# Talk:Ion Creangă

Isn't his name properly Ion Creangă? -- Jmabel | Talk 20:11, Nov 7, 2004 (UTC)

Yes, it is. Bogdan | Talk 20:16, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I'll correct. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:26, Nov 7, 2004 (UTC)

... but I figure it's better to have it on the talk page. Relevance to Creangă escapes me. I'm guessing that it is to one of his stories, and that's fine, but it needs context: as an isolated fact, it's useless. 

For the ones that want to know how can we translate from romanian in english the name of the character "Gerila", this is "Jack Frost".
-- Jmabel | Talk 18:02, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)

Yes, there's a character "Gerilă" in his Harap-Alb story, but this addition was indeed pointless without a context. Bogdan | Talk 20:35, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I cut the following as an unattributed opinion. Not too well written, either.

Even though some critics say Creanga is a children's writer, his writing are subtles and difficult to understand by those who are not very well prepared.( see "Povestea povestilor") - Jmabel | Talk 07:37, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

This article passes as a Good Article. I will implement the details shortly. 
If there is any one small suggestion for improvement, it might be to be more selective with red links.  There are 116 of them with few of them becoming articles.  But this is minor, not a GA criteria, and just an opinion of mine. 
What a immensely thorough, well-written, well-illustrated article this is!  Congratulations to the editors on creating this and on achieving Good Article! Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 13:40, 22 November 2012 (UTC)     

This review is transcluded from Talk:Ion Creangă/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: North8000 (talk · contribs) 02:48, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
I chose the article because it the longest-nominated on that has not had a review started.  It has an immense amount of material and sources, and an immense amount of work that has gone into it. Initial comments will follow shortly.  Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 02:48, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

According to my count, the article has about 116 red links.  I would not fail the article for this or even say that it should be changed, but you may want to take a look at that to see if the bar might have been set a bit low, as 116 red links is a bit distracting. North8000 (talk) 03:01, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
I think that it is not distracting. The article is 91850 characters, which works out as OK, in my eyes. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 17:17, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
Resolved / non-issue.   It was just my suggestion / opinion, not a GA criteria. North8000 (talk) 19:44, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
The subheading "Main tales" seems a bit mysterious and appears to not be explained in or an apparent topic of that section.  Does this simply mean that the section covers his most prominent tales? Suggest either putting something in the section explaining this, or else relabeling the subheading.  Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 03:18, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
Clarified. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 17:17, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
Resolved North8000 (talk) 19:46, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
Any more issues, or could this be passed? Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:35, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
I still have to look at it some more.  Sorry I've been so slow; I had some unexpected things engulf me.   I'll do that soon.  Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 16:55, 21 November 2012 (UTC)


### Criteria / review
Well-written

Passed:  Very well written.  So well written that I did some searches for copy-vio and found no problems.   Well written summary in the lead. North8000 (talk) 13:22, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Factually accurate and verifiable

Passed.  Extensively referenced and sourced.  With such a huge amount of material on an unfamiliar topic, confirmaiton of accuracy by me was nopt possible, but everything looks plausible  and carefully written. (no overreaching material)  North8000 (talk) 13:24, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Broad in its coverage

Passed.  Very broad (but still on-topic) and thorough. North8000 (talk) 13:22, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without bias, giving due weight to each

Passed   Looks neutral, again within my limited knowledge of the topic.   Wording is very careful and neutral-looking.  Appears to be well balanced with respect to what is in the sources.  North8000 (talk) 13:27, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute

Passed.  Stable. North8000 (talk) 13:01, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Illustrated, if possible, by images

Passed.  Good.  Has 12 images, no non-free images, so rationales not a question. North8000 (talk) 12:59, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


### This article passes as a Good Article
This article passes as a Good Article. I will implement the details shortly. 
If there is any one small suggestion for improvement, it might be to be more selective with red links.  There are 116 of them with few of them becoming articles.  But this is minor, not a GA criteria, and just an opinion of mine. 
What a immensely thorough, well-written, well-illustrated article this is!  Congratulations to the editors on creating this and on achieving Good Article! Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 13:38, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Repeated here for when the review is no longer transcluded. North8000 (talk) 16:59, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

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The article mentions a "memorial house". This is not clear in English. Is this a general museum? His former home, now a museum? Other? Pete unseth (talk) 16:09, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Yes, their former home, now a museum. 2607:9880:2408:BD:FCC0:1039:8155:9608 (talk) 05:36, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Currently: "...was a Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher."

I would replace these with 

"...was a Romanian writer, schoolteacher and deacon."

(1) raconteur word is not quite used (at least in USA/CA) and writer should cover that /occupation/ 
(2) Ion Creangă has studied and worked for the Orthodox church
(3) "textile worker" on the summary - occupation, this sounds like he worked in a textile factory, which is not the case. I would drop that.

Anyone please can write an opinion on this, before I do any updates? Thanks! Doris de SV (talk) 16:05, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Updated the occupation. Side note: he wasn't a priest, but worked in the Orthodox church as a deacon, mostly for his father in law. Doris de SV (talk) 04:07, 30 May 2023 (UTC)