Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Peer review/Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
I'd like to bring this article up to a good article rating. Please suggest any improvements. Also please look at the images used with this article, comment on whether they are appropriate and whether they are in the public domain.--Bookworm857158367 05:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Nice work. For me, definitely GA quality. Therefore, I'm more orientated towards FA criteria (after all, IMO this is the best of your articles I've written). This is my review:
- "She was an elder sister of the famous Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, who was widely rumored to have survived the assassination of the Imperial Family." I don't see this cited anywhere else in the text. So, you should cite the sentence, because, otherwise, "rumored" hears weasel.
- The lead could be a bit more expanded per WP:LEAD.
- "All of the children were close to one another and to their parents up until the end of their lives." Citation needed.
- "Tatiana Nikolaevna was described". "Tatiana" would be fine. We have her full name in the lead.
- "Tatiana was practical and had a natural talent for leadership." Again citation needed, and "the natural talent for leadership" could be regarded by some as POV.
- "The empress refused to believe her "and said that everything Rasputin does is holy." Who's quoted here? In general, I think you overdo it a bit with quotes. Maybe you could do some recasting into alternative language.
- "Tatiana was falsely rumored to have been present at Rasputin's murder on December 17, 1916, "disguised as a lieutenant of the Chevaliers-Gardes, so that she could revenge herself on Rasputin who had tried to violate her." Again who's quoted here? And why "falsely rumored"? Who says that the rumors were false.
- What are the conclusions of modern scholarly research concerning the nature of the relations between Tatiana and Rasputin? Have the the pornographic rumors any background of truth or not?
- "The fourteen year old found her distant cousin Prince Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia's engagement to Helen of Serbia "touching" but found the thought of Helen kissing him hilarious." I don't like "found" twice in the same sentence.
- Minor:Alphabetize categories at the end of the article.
- Your photos seem to be in the public domain either of Russia or USA. Only Image:Romanov.jpg has no indication, but I think you could tag it accordingly. I don't know what is going on with the icon (Image:Romanovsaints.png). Its caption is also not good for me (When was it created? Where is it now? In a church?) Maybe you could fair use tag it.--Yannismarou 17:30, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks. I've made most of the revisions you've suggested. I also think this is probably the best written of the four grand duchess articles I've contributed to. I'm a journalist, so I'm used to using quotes. It's hard to curtail the impulse! --Bookworm857158367 04:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)