Talk:Satto

GA review

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Nominator: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 07:25, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Jon698 (talk · contribs) 06:58, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

• Doing this review as a little reprieve from Talk:Golden Age of Argentine cinema/GA1. A nice short article with a couple references. Jon698 (talk) 06:58, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

  • @Generalissima: I left all of my prose comments down below. I also have an issue with the sourcing for one image that I will try to remedy myself. Jon698 (talk) 23:46, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

    • @Generalissima: This article should pass once you deal with my comment in point 8 of references. Jon698 (talk) 08:24, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

      @Jon698: Oops, fixed the page number on that cite. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 10:01, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

Prose

• 1. "Satto (r. c. 1355 – c. 1397) was a 14th-century king of the Okinawan kingdom of Chūzan." -> Remove "a 14th-century" since his reign is already listed in the parentheses. I also don't know of any royalty GA that includes something like that in the opening sentence.
  • Fixed.-G
• 2. "His mother served as his regent." -> Was it Seii's mother who served as his regent or Tamagusuku's mother that served as regent
  • Clarified.-G
• 3. "the second Buddhist temple" -> wikilink Buddhism
  • Done.-G
• 4. "Taiki to Nanjing alongside a group" -> Wikilink Nanjing
  • Done.-G
• 5. "Satto dispatched a embassy to the Joseon court" -> Remove wikilink to Joseon since it was already linked to earlier
  • Done.-G
• 6. "According to the official histories, Satto was cursed by heaven for his turn to decadence, and touched a poisonous snake with his left hand, killing him." -> "According to the official histories, Satto was cursed by heaven for his turn to decadence, and died after he touched a poisonous snake with his left hand."
  • Done.-G

Images

• There are two images in the article.
• 1. Urasoe Castle Site 20250506153350.jpg is a photograph of Urasoe Castle, where Satto ruled from. It was taken and uploaded by User:TurnOnTheNight. This was properly uploaded to Commons and is properly placed into the Reign section.
• 2. Ryukyu Kingdoms of Sanzan era.jpg is a map depicting the three kingdoms of Ryukyu. This was created by a Wikipedia user, but the map has no sourcing. I will look for some pre-2006 sourcing for this image.
  • Page 2 of Visions of Ryukyu would properly source this map.

References

• There are 22 references from six sources. I usually only do 10% of the total or 5, whichever is greater, but I can do 11 this time due to the limited number. I will be using the reference number of this version of the page.
  • 1. Page 62 of Okinawa: The History of an Island People by George H. Kerr [Reference 1] is used to source the history and political situation of Okinawa, the death of Tamagusuku, and Seii being made king with his mother as regent. The fourth paragraph covers the death of Tamagusuku and Seii being made king with his mother as regent. The anji and Chūzan as the central kingdom is in the second paragraph, but the rest of Okinawa's political situation is found on page 61. I made an edit to the page to add that to the reference.
  • 2. Page 84 of Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650 by Gregory Smits [Reference 2] is used to source the debated status of the three states' territorial status. The entire page covers this doubt.
  • 3. Pages 65-66 of Okinawa: The History of an Island People by George H. Kerr [Reference 4] is used to source the rise of the Ming dynasty, the establishment of the Ming's tributary system, and Chūzan emissaries to the Ming. Paragraph two on page 65 covers the rise of the Ming and the establishment of its tributary system. Chūzan emissaries to the Ming is covered in the third paragraph of page 65 and the third paragraph of page 66.
  • 4. Pages 170 and 323 of Ancient Ryukyu: An Archaeological Study of Island Communities by Richard J. Pearson [Reference 6] is among three references used to source Satto's rise to power. Paragraph four of page 170 is used to source the gusuku of Urasoe and Urasoe being the capital. Page 323 includes the years for the reign of Satto.
  • 5. Page 83 of Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650 by Gregory Smits [Reference 8] is used to source Satto being a generic name and its use by others. Paragraphs two and three cover this.
  • 6. Page 141 of Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650 by Gregory Smits [Reference 10] is used to source Gokoku-ji being made by Satto and Satto being made a part of the Ryukyu Kingdom's royal lineage in the 16th century. Paragraph two covers Gokoku-ji, but the information for the lineage of kings is found in paragraph three of page 140.
  • 7. Page 240 of Ancient Ryukyu: An Archaeological Study of Island Communities by Richard J. Pearson [Reference 11] is used to source the earliest portions of Shuri Castle possibly being constructed under Satto and him moving the capital to Shuri. Paragraph two covers this information.
  • 8. Page 170 of Ancient Ryukyu: An Archaeological Study of Island Communities by Richard J. Pearson [Reference 16] is used to source Satto being the first ruler of Okinawa mentioned in Chinese records. This does not source the information and the one mention of Satto on this page is him using Urasoe as his residence. You will need to fix this.
    • The issue has been resolved. Paragraph two of page 236 does cover this information.
  • 9. Pages 64 to 65 of Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650 by Gregory Smits [Reference 15] is used to source Satto's relations to the Ming and his tribute emissaries. Starting on the last paragraph of page 64, this reference does properly source the information.
  • 10. Pages 83 to 84 of Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650 by Gregory Smits [Reference 17] is used to source Ikuta Shigeru theory that Satto, Bunei, and Shōsatto may have been siblings due to inconsistencies in Chinese records. The information is covered across both pages.
  • 11. Pages 54 to 55 of Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650 by Gregory Smits [Reference 19] is used to source a legend of Yonahasedo Toyomiya. Paragraph three of page 54 and paragraph one of page 55 covers this.

Review

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, grammar, and understandability): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   All of my prose edits above have been answered by the nominator.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.

   a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

   A review of half of the sources resulted in a few minor errors being detected and one major error being found. All of these have been remedied.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Satto is a rather obscure figure so there is not much to mention about him. The article covers what we know about his early life. His reign, especially his relations with the Ming, is properly covered.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   No neutrality issues.

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   Last major edit by somebody who was not the nominator or reviewer was back in April.

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   The images are properly sourced and properly uploaded to Commons.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   There are no errors or issues preventing me from upgrading this to GA status. It is a short and informative piece about a minor island ruler.

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.

Did you know nomination

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• ... that a 14th-century king of Okinawa may have been Korean?

• Source: Smits, Gregory (2024). Early Ryukyuan History: A New Model. pg. 206 Satto and his group were Korean in origin [...] Satto was was most likely the head of a group of seafearers who left the turmoil of late Goryeo Korea and ended up in Urasoe.

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Improved to Good Article status by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 148 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:23, 28 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: For others' benefit, the fact is present in the article in the sentence historian Gregory Smits theorizes that Satto may have been a seafaring merchant from Goryeo who fled to Okinawa around the 1330s. Earwig is spotless, and some spot-checks as of Special:Permalink/1361515510: Refs 10, 13, 14, and 18 are free of CLOP and the corresponding prose is verified. Nice work :) Best, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 22:36, 28 June 2026 (UTC)