Talk:Charon's obol/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Aircorn (talk · contribs) 13:34, 2 March 2012 (UTC) Will review this over the weekend

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

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looks in good nick

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   Mostly fine. A few minor points under comments that should be easily sorted

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   Spot checks on information good

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Felt the Christian transformation sections focus was more on viaticum than the obol, but not enough to concern Good article status

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   History and talk page look stable.

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   File:Medusa coin.jpg should be alright, but the license doesn't seem right. It says permission has been provided by CNG, yet it does not link to that permission.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Commments

• The custom is primarily associated with the ancient Greeks and Romans, but is found also in the Near East, and later in Western Europe, particularly in the regions inhabited by Celts of the Gallo-Roman, Hispano-Roman and Romano-British cultures, and among Germanic peoples of late antiquity and the early Christian era, with sporadic examples into the early 20th century. Could this sentence be rewritten slightly to renove some of the commas. Maybe split into two senteces or rearranged someway. It is a bit awkward to read.
• The word naulon (ναῦλον) is defined by the Christian-era lexicographer Hesychius of Alexandria as the coin put into the mouth of the dead; What does Christian era mean? this?
• I would describe Charon very briefly somewhere under terminology.
• In investigations reported 2001 by A. Destrooper-Georgiades, a specialist in Achaemenid numismatics, 33 tombs had yielded 77 coins. Grammar
• In his best-known representation, on the problematic Gundestrup Cauldron, why is this problematic

Review almost a month unanswered

I left a note on the nominator's talk page, in the hopes of getting the review comments answered. User:bender235 replied, "I'm sorry, but I cannot improve this article's content, because I did not write it. I'm no expert in this field."

It would seem to me that after waiting a month, it's time to close this nomination one way or the other. There won't be any further edits from the nominator, who has refused to proceed further. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:11, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

It's close enough. I will make a few edits then pass it. Any other comments can be regarded as suggestions if it wants to be carried further. AIRcorn (talk) 12:15, 2 April 2012 (UTC)