Talk:Viktor Glondys/GA1

GA review

Passed. Kimikel (talk) 00:32, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: Apollo468 (talk · contribs) 20:15, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Kimikel (talk · contribs) 00:19, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I will be reviewing this article as part of the February GAN backlog drive. It may take me a few days to leave my comments. Kimikel (talk) 00:19, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Apollo468: I have left comments below on the article's prose. Once these are addressed, I'll move on to the other GA criteria. Please let me know if you have any questions are concerns on my suggestions; thank you. Kimikel (talk) 23:49, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Kimikel: Hi, I have addressed all those concerns. Thanks, -- • Apollo468• 20:38, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Apollo468: Hello, apologies for the delay. I continued the review but when I got to the source spot check, I became concerned by the amount of issues that I was seeing. Of the 4 citations I checked, 3 had issues, 2 of which were incongruencies between the source material and the article. This is a pretty big deal, especially since the majority of the sources are inaccessible to me; that makes me uncertain if there are sourcing issues throughout the entire article, thus making the whole thing unverifiable. Therefore, here's a course of action that I would suggest: 1. Fix the sourcing issues that I mentioned below; 2. Re-verify your sourcing throughout the article (assuming you still have access to the sources that you used; 3. notify me when you are finished, and I will do another spot check, then finish the review. Realistically, there's no need to rush this; if it will take you a while to reverify the article, just let me know and I'll wait. If not, that's okay too. I apologize for creating extra work for you but I want to make sure this article meets GA criteria without any room for doubt. Thank you for your work so far. If you have any problems with this, please let me know. Kimikel (talk) 00:38, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Kimikel: Of course, thank you for the response. I went ahead and fixed the sourcing issue mentioned, and I am in the process of checking all the sources since it's been quite a few months, as you can see through the edits. I still have access to the sources to do so, such as Arcanum since my access expires in June through the Wikipedia Library. I know a lot of the sources rely on Arcanum, which is obviously paywalled, and although I can't provide a full screenshot for a spotcheck, I believe I could provide a short sentence or two. CEEOL is also accessible through Wikipedia Library. I'll probably be finished rechecking all the sourcing tomorrow night, and I'll make sure to notify you when that is done. -- • Apollo468• 23:14, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Kimikel: I'm pretty sure I'm doing checking everything, sorry it took a little while. Ping me if you need access to any of the sources. -- • Apollo468• 01:05, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Apollo468: Thank you for all of the work on this one. I've done a second spot check and everything came back positively. I also ran through the article and cleaned up the prose slightly. As such, I believe this review's ready to be closed. Thank you for being highly receptive to my feedback and congratulations on this good article. Kimikel (talk) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Well-written

Multiple times throughout the article - the first time you mention Glondys in a paragraph, you have to mention him by name (Glondys) instead

Lead

Lutheranism and instead started studying evangelical theology. > Lutheranism; he then started studying evangelical theology instead. [to break up run on]
He then advocated for a pro-Austria view during the war and was a refugee pastor and later endorsed the Union of Bukovina with Romania after the fall of the Russian Empire. > He then advocated for a pro-Austria view during the war and was a refugee pastor. He later... [break up run on]
institutions, and eventually, he permitted "cohabitation" to happen to prevent damage, letting Nazis start to be accepted in church leadership. > institutions. He eventually allowed Nazis to be accepted into church leadership.
volksrat > explain what a volksrat is here like you do later
Nazis, to which he revealed > upon which
consistory, to which > upon which

Early life

German primary school in Biała > I realize Biała is now merged with Bielsko but I would still put a wikilink for Biała
he reached a crisis in his faith > he had a crisis of faith
Although the Away from Rome! (Los-von-Rom-Bewegung) was influential during this time, converting Germans to Lutheranism > Although Away from Rome! (Los-von-Rom-Bewegung) was influential during this time in converting Germans to Lutheranism
instead converted to Lutheranism because of ... Meinong's logical approach > Here you state as fact that Glondys converted due to Meinong's teachings. Above, you say he was only "probably influenced" by Meinong. Is it probable, or is it fact?

Early pastoral ministry

In October 1911 the pastor, Fronius since you already introduced him in the previous paragraph introducing him as "the pastor" seems unnecessary
He briefly took a personal leave > He briefly took personal leave
After coming back to the city, a few months later in August 1916, during the third occupation of the city by the Russians, he was marked for deportation to Siberia > A few months later in August 1916, he came back to the city during the third occupation of the city by the Russians. He was marked for deportation to Siberia... [to break up run on]
but Glondys still stayed in Vienna because of the chaos where but because of the continued chaos, Glondys stayed in Vienna, where...
as a representative in the General Congress of Bukovina endorsed the Union of Bukovina with Romania in late 1918 alongside Alois Lebouton. > endorsed the Union of Bukovina with Romania in late 1918 alongside Alois Lebouton as a representative in the General Congress of Bukovina.
Deutsch-wölfischen Fortbildungsbund > this should use the lang template
deliverng > delivering
- an intellectual movement - > these should be en or em dashes

Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession

Mediasch > wikilink
which he advocated for > for which he advocated
He set two goals: to deepen international contacts which he could use as domestic political leverage against the central government, and stated the church could fulfill a mission across Southeastern Europe.[42] He also wanted to have ethic cohesion between the ethnic Germans in Romania through the Lutheran faith. > He had two goals: to deepen international contacts which he could use as domestic political leverage against the central government, stating the church could fulfill a mission across Southeastern Europe; and to have ethnic cohesion between the ethnic Germans in Romania through the Lutheran faith.
which parish offices stated in reports was clearly distanced from the church and did not have any loyalty to it and that it was more-so focused on its leader, Scharführer. break this into a separate sentence to break up that long run on. Also should it be "the Scharfuhrer" since Scharfuhrer is a title?
it would partially neutralize it > it would be partially neutralized}}
he was eventually called out for > for which he was eventually criticized.
, and he kept it even when the referendum failed. > ; he maintained this recognition even when the referendum failed.
This would have also had an effect that the radical Nazis, especially pastor Wilhelm Staedel, were removed > This also caused radical Nazis, especially pastor Wilhelm Staedel, to be removed
withim > within
This eventually led > just for prose's sake, I would take out the word "eventually" here since you use it in the previous sentence and plenty of other times throughout the article
On 30 April alongside Roth Glondys > On 30 April, alongside Roth, Glondys
to present matters of the German church and of the whole evangelical church after the signing of the new constitution, in which he raised some concerns to which Călinescu said he would accommodate the church. > to present matters of the German church and of the evangelical church as a whole after the signing of the new constitution. Glondys raised some concerns; Călinescu responded that he would accommodate the church.
and was a sin > and a sin
dissolving all other parties, which directly embraced Nazism > remove comma
He also in March started urging in cultural pride and loyalty to the Saxon diaspora abroad and to be proud of their German identity > In March, he began promoting cultural pride and loyalty in the Saxon diaspora abroad and urging them to be proud of their German identity,
would've > would have
30 November made a declaration > who made it?
- in authority - > should be en or em dashes
Glondy's > Glondys'
Glondys downfall > Gondlys' downfall
Andreas Schmidt between Head > Andreas Schmidt became Head
After he returned to the country in December 1940 after spending medical leave in Germany on 30 November, Glondys was confronted by Schmidt who > After taking medical leave in Germany on 30 November, Glondys returned to Romania in December 1940, whereupon he was confronted by Schmidt. Schmidt delivered...
Schmidt then launched an attack against him while also making threats and pressuring him > Schmidt publicly attacked, threatened, and pressured him,
and was approved > and it was approved
by former pastor of the Biserica Neagră, Konrad Möckel, > by the former pastor of the Biserica Neagră, Konrad Möckel,
divine world is with the present one > divine world being with the present one
which he argued overlooked worldview dimension and that the idea of the future, divine world is with the present one is essential to understand and criticized rationalistic theology > three separate ideas, break this run on sentence up
which in 1942 he stepped down from> from which he resigned in 1942.
to let the German minority not be punished > to not punish the German minority
must adopt a "leftist-oriented". > a leftist-oriented what? missing a noun
However, it was agreed upon > by whom?
too did not approve of Glondys's assumption of office and that he was sympathetic towards Hitler's regime > did not approve of Glondys's assumption of office either, as he was sympathetic to Hitler's regime,

Personal life

diligent and was close friends > diligent. Kurt was close friends... [run on]

Legacy

church which eventually forced Glondys' retirement in 1941 and the formation of a "national church" which was subversive to Nazism > church. This forced Glondys' retirement in 1941 and led to the formation of a "National Church", which was subordinate [possibly a better word?] to Nazism

Stable

Yes

Neutral

Yes

Illustrated

All of the images are properly tagged and are to the benefit of the article.

Broad

Yes

Verifiable

It's a minor thing, but some of the references list (in German) or (in Romanian) while others, also in German/Romanian, do not. For consistency's sake, I would add the foreign language for every source.

Source spot check

68: Not verified. This source does not talk about Glondys disciplining Staedel nor Schmidt overriding church law.
80: Verified, although it doesn't mention him being an architect until page 153, so the citation should list pages 152–153
2: not verified: the fact that Bielsko was part of the Duchy of Teschen also must be cited
32: not verified. I do not speak German, so forgive me, but Google Translate says the following: "When Glondys was called to the vacant pastorate in Kronstadt in 1922 and continued his work as a preacher and teacher at the famous Black Church and the Honterus Gymnasium, the Czernowitz congregation, which numbered about 5,000 members among 100,000 inhabitants, elected Dr. Wilhelm Arz, a native of Bistritz experienced in all matters of education, as their city pastor." However, the article says instead that Glondys succeeded Arz, and that Glondys was the one experienced in education. Correct me if my translator is wrong, but that's directly opposed to what the source says.

Spot check 2

68: Verified. Was malformed but i fixed it.
26: Verified
82: Verified
69: Verified
76: Verified

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