen (Subject-matter jurisdiction).
(German) criminal law scholarship> remove parentheses
- Done.
In the PrObTrE approximately 500 of the courts > In the PrObTre, approximately 500 of the court's
- Done.

Verifiability

Note θ is uncited
- Fixed.
Translations of the titles of German sources would be helpful
- Done.

Spot check

20b: Verified
35: Verified
56: Verified, although von Uhden's part of the table should say "(his death)" like von Koenen's
- Done
2: Verified
28: verified

Broadness

Of its criminal cases, the 1859 Rose-Rosahl case [de] (PrObTrE 42, 36) concerning the interplay of error in persona [de] and incitement – and factually the accidental murder of a 17 year old student – is especially famous.[27] According to the German legal scholars Fritjof Haft [de] and Jörg Eisele [de], hardly any other decision has influenced the discussion of (German) criminal law scholarship more than this decision by the Tribunal.[28] > Well, what was their decision?
- That is very valid criticism. I added the gist of the decision and a citation.
If they have any other notable decisions, that would also be an excellent thing to include.
- After such a long time since the end of Prussia and its supreme court, I personally know of no other famous decision. The German Wikipedia article also only lists the Rose-Rosahl case. The Dictionary of German Legal History lists no cases at all. So unfortuneatly, we will have to wait for future scholarship on the court's jurisprudence.

Neutrality and stability

No issues

Illustration

File:Samuel von Cocceji by Anna Rosina de Gasc 1737.PNG is incorrectly tagged (should be public domain, author died 100+ years ago)
- I have no real experience with commons. What do I have to do here (or could you even be so kind to change this yourself)?
Everything else checks out

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