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Article quality

This page needs some seriously editing. It almost looks plagiarized also. D'Agosta 03:59, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The content there has largely been taken from "History of Ottoman Turks" (1878), and it notes in the references. There is no plagiarism, but it is crazy as hell to try to read. I had never heard of the guy before coming here, so theres only so much I can do... Sam Spade 22:47, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I performed a copy editing and removed the copy edit template to take it off the list. I will list it for proofreading; if anyone thinks it could use further copy editing, please reinsert the tag.--Zdilli 23:25, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article quality #2

BTW it was said that Mahmud II was born in Topkapi - Constantinapole (and the reference said Istanbul officially named in 1930 which is ture) but somewhere in article it says "He began preparations for the Tanzimat reforms in 1839. The Tanzimat marked the beginning of modernization in Turkey". Turkey doesnt exist officially at that time. But Istanbul is used instead of Konstantiniyye in Ottoman official papers. Though Turkey name does not exist till 1920's... Officially or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.230.172.198 (talk) 21:31, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Aimée Dubuc de Rivery

I do not think that she was his mother(She was only nine years old in 1785.)--Anglius 03:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I read that she was his guardian.--Anglius 05:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I did a little re-org'ing and linking, but it really needs fine work by someone who knows the guy. The signature graphic is wonderful rewinn 20:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Serbia

This guy lost Serbia for Turkey. There's no mention of it in the text.

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:16, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Janissaries

This article seems to contradict the opinion expressed in other articles that the disbanding of the Janissaries severely weakened the Ottoman empire. I for one would appreciate a more consistent statement of the effect of this modernisation on the strength of the Ottoman army and empire. 82.3.50.130 (talk) 10:24, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday

II. Mahmud was born in 20.7.1789, after his Father died.

So it is possible that Aimee was his biological Mother. There is no any other Türbe (Grave) from another Mother as she. All People was buried, and had he another Mother...her Grave must be known.

But there is not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dilek2 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 12 April 2012 (UTC) No he was born on 20th July 1785 !!! Bertui54325 (talk) 17:20, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Original research

I have tagged the article for original research. There is nothing in the article that mentions him being a poet. Unless there is a source produced stating he is a poet, I will be removing said category along with the other POV categories. --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:07, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's not original research, just extremely POV (Pan-Turkism) category spamming by Erim Turukku (talk · contribs). Same problem with the article about Abdul Hamid II and, possibly, others relating to Ottoman history. The Yeti 20:44, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]