Talk:Battle of El Mazuco
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[edit] Curly braces?
'Hello'? What's the point of adding empty lists with no information ... or any hint of what they are intended for? (And why all the curly braces?) mfc
[edit] Class
This one doesn't seem to have any gaps and the reference is the only one to be found, so class B seems harsh quota 12:48, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Spelling of place names
81.9.240.159 wrote:
- Real name of the place is "El Mazucu". the same for "El Biforcu" and specially "Peña Blanca".
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- People who live in the village call it El Mazuco, and the sign outside the village spells it that way, too. And the primary reference (see references section) spells it that way too. He also uses 'la altura del Biforco' (and current maps also spell it that way). He uses both Peña Blanca (to refer to the whole hill) and Peñas Blancas (to refer to the three summits of the hill), so it would seem both are correct. mfc 16:27, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
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- I've changed the wording to clarify when the three summits or whole mountain is referred to. quota 11:53, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Class/general discussion
This isn't my area of expertise but from all I can find on the web (English and Spanish) and in my University library, this article is 'spot-on' .. it captures exactly the essence of the cited references, and what actually happened. Why would anyone grade it as 'B-class' without good reason? Have set the class to '?' for now, surely there must be some process for any grade, not just someone who wanders by ... quota
- Reverted to B-class. It may, in fact be A-class (or even FA), but to get such a rating, it needs to go through the formal review process for those classifications. Feel free to nominate it for a better classification at the relevant locations. In the meantime, it should stay at B-class. Carom 20:39, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
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- If I had evaluated this article, I definitely would have given it a B-rating. The commanders are given by only one name (presumably their family name) and not their full givenname-surname. The account of the battle reads like a list of bullet-points, not a proper prose paragraph form. And there are so few links - why do the commanders' names not appear in the text? Every section is rather short - the introduction, the prelude, the combatants in particular. See Battle of Greece or Battle of Crete for what a better-than-B-class article is supposed to look like. LordAmeth 13:50, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
- P.S. I'll admit I know nothing about the battle or the region, but my general knowledge of the Spanish language tells me it's much more likely that Mazuco and Biforco are the proper place names. Maybe I'm wrong; I don't know. LordAmeth 13:50, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
- If I had evaluated this article, I definitely would have given it a B-rating. The commanders are given by only one name (presumably their family name) and not their full givenname-surname. The account of the battle reads like a list of bullet-points, not a proper prose paragraph form. And there are so few links - why do the commanders' names not appear in the text? Every section is rather short - the introduction, the prelude, the combatants in particular. See Battle of Greece or Battle of Crete for what a better-than-B-class article is supposed to look like. LordAmeth 13:50, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Question about General José Solchaga Zala
It's not absolutely clear from the various references and biographies around whether José Solchaga Zala was promoted to general before or after this battle. Does anyone have a definitive date? quota 11:53, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
