Talk:Battle of Kupres (1994)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 22:09, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

I will review this shortly.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:09, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

• An extra word here?: considered the ARBiH within a striking distance from
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• "the" 29... referendum: ahead of 29 February–1 March 1992 referendum, "The" HVO's: HVO's component and "The" bulk: Bulk of the HVO and due to replacement and On 29 October, Ministry and while Serb civilan (typo as well) and nearly entire Kupres and for them were recapture and secured right flank and Finally, outcome of
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• Huh? While the HVO wanted to reverse April 1992 loss of the town, home to a significant Croat community before the war, to the JNA attack—as well as to control the road from Tomislavgrad to Bugojno and Šipovo.
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• Even though deployment of the HV to the battle ...participation of the HV in the battle
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• Please reread your articles for missing "the"s. It's tedious and annoying to read through them and find the same type of mistakes being made.
  • Yes, unfortunately I'm aware of this persistent problem. I reviewed the prose once more and caught a few of those. My apologies - being a non-native speaker of English really shows in the area (pun intended). I really try to get those straightened out, but short of few simple rules which seem to be easy to follow, I'm really struggling there. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
    • Your English is really quite good and aside from forgetting the articles like "the", rarely needs more than some rephrasing to better get your ideas across. I suspect that, like Russian, your native language doesn't use articles and I can understand how you have a hard time figuring out when it's appropriate to use them. You might try asking at the Guild of Copy Editors for assistance and explain your problem. They've been quite helpful in my experience.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:51, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
• the ARBiH approached Kupres sufficiently to direct heavy mortar fire to the town. Try "the ARBiH moved close enough to Kupres to direct..."
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• The decision was reportedly motivated by a desire to avoid creation of new pockets of territory controlled by the HVO near Kupres and by strategic importance of the Kupres plateau. This doesn't make sense and it's got a missing "the" as well
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• Images appropriately licensed.
• No DABs, external links check out.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:41, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for taking time to review this article. I appreciate your efforts a lot. Regards--Tomobe03 (talk) 15:20, 28 July 2013 (UTC)