Talk:Ionian Revolt

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to

   reliable sources): c (OR

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   • Comment: Some of the references are styled pp [page numbers]" (internal space) while the majority are styled pp[page numbers] (no internal space). For consistency, they ought all to be the same style. — Bellhalla (talk) 22:03, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the
   neutral point of view
   policy.

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5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have

   suitable captions

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7. Overall:

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Excellent article. I only found the most minor of issues and have made those changes myself (primarily relating to colon and semicolon usage). Easily passes on first reading. — Bellhalla (talk) 22:03, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have concerns about the reliability and accuracy of the following section:

"Battle of the Marsyas Hearing that the Carians had rebelled, Daurises now led his army south into Caria. The Carians gathered at the "White Pillars", on the Marsyas river (the modern Çine), a tributary of the Maeander.[51] Pixodorus, the son of the great Carian satrap Mausolus, suggested that the Carians should cross the river, and fight with it at their backs, to prevent retreat and thus make them fight more bravely. This idea was rejected, and the Carians made the Persians cross the river to fight them.[51] The ensuing battle was, according to Herodotus, a long affair, with the Carians fighting obstinately before eventually succumbing to the weight of Persian numbers. Herodotus suggests that 10,000 Carians and 2,000 Persians died in the battle.[52]"

The references to the "great Carian satrap Mausolus" and to his son, Pixodorus, are linked in the article to the 4th century BC Carian satrap Mausolus (of mausoleum fame). So to be talking about Mausolus participating in the Ionian Revolt surely cannot be correct unless coincidentally, a Carian leader of the same name who also happened to have a son called Pixodorus lived in the early fifth century BC. --Chaleyer61 (talk) 06:58, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I consider it a real concern that over a year after I raised a question over the factual accuracy of a paragraph in this article (see above), there has not been a single response. Is there anyone "out there" taking any interest in this article which, after all, is rated as a "good" article? Thanks. --Chaleyer61 (talk) 03:42, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, obviously it wasn't that Mausolus, but Herodotus does indeed give those names. Adam Bishop (talk) 07:16, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good, thank you for your response. --Chewings72 (talk) 12:36, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve created an article for the Battle of Ephesus (498 BC) using the material from this article, and i plan to create similar articles for the other battles of the war some point soon SamMcDermott (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 19:40, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]