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Review: January 26, 2018. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Aphrodite/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Iazyges (talk · contribs) 18:33, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Will start soon. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:33, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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No DAB links Y (2 exist, but both are intentional)
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*Images appropriately licensed N.

~~File:Anquises y Afrodita - Afrodisias.jpg requires you to add "Carlos Delgado; CC-BY-SA" to the caption.~~

I have modified the tags of File:Ares e Afrodite.JPG, File:Judgement Paris Antioch Louvre Ma3443.jpg, File:Pygmalion (Raoux).jpg, File:Genrich Ippolitovich Semiradsky - Roma, 1889.jpg, File:Aphrodite Anadyomene from Pompeii cropped.jpg, File:Aphrodite Heyl (2).jpg, File:Othea's Epistle (Queen's Manuscript) 07.jpg, File:TITIAN - Venus Anadyomene (National Galleries of Scotland, c. 1520. Oil on canvas, 75.8 x 57.6 cm).jpg, File:Tiziano - Venere di Urbino - Google Art Project.jpg, File:Angelo Bronzino - Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time - National Gallery, London.jpg, File:The Birth of Venus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1879).jpg, File:1848 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Venus Anadyomène.jpg, File:Venus and Adonis. Francois Lemoyne.jpg, File:1863 Alexandre Cabanel - The Birth of Venus.jpg, File:Cornelis Holsteyn - Venus de dood van Adonis bewenend 1638-58.jpg, File:RokebyVenus.jpg, File:Peter Paul Rubens, The Death of Adonis, ca. 1614. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.jpg, File:Peter Paul Rubens - The toilet of Venus.jpg, File:Venus, Adonis y Cupido (Carracci).jpg, File:Venus and Adonis by Titian.jpg. None of these edits were substantial, mostly I simply added "-1923" to the "PD-old-100".

I have added the words "Carlos Delgado; CC-BY-SA" to the caption as you have requested. --Katolophyromai (talk) 15:50, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Prose Suggestions

~~myrtle, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. Is myrtle plural?~~

~~an idea which is now generally seen as erroneous. suggest changing idea to theory.~~
~~both of which claimed to be her place of birth. suggest due to the fact that both locations claimed to be the place of her birth.~~
Early classical scholars attempted to argue that Aphrodite's name was of Greek does this mean early modern scholars who talk about the classical period, or scholars of the early classical time period? If the first, suggest

~~Early scholars of classical mythology attempted to argue that Aphrodite's name was of Greek~~
See also: Category:Epithets of Aphrodite Suggest you add |Epithets of Aphrodite]] to Category:Epithets of Aphrodite on the see also.

That does not work because it is part of a "See also" template and I do not know how to pipe a link in one of those; the usual method does not work. --Katolophyromai (talk) 15:48, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

~~part of the Arrhephoria festival. suggest change to part of their Arrhephoria feast, as article indicates that it was best called a feast rather than a festival.~~

If you read the rest of the article, it later describes the Arrephoria as a "festival" and several my sources describe it as a "festival" also, if I remember correctly. The words "feast" and "festival" are sometimes used interchangeably. Besides, the Arrephoria definitely involved celebrations other than just feasting. --Katolophyromai (talk) 15:48, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

~~Pseudo-Apollodorus later mentions "Metharme, daughter of Pygmalion, king of Cyprus". link Pseudo-Apollodorus.~~
~~Consorts and children section suggest you add citations to all the people here.~~

~~I will take care of this last one later today when I have more time. --Katolophyromai (talk) 15:48, 26 January 2018 (UTC)~~[reply]

I have now taken care of this. --Katolophyromai (talk) 21:47, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

~~which was probably originally part of a massive altar that was originally double usage of originally, suggest you switch the first originally to once.~~

I removed the redundant word. --Katolophyromai (talk) 19:01, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That is all my comments, happy to pass when they have been addressed. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:51, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Iazyges: I believe I have now fully addressed all of your criticisms that you have offered here. --Katolophyromai (talk) 21:48, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox image

Hello, I think this image is more suitable for the Infobox. What are your views. .💠245CMR💠.•^👥📜 06:30, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t agree. There is no info attached to this image about its provenance except its location at a house museum in Amsterdam. I could find little more online except that it is part of a set of three sculptures depicting the Judgment of Paris. It appears to be a European Baroque sculpture although I haven’t found any mention of the artist’s name. It does not seem to be historically significant. An Ancient Greek depiction of this Greek goddess seems more appropriate than an early modern depiction like this one. — ℜob C. alias ALAROB 15:58, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]