Talk:The Holocaust in Slovakia/GA1

GA Review

Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch

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

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

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

It is reasonably well written:
Pass External links, dup links and dab links look good. Copyvio detector returns green.
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.
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
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.
It is stable:
Pass No problems there.
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.
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)[reply]

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)[reply]