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The peer review department of the History of Greece WikiProject conducts peer review of articles on request. The primary objective is to encourage better articles by having contributors who may not have worked on articles to examine them and provide ideas for further improvement.

The peer review process is highly flexible and can deal with articles of any quality; however, requesting reviews on very short articles may not be productive, as there is little for readers to comment on. All reviews are conducted by fellow editors—usually members of the History of Greece WikiProject.

Contents 1 Instructions 1.1 Requesting a review 1.2 Responding to a request 1.3 Archiving 2 Requests 2.1 Roman-Spartan War 2.1.1 Yannismarou 3 Archives

[edit] Instructions

[edit] Requesting a review

1. Add peer-review=yes to the {{WPHOG}} project banner at the top of the article's talk page.
2. From there, click on the "request has been made" link that appears in the template. This will open a page to discuss the review of your article.
3. Place === [[Name of nominated article]] === at the top.
4. Below it, write your reason for nominating the article and sign by using four tildes (~~~~).
5. Add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Greece/Peer review/Name of nominated article}} at the top of the list of requests on this page.

If an article is listed for a second (or third, and so forth) peer review:

1. Move the existing peer review subpage (Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Greece/Peer review/Name of nominated article) to an archive (Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Greece/Peer review/Name of nominated article/Archive 1).
2. Follow the instructions for making a request above (editing the primary page, which will be a redirect to the archive, into a new request page).
3. Be sure to provide a prominent link to the last archive at the top of the request (e.g. "Prior peer review here.").

[edit] Responding to a request

Everyone is encouraged to comment on any request listed here. To comment on an article, please add a new section (using ==== [[User:Your name|Your name]] ====) for your comments, in order to keep multiple responses legible.

[edit] Archiving

Reviews should be archived after they have been inactive for some time, or when the article is nominated as a featured article candidate. To archive a review:

1. Replace peer-review=yes with old-peer-review=yes in the {{WPHOG}} project banner template at the top of the article's talk page
2. Move {{Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Greece/Peer review/Name of nominated article}} from this page to the current archive page.

[edit] Requests

[edit] Roman-Spartan War

I've spent quite a fair bit of time on this article over the last weekend and I want to know what I can improve in it.Kyriakos 19:56, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yannismarou

Nicely done. It is A-Class for me, but needs some more work for FA status. These are my remarks:

• 4-5 paragraphs is a bit long lead for me, taking into consideration that this is not a long article. You could make a more concise 3-paragraphs lead.
• Done, merged a few sentences.
• "During the Second Macedonian War, Philip V of Macedon ordered Nabis the city of Argos if he defect from Rome. Nabis accepted the offer and defect from Rome." Don't you think the prose is a bit repetitive here?
• Done
• In the lead again you can have some more wikilinks. You don't linke Flaminius, Sparta, Rhodes, all the other cities etc. Provide these links.
• Done
• "After one skirmish, the allies retreated after being convinced by the commander of the Achean League". Again prose problems. You see the repetition?
• Done
• My opinion is that in the "Prelude" you could add one-two more sentences about who is Nabis (which you don't wikilink!). After all, he plays an important role in the war. Personalities play an important role in a war, and Nabis is a key personality in this particular war. In general, don't focus only on events when describing a war; take into consideration also the human factor!
• Added some information
• "Nabis did not comply and he mustered an army of Romans and his Greek allies and advanced towards the Peloponnese". Who's he? Nabis or Flaminius?
• Clarified
• I liked the narration in "Laconian Campaign"!
• Thanks
• Could you provide one-two more pictures? It is not of course necessary. Add them only if you think that they will be useful in the article. Not photos for the photos!
• You know what else would be nice: a map! A map of the "Laconian Campaign" with the skirmishes and the siege. But again I don't think it is absolutely necessary.
• In the "Aftermath" you give us some further details about what happened later, but what where the broader implications of this war (if they were any)? Did it further reinforce the Roman presence in Greece? Was this war important for the ancient world? If yes, why? Some scholarly assessments could be useful here.
• Clarified
• About the sources. First of all, in references you have 4 secondary sources, but you citate only 2 of them. The other 2? If they are not used, they are further reading not references. The use of more secondary sources would be welcome. Primary sources are fine, but secondary sources offer usually further analysis, assessments and a critical approach.
• Done

Good work. Let's see what will happen with the A-Class nomination in the military project, and then we'll what will happen!--Yannismarou 19:20, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the review Yanni. How is it looking now? I'll try to find some photos I've taken of the area. Kyriakos 20:45, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Archives

• 2006