# Talk:Siege of Lankaran

This review is transcluded from Talk:Siege of Lankaran/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Unlimitedlead (talk · contribs) 20:51, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

 
@HistoryofIran: Happy to work with you again. Will review over the next day(s). Unlimitedlead (talk) 20:51, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
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b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): 

It is factually accurate and verifiable.
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It is broad in its coverage.
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It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 

It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
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b. (appropriate use with suitable captions): 

Overall:
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(Criteria marked  are unassessed)

The caption of the lead image does not strike me as particularly meaningful, and I am not sure the formatting is correct either. I would recommended changing it to something like "History painting of the siege by Franz Roubaud, 1893. I also think it needs a US tag on Commons? Unlimitedlead (talk) 21:14, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
Hello UnlimatedLead - happy to work with you too. I've changed the caption to what you suggested [1]. --HistoryofIran (talk) 00:14, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
Thanks. Anything on the US tag? Unlimitedlead (talk) 01:29, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
Ops, added it now [2]. --HistoryofIran (talk) 11:01, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
Why does the article refer to Qajar Iran both as Iranian and Persian? I would choose one for consistency.
"Shortly before the siege, Kotlyarevsky had offered the 4,000 soldiers and their commander Sadeq Khan Qajar...": You should clarify that these soldiers and the commander were occupying Lankaran.
"...and thus the Talysh Khanate was once again under Russian protection": The wording (both in the lead and in the body) is strange; I would reword to something similar to "...and the Talysh Khanate once again fell under Russian protection". Although, I do find the use of the word "protection" strange; should it not be "control" or "hegemony"?
Whenever a ruler is mentioned in the body, I would add a {{reigned|x|x|}} template.
"The khan of the Talysh Khanate, Mir-Mostafa Khan kept shifting his allegiance between Iran and Russia, which both the Iranian monarch Fath-Ali Shah Qajar and his designated heir Abbas Mirza had grown tired of": There are different verb tenses in this sentence, which is weird.
Unlimitedlead (talk) 14:50, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Think I addressed them all here (though not much I can do about the name of the infobox unfortunately) [3]. Not sure if {{reigned|x|x|}} should be added for Mir-Mostafa Khan too? He was more of a governor than a traditional ruler. --HistoryofIran (talk) 23:00, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
Looks great. I will pass this GA nomination. Unlimitedlead (talk) 00:52, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
Awesome. Once again, thanks for the review and I'll see you around! HistoryofIran (talk) 01:02, 11 June 2023 (UTC)