Wookieepedia:Featured article nominations/Silas

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Silas

Nominated by: Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 00:26, March 10, 2011 (UTC)
Nomination comments: Okay let's try this guy out. Good comic, for what it's worth.

"Silas was a rookie in the mercenary army"–What mercenary army? Clarify.(Intro)
- Done.
~~I suggest mentioning that he was a True Mandalorian in the first sentence, as its unclear that he's one when you introduce the Death Watch. (Intro)~~
- Done.
~~Context on Galidraan. (Intro)~~
- Done.
"Fett and Silas being among the only surviving members" In the introduction you say that they are the only survivors, whereas here they are among the only [...]. Which is correct? (Main) Holocron ^(Complain) 15:42, April 9, 2011 (UTC)
- Fixed. The comic indicates that they were the only living True Mandalorians, but I wasn't sure if that was someway contradicted by the Republic Commando novels. If anyone knows that it is, please let me know. Also, thanks so much for the review. Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 20:18, April 21, 2011 (UTC)

~~Only one objection, unless I missed something else: The description for the P&T quote is somewhat deceiving, as it implies Dooku also died shortly thereafter. Please reword.~~
Good job. Grand Moff Tranner ^(Comlink) 20:19, May 9, 2011 (UTC)
- Hahah, I didn't even think about that. Check it out now. And many thanks for the review. Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 21:03, May 10, 2011 (UTC)
  - I made a few more changes that I missed during my initial copyedit (including adding the place of death into the infobox with the appropriate reference), but there's one I just want to clarify - in the fourth paragraph of the bio, I was uncertain of who "concluded that the entire job had been a Death Watch set-up." I don't have the comic nearby, so I just went with "they" for the time being. Grand Moff Tranner ^(Comlink) 23:33, May 10, 2011 (UTC)

Intro: "The operation on Korda 6 was led by Mandalore Jaster Mereel, with the objective of extracting a rookie squad of the Korda Defense Force from hostile territory. In truth, the mission was a trap for Mereel and his men, set by the True Mandalorians' old enemy, the Death Watch." These two sentences are purely context; as such, can you merge them/cut down on them a bit? 1358 ^(Talk) 22:05, May 14, 2011 (UTC)
- Check it out now. I feel like I may have cheated a bit by using a semicolon, but I figured that its the best way to combine the sentences without cutting important information. Tell me what you think. Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 19:26, May 18, 2011 (UTC)
  - Looks good. Way better connection between them. 1358 ^(Talk) 20:01, May 18, 2011 (UTC)

~~Is there no article for Mandalorian training?~~
- Not that I can find. I redlinked it, though.
~~You can reword the first paragraph of "After the war" so that it leads with Silas as the main subject and, in doing so, remove much of that para's extraneous context.~~
- Check it out.
~~Infobox-exclusive information.~~
- Added to the P&T.
Not bad.—Tommy 9281 Saturday, May 21, 2011, 14:37 UTC
- Thank you. Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 06:42, May 30, 2011 (UTC)

This is really, really minor and shouldn't take too long to clarify/fix, but is the "Battle of Korda 6" officially named? The only reason I ask is because you do not refer to it as such until the P&T, while in all other instances you avoid mentioning it as such. For the battle to be referred to that way, it has to have been canonically named by an official source. Please clarify. CC7567 ^(talk) 22:22, May 30, 2011 (UTC)
- Interesting. I could have sworn I've seen it referred to as such somewhere, but after some checking (TEA, NEC, Visual Guide, OS), I haven't been able to find it. I've requested info on the battle from the CSWE, but until something solid comes through, I've changed the P&T mention to "battle on Korda 6." Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 01:12, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

Approved as a Featured article by Inquisitorius 01:21, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

Nobody seems to have bothered reviewing this so far. Any Inquisitors want to take a look? Holocron ^(Complain) 15:42, April 9, 2011 (UTC)
You use "a myriad of" the P&T section, which I believe is technically incorrect. It's not worth a full objection, but I thought I would note it anyway. Holocron ^(Complain) 15:42, April 9, 2011 (UTC)
- Are you talking about my usage of the term "myriad"? If so, then it is indeed correct. From dictionary.com, myriad means: "a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things." If you're talking about the grammar and usage of "of", then it is also correct. From Merriam-Webster online dictionary, an exampled use of "myriad": "There are a myriad of possibilities." Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 20:18, April 21, 2011 (UTC)
  - Alright, just thought I would check with you on that; I've heard people say that it's an adjective only at times (e.g. myriad failures) Holocron ^(Complain) 09:00, April 25, 2011 (UTC)
    - Ah I gotcha. I think it works both ways. Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 20:11, April 25, 2011 (UTC)