Talk:Battle of Utica (203 BC)

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January 29, 2023	Good article nominee	Listed
February 27, 2023	Featured article candidate	Promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on October 14, 2007.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that the 203 BC Battle of Utica was the turning point of the Second Punic War?

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Battle of Utica (203 BC)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Iazyges (talk · contribs) 08:08, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Will take this on. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 08:08, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Discussion

Prose Suggestions

Please note that almost all of these are suggestions, and can be implemented or ignored at your discretion. Any changes I deem necessary for the article to pass GA standards I will bold.

Lede

Per MOS:LEDELENGTH there should be two to three pararaphs in lede, suggest merging the last two together.
by Publius Cornelius Scipio and allied Carthaginian and Numidian armies I think the word allied here actually adds to possible confusion, suggesting the Carthaginian and Numidian armies were at first allied with the Romans; I think removing it might make it more clear for readers.
while the Carthaginians were wary of Scipio's skill as a field commander and happy to wait for reinforcements suggest changing "happy to" to "decided to", seems more formal.

Siege of Utica

He knew that additional troops were being recruited in Iberia and was happy to pause hostilities until they joined his army suggest changing was happy to to decided to, per previous suggestion.
@Gog the Mild: That is all of my suggestions, passing now. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 19:33, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Iazyges, especially for the sorely needed copy edit. My edits in response are [Battle of Utica (203 BC): Difference between revisions - Wikipedia here]. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:56, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]