Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Peer review/Armatus

Armatus

I would like to raise the quality of this article, so I need to know its weak spots.BlaiseMuhaddib 23:41, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Miborovsky

It's short, below what would normally be expected of a FAC.
It lacks pictures. The 2 pictures currently there are only of peripheral relation to the person, a portrait of him would be nice, as would be some things directly related to him.
Paragraphs, especially the first half and the lead, are too short. Either flesh them out or merge them into longer paragraphs.

-- Миборо в ский 05:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The problem with this person is that informations on him are very sketchy. This means that the article, as far as I understand, will not grow large. Furthermore, there are no images of Armatus I am aware of.--BlaiseMuhaddib 22:54, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is true. But I do not think that the length of the article is such a major issue for GA status. For FAC it could be. But, after all, I do not believe that all articles are destinated to become FA.--Yannismarou 06:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yannismarou

Nice start, but be careful! Check better all the sources. Searching for material to add in your article, I found that Onoulphus (not Onoolphos as you had written [a typo, obviously]), whom you present as Armatus' killer, may have been Armatus' brother. Onoulphus was Odoacer's brother and Krautschick established that, Odoacer, Onoulphus and Armatus were brothers. Hence, Onoulphus may not have been just a close friend of Armatus, as you say, but a very close relative as well. Armory argues that Onoulphus could have been both brother and murderer of Armatus. Check Armory for a beginning of your research. Thereby, I think the 1st and the 3d section need rewriting.
Your secondary sources are poor. In the Book Search I saw names like Armory and Blockley, who have written about Armatus, Basiliscus and Zeno. You should check as many secondary sources as possible.--Yannismarou 10:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your corrections. After consulting other books, I notice that the matter about the relationship between Armatus and Onoulphus is quite controversial, so I moved the bit abouth them in a separate section that I improved with the aid of another secondary source.--BlaiseMuhaddib 22:54, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]