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Deutsche Mark

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I've listed this article for peer review because… I Think It Is A Detailed/Good Page, It Would Be Good For WikiProject Germany To Have Another Featured Article, And It Is An Important Page. Thanks, Craigzomack C.Zomack (talk) 20:51, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just a quick comment. Currencies are not capitalized in English. Therefore "mark" should not be capitalized. It might be the same as the German term, but it should nevertheless adhere fully to English spelling rules. Compare with Japanese yen, United States dollar or Austrian schilling.

Peter ^Isotalo 13:43, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ruhrfisch comments: While it is clear that a lot of work has gone into this article, it needs a lot more work before it would stand a chance at becoming a Featured Artcile (or even a Good Article). Here are some suggestions for improvement.

Biggest problem with this article is a lack of references - many sections have no refs. My rule of thumb is that every quote, every statistic, every extraordinary claim and every paragraph needs a ref.
Internet refs need URL, title, author if known, publisher and date accessed. {{cite web}} and other cite templates may be helpful. See WP:CITE and WP:V
Per WP:CITE references come AFTER punctuation, and are usually at the end of a sentence or phrase
External links within the article need to be converted to inline citations - see after this The masses and dimensions of the coins can be found here for example
The citation needed tags have to be addressed too
What nmakes some of the sources used reliable - luckylukeonline?
Watch WP:OVERLINKing - Germany is linked twice in two sentences in the lead, for example
Explain abbreviations after the first use of the full name - DM is never explained, probably should be in the first sentence.
Article has many short (one or two sentence) paragraphs and sections which break up the narrative flow - these should be combined with others or perhaps expanded
Dabfinder tool (top right corner) finds 4 or 5 disambiguation links that need to be repaired
For WP:FAC images will all need alt texts for those who cannot see them - see WP:ALT
Per WP:HEAD section headers should not repeat the article title if at all possible, so things like "The German mark's role in German reunification" could just be "Role in German reunification" (the reader already knows the article is about the German Mark).

Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). I do not watch peer reviews, so if you have questions or comments, please contact me on my talk page. Yours, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 05:09, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]