# Talk:Siege of Mantua (1799)

Pracically, the whole article is based on this source: 

(in Polish) Various authors, Obrona Mantui, Chwała Oręża Polskiego 14 (35), Rzeczpospolita, 23 October 2006 (publication contains a map). Online version
Can we find out anything about the scholarly credentials of any authors? Because the source is just a newspaper article published recently. Newspapers may be a good source for recent events, but the events from such a remote history should be covered by scholarly sources, if they took place. There has been enough time for those to be written. --Irpen 21:10, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Good newspapers, like Rzeczpospolita, also tend to hire out such articles to reliable historians or journalists specializing in historical articles. For example, most of this issue was written by historian Andrzej Nieuważny ([1]).--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  21:17, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Well, if the author of the source is am accomplished historian whose credentials are independently established, I don't mind that this particular paper used as a source is from a newspaper (or even his personal web-site.) But just to avoid such confusion in the future, could you please add the author's name to the reference? That would solve the problem. --Irpen 21:24, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

For WP:POLAND per milhist asessment. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 17:50, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Siege of Mantua (1799)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: MathewTownsend (talk · contribs) 21:26, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I'll review this article.  MathewTownsend (talk) 21:26, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
review
I've reviewed this article and made a few minor edits that you are free to change.[2] There is also a dead link marked that would be good if you could fix. Otherwise, the article clearly describes this particular siege.
GA review-see WP:WIAGA for  criteria (and here for what they are not)

Is it reasonably well written?
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b. provides in-line citations from reliable sources where necessary: 
Assume good faith
c. no original research: 

Is it broad in its coverage?
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b. it remains focused and does not go into unnecessary detail (see summary style): 

Does it follow the neutral point of view policy.
fair representation without bias: 

Is it stable?
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Overall:
Pass or Fail: 
Pass

Congratulations! MathewTownsend (talk) 22:59, 11 July 2012 (UTC)


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