Talk:Bicholim conflict

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	Bicholim conflict has been listed as one of the History good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can delist it, or ask for a reassessment.
Article milestones Date Process Result September 21, 2007 Good article nominee Listed November 4, 2007 Featured article candidate Not promoted Current Status: Good article

Contents 1 GA Status 2 1) Written quality 2.1 Lead 2.2 Background 2.3 Path to conflict 2.4 Confrontion at Ibrampur 2.5 Maratha push into Bicholim 2.6 Battle for Vathadeo 2.7 Beginning of uprisings 2.8 Peace treaty 2.9 Popular Culture section 3 2) Factually accurate 3.1 Lead 3.2 Background section 3.3 Confrontation at Ibrampur 3.4 Maratha push into Bicholim 3.5 Historical legacy 4 3) Coverage 5 4) Neutrality 6 5) Stability 7 6) Photos 8 CONCLUSION 9 GA Pass

[edit] GA Status

The article passes sections 3), 4), 5) and 6) and fails sections 1) and 2).

Overall, the assessment for GA Status is ON HOLD.

The assessment is, as follows :

[edit] 1) Written quality

[edit] Lead

• Add "the" before "Portuguese" Y Done
• Add a hyphen to "preexisting". Y Done
• Avoid colloquialisms "bad blood"Y Done

[edit] Background

• Avoid repetition of "set up" Y Done
• Comma needed in 4000Y Done

[edit] Path to conflict

• Replace "present" with "presence"Y Done
• The sentence "this action was retaliated by,,,," is ugly. It needs to be re-written in the active, not passive, voice.Y Done
• No contractions allowed in Wikipedia - replace "weren't"Y Done

[edit] Confrontion at Ibrampur

• Replace "could trigger" with "could have triggered".Y Done
• Replace "broke" with "crossed"Y Done
• Add "it" before "was decided"Y Done
• Replace "whenever" with "for the time when"Y Done
• Add "the" before "invasion"Y Done
• Add "in" before " the battle"Y Done
• Replace "north" with "northern"Y Done
• Replace "may be" with "might have been"Y Done
• Add "had" to "triggered"Y Done
• Rewrite sentence starting "Accurate fire,,,,,," so as to make more sense.Y Done
• Replace "flank" with "out-flank"Y Done
• Replace "didn't"Y Done
• Rewrite half-sentence starting "the abandoned Ibrampur,,,,," to make more sense.Y Done

[edit] Maratha push into Bicholim

• Rewrite sentence starting " At this point,,,,,," so that it makes sense. War does not defuse a "situation"Y Done
• Add "the" before "north"Y Done
• Replace "would be rendered" by "was rendered"Y Done
• Remove "to overpowering"Y Done
• Replace "didn't"Y Done
• Replace "less" with "fewer"Y Done

[edit] Battle for Vathadeo

• Replace "didn't"Y Done
• Replace "to engage" with "of engaging"Y Done
• Replace "flank" with "out-flank"Y Done
• Replace "didn't"Y Done
• Add "it" after "fortified"Y Done

[edit] Beginning of uprisings

• Replace "didn't"Y Done
• Replace "through" with "throughout"Y Done
• Place hyphen between "over" and "zealous"Y Done
• Replace the purple phrase "with the Catholic season of joy upcoming" with "with Christmas approaching"Y Done
• Replace "set fires" with "set fire"Y Done

[edit] Peace treaty

• Add "the" before "alleged"
• Replace "lossed" ? with "lost"
• Replace "On early February" with "In early February"
• Replace "alleged to be" with "alleged to have been"
• Replace "may even" with "might even"
• Replace "will not be" with "would not be"

[edit] Popular Culture section

• Replace "possible" with "possibly"

[edit] 2) Factually accurate

• Reference 7 is missing. Replace.
• Where books are cited as references, Cite ISBN numbers. Y Done Tovojolo 21:06, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lead

• Inquisition should be wiki-linked. Y Done

[edit] Background section

• A sentence needs to be added and referenced explaining why the Dutch were at war with the Portuguese.Y Done

[edit] Confrontation at Ibrampur

• Non-existent link for "Alorna"Y Done

[edit] Maratha push into Bicholim

• Non-existent link for "Latambarcem" and "forward base" and "Satari"Y Done

[edit] Historical legacy

• No reference for "acts as an independent state" either source a verifiable reference or replace with "enjoys the autonomy of a State in the Indian Union", a phrase that does not need a reference as it infers that Goa is treated like any other state in India.Y Done

[edit] 3) Coverage

• Article is broad in coverage and stays focused on the topic.

[edit] 4) Neutrality

• Article is neutral, without bias towards the Portuguese or the Marathas.

[edit] 5) Stability

• Article is stable without major edit conflicts.

[edit] 6) Photos

• Good use of photos. Free, public domain photos are used. No Fair use photos.

[edit] CONCLUSION

Correct all of the above, sections 1) and 2) where the article has failed. Contact me when the corrections have been made and I will re-assess.

Tovojolo 20:31, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Pass

I have noted that the corrections, that were required, have been carried out and I am pleased to announce that the Article has achieved GA status.

Congratulations,

Tovojolo 14:01, 14 October 2007 (UTC)