Talk:Akengbuda

GA review

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Nominator: Vanderwaalforces (talk · contribs) 23:29, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: A.Cython (talk · contribs) 21:01, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

I will review this as part of GARC#96. A.Cython(talk) 21:01, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

I enjoyed reading the biography of a Benin king. Overall the article is well written and sourced. I only have minor/cosmetic comments that can be done after the review as they are beyond GA, see below.A.Cython(talk) 03:55, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Various

• No edit war
• Neutral
• Broad and focused
• No copyright issues, Earwig's Copyvio Detector gives 18% flagging names
• No figures, not necessary for the GA, but it elevates the article

Prose & MoS

• in bronze-casting → of bronze casting
• use double quotation marks not single per MOS:DOUBLE
• duke wikilinked?

Sources

Spot check: 6 a & b, 23, 25, 27, 33

Final comments

Overall an excellent article (my minor comments can be addressed later) and so congratulations are in order. Well done. A.Cython(talk) 03:55, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Beta Beta Beta (talk) 20:34, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that when his heir sent him grey hairs to urge abdication, King Akengbuda replied with powdered chalk and salt, signifying that the world was too pleasant for him to leave? Source: Egharevba 1968, p. 42.
  Egharevba, Jacob Uwadiae (1968). A Short History of Benin. Ibadan University Press. ISBN 9789781212390.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shō En

Improved to Good Article status by Vanderwaalforces (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

Vanderwaalforces (talk) 08:58, 28 June 2026 (UTC).

• Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:55, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Nice article! Nice to see quality coverage of centuries-old African kings. Could you provide me with a quote from the book so that I can verify the hook? After that I will approve. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:28, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

• • @BeanieFan11: He was not a young man when he was crowned Oba for he had borne the title of Edaiken of Uselu for many years. A story is told of how he used to pluck his grey hairs and send them to his father from Uselu to show that he was becoming an old man, and suggesting that his father should make way for him to come to the throne. His father sent him in return a mixture of powdered chalk and salt as a sign that the world was so sweet to him that he could not leave it yet. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 19:37, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
    • BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:38, 30 June 2026 (UTC)