Talk:Justin I/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Iazyges (talk · contribs) 02:49, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Will start soon. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 02:49, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Criteria

GA Criteria
GA Criteria: 1 1.a Y 1.b Y 2 2.a Y 2.b Y 2.c Y 2.d Y 3 3.a Y 3.b Y 4 4.a Y 5 5.a Y 6 6.a Y 6.b Y

• No DAB links Y
• No dead links N: "Gibbon, Edward, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 4, chapter xl." is dead.
• No missing citations Y

Prose Suggestions

Please note that all of these are suggestions, and can be implemented or ignored at your discretion.

• was an Eastern Roman Emperor from 518 to 527. He rose through the ranks of the army to become commander of the imperial guard. suggest change an to the

Done.

• which in turn meant that Justin enjoyed good relations with the papacy. suggest:

  resulting in good relations between Justin and the papacy.

Done.

• He was of Thraco-Roman[3][4] or Illyro-Roman stock suggest:

  He was of either of Thraco-Roman or Illyro-Roman descent (stock is perfectly valid, but descent is more understood by layman, IMHO.)

Done.

• By morning the event had been announced throughout the capital, Constantinople suggest:

  By morning the event had been announced throughout Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Done, but at first mention of Constantinople.

• The original Euphemia was a Christian martyr during the Diocletianic Persecution. suggest:

  Her namesake was a Christian martyr during the Diocletianic Persecution.

Not done. I just prefer the original wording.

• A number of small states on the borders of the Byzantine Empire and of Sassanian Persia were constant bones of contention between the two powers. suggest changing bones to points

Changed to "areas".

• He did not succeed in having the edict overturned, it seems that he did not press the matter. suggest:

  Although he did not succeed in having the edict overturned, he did not press the matter.

Not done. I read this as a modern historians supposition rather than an established fact, so I am deliberately being a bit wooly.

• @Gog the Mild: That is all my suggestions, passing now. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 15:55, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

@Iazyges: Good suggestions one and all. Thank you. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:07, 29 August 2018 (UTC)