Talk:Yam fortress/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Kaiser matias (talk · contribs) 22:42, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

I'll review this shortly. Kaiser matias (talk) 22:42, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Comments

• "The fortress was completely rebuilt after the Novgorod Republic was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Following the construction of Ivangorod Fortress, Yam Fortress lost its military significance." Add dates to both of these sentences for context.
  • It's added already. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• "According to the chronicles..." What chronicles? I'm assuming the Novgorod Chronicle, but that should be made clear.
  • Kirpichnikov in his book does not point to any of chronicles, he simply calls the whole chapter "The features of chronicle history". I'm not sure if setting it on a Novgorod chronicles would be appropriate even if it was remarked in the book's sources. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Understandable to not specify. Ideally it should be more clear, but you have to work with what sources give, of course. Kaiser matias (talk) 00:27, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

• "During the Novgorod-Livonian war, the Livonian army..." I'd link "Livonian" here as it is not a common term.
  • Wikified it. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• "Despite the fact that ambassadors tried to present this attack as an independent raid by an uncontrolled warlord..." Ambassadors from where? It's unclear.
  • Cleared it. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• " It was surrounded by 67 villages with 393 households according to a book written about Vodskaya Pyatina." Is there a date for this book?
  • Added author and a year. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• "He sent an army lead by Pontus De la Gardie to capture all the fortresses in that region. His main task was to capture Novgorod." Whose main task was to capture Novgorod, John III or Pontus? The consecutive use of "He" and "His" leaves this unclear.
  • Rewrited 2nd sentence. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• " Before September 28, 1581, when Yam was captured, Koporye, Korela, Ivangorod and Narva were defeated. But after a three-day siege in 1590, Russia recaptured Yam." This can be re-worded to be clearer: "Kororye, Korela, Ivangorod, and Narva were all defeated before Yam was captured on September 28, 1581. Swedish forces held Yam until 1590, when Russia recaptured it after a three-day siege."
  • Done. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• "The now-Swedish form of the town name—Yamburg—did not bother anyone." Does this mean that when the Russians re-captured the town they kept the name "Yamburg"? If so it should clearly say that, as the current wording is not the best way to show that.
  • Okay, I remember, I wrote it that way, but thanks to copyeditors... Done. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• Both "Catherine the Great" and "Catherine II" are used in the "Russian Empire times" section. As they are the same person I'd suggest just using one form of her name to avoid confusion.
  • I used both to not to use same words twice. Ok, done. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• "Today there is still a park at the fortress' remains." Avoid using the phrase "today", but instead go with something like "As of 2021" or something.
  • Done. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• "Some of the artifacts found during archaeological excavations were presented to the Kingisepp local history museum." When?
  • It's unclear in the source, but as a person, who was in the museum, I can say thet it seems like "artifacts from all excavations above". Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• It would be helpful to provide English translations of the bibliography here; use the "trans-title" format if you do so. I would also consider translating the author names into English, but that isn't required (though sorting them alphabetically, either via Russian or English is encouraged).
  • Done. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• Check duplicate links; there are several that come up: Luga River, Koporye, Narva, Detinets, are some examples. Link their first use in the body of the article, but after that they don't need to be linked again.
  • Deleted over-wikification, now it's onle doubles in preamble. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• I also made some small grammatical and stylistic edits throughout to clean things up, but feel free to modify those if you think they don't help.
  • Thanks. Red ^{wanna talk?} 18:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• This is an interesting article, and I see that you also wrote the Russian version of it, so I'm impressed that you have been able to translate that and bring it into English as well. I don't have a lot of comments here, and nothing too serious to resolve, so once the above are addressed will be happy to pass. Kaiser matias (talk) 17:30, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm good with the changes made, so will pass. Well done. Kaiser matias (talk) 00:27, 24 January 2021 (UTC)