Talk:Theodore I Laskaris/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Iazyges (talk · contribs) 18:55, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Will start soon. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:55, 6 April 2020 (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 Y
• No missing citations Y

Prose Suggestions

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

Lede

• Theodore was imprisoned, but he escaped suggest Theodore was imprisoned by the Crusaders, but he escaped
• Theodore's position consolidated after Tzar Kaloyan of Bulgaria inflicted a crushing defeat on the Latins in the Battle of Adrianople (in Thrace) in 1205. suggest However, Theodore's position strengthened after Tzar Kaloyan of Bulgaria inflicted a crushing defeat on the Latins in the Battle of Adrianople (in Thrace) in 1205.

Early life

Parentage

• Bearing the surname Tzamantouros instead of Komnenos, Manuel and Michael must have been born to a different mother suggest Manuel and Michael must have been born to a different mother, as they bore the surname Tzamantouros instead of Komnenos.
• most probably through the marriage of one of his aunts suggest either probably through the marriage of one of his aunts or most likely through the marriage of one of his aunts

Early career

• Emperor Alexios III who had not fathered sons... suggest Emperor Alexios III who had no sons...

Fall of Constantinople

• To seize the imperial throne, would suggest To seize the Byzantine throne, because there's a lot of European empires at play in this article.
• @Borsoka: That is all my suggestions, passing now. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:18, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

  Also, if you have the time, and the desire, would you consider reviewing my FAC nomination, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Marcian/archive2? Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:19, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• @Iazyges:, thank you for your review and also for your above suggestions. I included them in the article. Yes, I will be glad to review Marcian, but I need a couple of days because I am extremly busy in real life now. Borsoka (talk) 05:51, 8 April 2020 (UTC)