Otto of Greece was one of theHistory good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet thegood article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can berenominated. Editors may also seek areassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones Date Process Result August 17, 2007 Good article nominee Listed May 9, 2009 Good article reassessment Kept December 3, 2019 Good article reassessment Delisted Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia'sMain Page in the"On this day..." column onFebruary 6, 2012,February 6, 2013,February 6, 2014, andFebruary 6, 2016. Current status:Delisted good article

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I have reviewed this article and have expressed concerns about the following issues:

• Expand lead perWP:LEAD, this should be able to stand on its own as a mini-article.
• Biography section needs to be expanded, is there any information on his personal life/childhood?
• Early reign section contains only 2 citations, there needs to be more. "The Greeks were soon more heavily taxed than under Turkish rule" How much more?, this could be considered questionable and needs a citation. "beautiful and talented Duchess Amelie of Oldenburg" is POV and needs a source.
• " Not entirely faithful to his wife, he, like his father had a liaison with Jane Digby" this sentence is confusing, did both he and his father have a liason with the same woman,Jane Digby?
• There are a few 1 sentence paragraphs, can these be merged with other paragraphs or expanded upon?
• The parties section has only 1 citation, this is a major concern and needs to be cited more.
• Exile and death section could be expanded, any details on death, how did he die? when did he die?
• The images are a bit cluttered but look nice, they should be formatted so that they don't intersect the section headings.

The article passes criteria 1, 4, 5, and 6, it just needs serious work on the citations and expanding coverage on all sections.T Rex |talk05:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have passed this article becaue it passes all thegood article criteria. To reach featured status it will need to address some of the concerns above as well as need to contain more citations. Congratulations!T Rex |talk09:37, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Otto must have had more than one Christian name, which must have been followed by some dynastic moniker - presumably "von" something. He must also have had more titles; indeed, he must have been born with at least one title, perhaps Prince or Duke of Whatever. What was his full name, and what other titles did he hold during his lifetime? Would some knowledgeable person like to edit them in? Tom129.93.17.20217:46, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably Otto, Prince of Bavaria but the article already includes this.T Rex |talk17:51, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TRex is right: Otto Friedrich Ludwig von Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria and King of Greece would be his full style.Argos'Dad18:35, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone elaborate what the reasons(or at least the pretext) behind the coup that overthrew him were?The article as it is now doesn't seem to mention them --129.107.81.15 (talk)19:58, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article is part of the GA Sweeps for quality assessment. In reviewing this article I found that it has remained faithful to the GA criteria. See ==GA Reassessment==

This discussion istranscluded fromTalk:Otto of Greece/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

I'll undertake a GA reassessment of this article.H1nkles (talk)18:51, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• "King Otto’s early reign was notable for the establishment of schools and hospitals including the Athens Polytechnic University." is a stub paragraph, consider expanding or combining.
• "Throughout his reign, King Otto found himself confronted by a recurring series of issues: partisanship of the Greeks, financial uncertainty, and ecclesiastical issues.

Greek parties in the Othonian era were based on two factors: the political activities of the diplomatic representatives of the Great Powers: Russia, United Kingdom and France and the affiliation of Greek political figures with these diplomats." Two stub paragraphs and these need to be cited.

References are good and GA criteria met, recommend keep as GA.H1nkles (talk) 19:14, 9 May 2009 (UTC) for my review. Overall the lead is good, you should add a couple of cites to some unsourced paragraphs and look to either expand or combine a couple of stub paragraphs. Otherwise I feel as though the article should be kept as GA. I made some minor corrections to the article as I reviewed it. If you have questions about this review please contact me on my talk page.H1nkles (talk)19:19, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really care if it's "Otto" or "Othon", but we need to be consistent. I'm changing it all to Otto... now.StAnselm (talk)22:24, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unlike it says in the infobox (and elsewhere in the article), Otto did not actually have a successor. George I was theKing of the Hellenes, not theKing of Greece like Otto. Can this be removed from the infobox, please. I know how to do it myself, of course, but I just want everyone watching this article to agree to this change, that’s all.— Precedingunsigned comment added byJohnanth (talk •contribs)16:46, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The lead refers to "the three Great Powers", without making it clear which they were; and the rest of the article does not make it clear. Likely candidates are Britain, Russia, Germany, the Ottoman Empire, France.Maproom (talk)22:06, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Britain, France, Russia. I edited the relevant part in the intro. --Greece666 (talk)20:18, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The article says that king Othon had an illegitimate son called Manoli Tanga. I can't find any information about it and the article does't gove the page of the book SARAKATSANI – THE MOST ANCIENT PEOPLE OF EUROPE. May someone give more information about it ? Thanks a lot31.39.53.205 (talk)13:27, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The picture in the article titled "Statue of Otto in Missolonghi", is actually one of the two statues ofLord Byron in Missolonghi, as can also be seenhere,here andhere. There's no statue of King Otto in Missolonghi. --amadeus1eu (talk)04:48, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• "Greek society was in reality very tolerant of other religions."

• "But after 400 years of religious oppression by the Ottomans, Greeks were very suspicious of imposed "Liberal European progress". "

• "By tradition dated back to the Byzantine era, the king was regarded by the Church as part of her head."

Actually, the two last paragraphs in the section Parties, Finances and the Church are irrelevant to Otto and are a general and very subjective summary of the religious history of Greece. They should probably be removed.

This is a pity because there is an excellent monograph on Otto´s reign by Petropulos.— Precedingunsigned comment added byGreece666 (talk •contribs)19:58, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion istranscluded fromTalk:Otto of Greece/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

This was been tagged as a GAR request byCoffeeandcrumbs (talk ·contribs) in July, but I was moved independently to begin the GAR process after looking at it. The article has severe deficiencies, first and foremost in coverage: most of Otto's reign (the crucial early period of the regency, the years of his own personal rule before 1843, and the events after apart from the Crimean War) are not adequately addressed. There exists a wealth of material on the man and his reign, and on this pivotal period in modern Greek history in general, but the relevant literature is barely included here, let alone consulted. In terms of comprehensiveness it fails both 3a and 3b by a long shot, many of the inline citations lack page numbers, and neutrality also has some issues (see talk page). This is a C-level article at best, and IMO should never have been promoted to GA in the first place.Constantine ✍17:18, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

PS, just as an example of how the articlecould be, please compare to theFrench version.Constantine ✍21:26, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• i agree,Constantine. I think this article should be changed to C-class.Векочел (talk)22:09, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In the article it states King Otto is a descendant of the Byzantine imperial dynasties of Komnenos and Laskaris. There is not reference for this statement. Where is the proof.24.239.128.77 (talk)06:55, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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