Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Peer review/Battle of Rennell Island

Battle of Rennell Island edit

Requesting peer review to help make sure this article is ready before nominating for FA. Also, request reassessment of quality and assessment of "importance" (I recommend "Mid"). I'll be adding one or two battle maps to the article tonight or this weekend. One concern, do you think that the FA reviewers will consider the article "too short?" Cla68 16:16, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kirill Lokshin edit

Fully up to your usual high standards; this is essentially ready for FAC, in my opinion. A few comments:

It's not that short. While it's not as long as some of the other articles we've seen recently, there have been even shorter articles getting promoted in the past few weeks (I've recently checked this because my next article is also going to wind up fairly short). I doubt the length will be an issue.
Per the MoS, the "th" should be left off the dates. In other words, "Action on January 30th" → "Action on January 30". (Note the linking in order to allow date preferences to work now.)
There doesn't seem to be a citation for "The victory was apparently a great morale booster for Japanese forces, who widely publicized the results of the engagement, although they claimed to have sunk a 'battleship' and 'three cruisers.'" Is the next footnote meant to include that as well?

Overall, excellent work! Kirill Lokshin 16:49, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the "th" from the dates. The next footnote is meant to include the "Japanese morale" statement. However, I'll try to add another citation to that statement since it's very subjective and the kind of assertion that the FA reviewers might zero-in on if I don't have it sourced thoroughly. I appreciate the constructive feedback, and, congratulations, by the way, on the approval of Italian War of 1521 for FA. Cla68 18:01, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 18:24, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]