Talk:Coat of arms of Amsterdam

Coat of arms of Amsterdam was one of the History good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 18, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
June 9, 2008	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 12, 2007.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that the crown in the coat of arms of Amsterdam is the Imperial Crown of Austria?

Current status: Delisted good article

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Imperial Crown[edit]

Maximilian I. and Rudolf II. were Holy Roman Emperors and also Archdukes of Austria. Imperial Crowns can only be crowns as Holy Roman Emperors. The Austrian Empire was only founded in 1806. Siffler 12:08, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review:On hold[edit]

I have reviewed the article and believe it meets WP:WIAGA on all points except point 6. I feel that all of the image captions need improving slightly. Wikipedia:Captions provides pointers and examples e.g. The Imperial Crown of Austria tops the shield of Amsterdam. It was first used in the coat of Arms in the 15th century or similar. The article meets other points, is well referenced and broad enough for the subject matter. Other than the image captions the article is GA.LordHarris 12:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the captions. The subparagraphs of "Heraldic elements" principally describe the images, but they are too extensive to use entirely in the image captions. – Ilse @ 14:24, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok article is GA. as for suggestions for further improvement there is relatively little that comes to mind. I might suggest expanding the use of the coat of arms section, perhaps include some major examples where the coat of arms are displayed such as the city hall or wherever, perhaps even a photo of an example of the coat of arms in situ would be good. Otherwise good work.

LordHarris 20:16, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA Sweeps[edit]

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed.

This article is neat, consise and although the sources used are fairly minimal, they do a good job of covering the text. What I would like to see however before I can pass this is some more discussion on the actual use (not just the legal implications of this use) of the coat of arms - where does it appear? What institutions in Amsterdam display / use it? I would also like to see information on its history - when was the coat of arms formalised and registered? How long has it been in use by the city? Has its format changed over the years or was it only formally laid out after 1941? Finally, this new information should also be reflected in the lead, which should have another paragraph describing the use of the coast of arms in general terms.

I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are being addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards, Jackyd101 (talk) 08:15, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's disappointing that this has to be delisted, because i don't think it was too far off. I'm afraid however that since no work has been undertaken in seven days and no one seems to be watching this article and therefore likely to take up the problems listed above, I have to delist this article from GA.--Jackyd101 (talk) 07:55, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Parody[edit]

There's a humorous parody version of the Amsterdam coat of arms reproduced in The Complete Book of Heraldry by Stephen Slater (ISBN 1843096986), page 242... AnonMoos (talk) 21:42, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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