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Revised article. The first paragraph contains assertions that still need citation, if anyone has such. I didn't want to delete until it was clear that a citation can't be found.Corlyon (talk) 16:59, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Concern

Did Oba Ewuare the great father other Children. Who where princes 197.211.38.234 (talk) 09:07, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

Passed. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 09:11, 14 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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

Nominator: Vanderwaalforces (talk · contribs) 00:38, 8 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: TheNuggeteer (talk · contribs) 04:14, 10 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Will review for WP:GARC. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 04:14, 10 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Issues

Lead Traditions about his birth and youth connect him with the Ekoko n'Utẹ masquerade, the market woman Emotan, and conflicts involving the Ogiamiẹn lineage. this sentence seems pretty vague, like what tradtions?
- Reworded. -VWF
Lead Ewuare strengthened royal power and reshaped Benin from a polity limited by hereditary chiefs into a more centralised kingdom. according to who? please add attribution per WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV
- I removed this since I prefer not to do attribution of a statement like that in the lead. -VWF
Lead and institutions that became central to Benin government and kingship this seems slightly biased
- Fixed. -VWF
Background You use Serial comma in the lead but in included Ohen, Egbeka, Orobiru and Uwaifiokun, you do not include it. Please remain consistent with types of commas.
- Fixed. -VWF
Background and weak administration → and a weak administration
- Fixed. -VWF
Background Jacob Egharevba in A Short History of Benin → Jacob Egharevba, in A Short History of Benin,
- Fixed. -VWF
Background while Sandomirsky gives his reign → while Sandomirsky affixes his reign
- Fixed. -VWF
Background Who are Sandomirsky, Millar, and Bradbury? Please add their full names and link (or add their occupation) in their first mention
- Fixed. -VWF
Background mother's name, giving forms such as → mother's name, naming her
- Fixed. -VWF
Background Elere, Elẹrẹ, Eleye or Onhẹrẹn please be consistent
- Fixed. -VWF
Background Some accounts place his birth within stories about Ohen's hidden relationship with a woman at Utẹ, a town across the Ikpoba River. this is slightly confusing. Was his birth story placed in those stories or was he actually born when Ohen had the hidden relationship?
- Both (the birth stories and Ohen's hidden relationship) were connected at least from what I can find. That is where the different names of Ogun's mother come into play, they all have different details as the article rightly says. --Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:44, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Background powerful native doctor, and remove comma
- Fixed. -VWF
Background after divinatory intervention → after divine intervention
- Fixed. -VWF
Background Ohen's paralysis to medicine placed in his path what does "placed in his path" mean? please reword it
- Reworded. -VWF
Background Ogiamiẹn family and to a treaty condition "treaty condition" is duplicate
- Fixed. -VWF
Background and courtiers please link courtiers to Courtier
- Done. -VWF
Background harmful medicine beneath the bridge and another medicine at Utẹ → harmful medicines beneath the bridge and at Utẹ
- Done. -VWF
Background what is "raffia"?
- Raffia there is the natural fiber made from the leaves of the Raphia farinifera, I linked it now. -VWF
Accession Please be consistent with Ewuare's name before the coronation and keep it as Ogun, especially in the third paragraph; it makes it look like Ogun and Ewuare are different people
- I did some tweak in this regard. -VWF
Accession Later memorial trees died → The memorial trees later died
- Fixed. -VWF
Reign Another tradition explains Edo body marks as originating in Ewuare's attempt to identify subjects who had fled after his mourning laws caused depopulation. although there are longer sentences than this one, this needs commas or reorganization, as this tackles too much topics at once
- Tried splitting. -VWF
Court culture and religion with royal ritual is this supposed to be plural?
- Okay. -VWF
Court culture and religion political importance in the order associated with his rule "in the order" sounds vague and confusing, I believe you should change it to political importance during his rule
- Done. -VWF
Court culture and religion The account may reflect a shift → This account reflected a shift I do not know why "may" was there, as, unless the source is unsure, it reflected a difference in hierarchy
- Done. -VWF
Court culture and religion Ubi refused relations with the Oba this is vague and confusing, as the previous sentence just stated that the Oba married Ubi. Does this mean Ubi did not want to be related to the Oba or did Ubi publicly say that the marriage was false?
- Yeah, Ubi didn't want it. I've clarified. -VWF
Court culture and religion palace with ritual escort by the Ihogbe → palace ritually escorted by the Ihogbe
- Done. -VWF
Court culture and religion to be cared for, and she gave birth → to be cared for, giving birth
- Done. -VWF
Court culture and religion kolanuts and coconuts → kola nuts and coconuts
- Done. -VWF
Court culture and religion begins with a Ubi phase involving → begins with an Ubi phase, involving
- Done. -VWF
Court culture and religion and palace groups including the Ihogbe ancestral priests → and palace groups, including the Ihogbe ancestral priests,
- Done. -VWF
Foreign contact and trade accompanied the King of → accompanied the king of
- Done. -VWF
Foreign contact and trade about forty miles upriver and nineteen miles overland MOS:NUMERAL, MOS:CONVERSION
- Done. -VWF
Foreign contact and trade after about thirty years MOS:NUMERAL
- Done. -VWF
Family and succession Guida Myrl Jackson-Laufer in Encyclopedia add "the" before "Encyclopedia"
- Done. -VWF
Family and succession ruled for only fourteen days MOS:NUMERAL
- Done. -VWF
Family and succession I suggest you change the section name to "Family and death", as I believe his death is more significant in this article than the people who succeed him.
- I agree. -VWF

@Vanderwaalforces: I have finally finished the prose review. The spotcheck will either come today or tomorrow. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 01:47, 14 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@TheNuggeteer You're awesome. I have fixed all. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 07:58, 14 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Spotcheck

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Everything looks good sourcewise. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 09:05, 14 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have done a minor edit; I think this is good to pass now. Great work on this interesting article! 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 09:08, 14 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.