Talk:Isaac Komnenos (son of John II)/GA1

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Reviewer: HaEr48 (talk · contribs) 18:43, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I will take a look. HaEr48 (talk) 18:43, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Generally a well-written article with decent writing. Referenced with no sign of original research or copyright violations. Broad enough and not distracted by unnecessary detail. A little bit short but it looks like because not a lot of sources talk about him, and in any case the main aspects of his biography and key events are covered. Appeared neutral, stable, and properly illustrated with images. I have some feedback below for your consideration:

when his oldest brother Alexios was crowned co-emperor Isaac, along with his other brothers: I suggest a comme between "co-emperor" and "Isaac" to prevent misreading it "co-emperor Isaac" as the regnal name of Alexios

Good point, rephrased.

What does "harsh punishment of infractions" mean? Do you mean "harsh punishment or infractions"? Or can you choose a clearer wording?

I've removed the "infractions" bit, "harsh punishments" should suffice, obviously a punishment is the consequence of an infraction by the one being punished.

Isaac, who had been sent to accompany Alexios along with Andronikos, accompanied the bodies of his brothers back to Constantinople: it seemed that the three brothers were elsewhere when this happened, can this be mentioned? (e.g. "unexpectedly died during a campaign in XX" or some such)

Added, and clarified some more what his role was.

"... Isaac attacked his cousin, the future emperor Andronikos with a sword, the blow was deflected.." I suggest comma between Andronikos and with, and period (instead of comma) between sword and the blow

Good suggestion, done.

Both images are appropriate. Commons complain about "You must also include a United States public domain tag" though, probably it can be fixed by replacing {{PD-old}} by something more specific, probably Commons:Template:PD-old-100-expired.

Fixed.

The two Varzos reference links seem to lead to an error page

Yes they do, pity. They were online for many years before.

@Cplakidas: (optional) Can you find a web archive? HaEr48 (talk) 21:57, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, the url was changed but the files are still hosted online.

-- HaEr48 (talk) 06:45, 27 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"contemporary Byzantine historians are forced to provide extensive speeches and explanations in an effort to justify the choice of Manuel". Are there any main arguments/explanations that we can mention in the article? HaEr48 (talk) 21:57, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It essentially boils down to John supposedly recognizing Manuel as the more capable of the two, and the lack of a strict primogeniture principle in Byzantine succession, although in most cases this was the de facto principle applied. Added a brief mention of this.

- @Cplakidas: In case you didn't see my last comment. HaEr48 (talk) 06:29, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - @HaEr48: Sorry for the delay, I was travelling during the past few days and away from a PC. Any further issues/suggestions? Constantine ✍ 11:33, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Cplakidas: No worries. Thanks for the response and I hope my feedback has been useful. Passing the article as GA now. Good work on the article. HaEr48 (talk) 20:18, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      - Thanks for taking the time and for your suggestions :). Cheers, Constantine ✍ 21:45, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]