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The article was promoted by GrahamColm 10:02, 21 June 2013 (UTC) [1].

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Alexander of Greece

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• Featured article candidates/Alexander of Greece/archive1

Nominator(s): DrKiernan (talk) 10:49, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Alexander was king of Greece for a brief period from the middle of World War I until his death from a monkey attack. DrKiernan (talk) 10:49, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Image review

• Scandal image caption should not end in period
• File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Greece_(1863-1936).svg: source link is broken
• File:Greekhistory.GIF: source(s)? Nikkimaria (talk) 13:52, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Removed.
  • There's an 1899 version listed among the "other versions" that shows the same features.
  • Changed to File:Greek history from 1832.GIF. DrKiernan (talk) 16:37, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Support – which the few trivial comments below do not affect in the slightest:

• Early life
  • "heir-apparent" – the Oxford English Dictionary gives "heir apparent" as two separate words, but possibly the hyphen is customary in US English.
• Controversy
  • "Alexander's parents were not so happy by the match" – "about the match"?
• Death
  • "which were later found to be infected and destroyed" – reluctant though one is to duplicate words I really think you need a second "were" before "destroyed" here to make the meaning clear.
  • "mésalliance" – I wonder, in passing, why the French term when we have "misalliance" in English for the same thing.
• Issue
  • "was born 5 months" – usual to write "five months" with single-digit numbers

This article meets all the FA criteria, in my view. Clear, a pleasure to read, well proportioned, comprehensive as far as one can see, diversely and fully sourced. – Tim riley (talk) 10:45, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Support with nit-picks: An interesting, easy-to-read article on a topic about which I knew very little. Looks comprehensive, although I know nothing of the topic. Just a few little nit-picks. Sarastro1 (talk) 19:47, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

• The lead seems a little lights in places, given the length of the article. But to be honest, I'm not sure what should be added as the important stuff looks to be there.
• "Having no real political experience, the new king was stripped of his powers by the Venizelists and effectively imprisoned in his own palace.": Given that he leaves Greece in 1919, according to the lead, perhaps some sense of timescale here would help.
• I'm not sure the list of relatives adds to the flow of the article, but not a problem if that is standard for these articles.
• "On the threat of Entente forces landing in Piraeus, the king relented": Is relented the right word here? Seems more like he simply gave up!
• "Instead, they considered installing Constantine's brother (and Alexander's uncle), Prince George,[16] but he did not aspire to any political office since tiring of public life during his difficult tenure as High Commissioner of Crete between 1901 and 1905; above all, he sought to remain loyal to his brother, and categorically refused to take the throne.": Rather a long sentence.
• Where was Constantine immediately after his deposition? Still with his family? With Alexander?
• "…visited Athens in March 1918, to confer the Order of the Bath upon Alexander, Alexander…": Can we avoid the double Alexander? Sarastro1 (talk) 19:47, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
  • Thank you for the supports, some changes made.[2] DrKiernan (talk) 16:37, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Support - I read it through intending to find things to comment on...and just zoned out and read it....which is a good sign. Not an expert in the area so cannot comment too strongly on its comprehensiveness...but it seems sound. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:58, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

• Source review - mostly fine except for Kargakos. As a privately printed book, how does it satisfy WP:SPS? Thanks, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 05:08, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

• I've made an exception on the basis of "Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established expert on the subject matter, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications", as most of his books are published by others[3]. DrKiernan (talk) 06:47, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Alright, I'll accept that. Thanks for the quick reply! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 23:37, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

• Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Graham Colm (talk) 15:10, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

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