Talk:German submarine U-42 (1939)

Latest comment: 14 years ago by Xtzou in topic GA Review
Good articleGerman submarine U-42 (1939) has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Good topic starGerman submarine U-42 (1939) is part of the German Type IXA submarines series, a good topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
May 2, 2010Good article nomineeListed
August 17, 2010Good topic candidatePromoted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 20, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that U-42 was the fifth German U-boat to be sunk in World War II?
Current status: Good article

AA Guns edit

Do you know how many AA guns there were? Diannaa TALK 01:42, 19 April 2010 (UTC) In the info box it says "likely to be"; I am taking it out under the assumption you have an answer and a cite. Diannaa TALK 01:45, 19 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

Yeah. I do, It's in the existing citaiton.--White Shadows you're breaking up 01:49, 19 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
How many guns? Just add it to the article when you know. Diannaa TALK 02:10, 19 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
U-43 passed without this info, BTW, so I guess it is OK without the info :). Sorry if the above post seemed a little pushy. I was just impatient for an answer Diannaa TALK 01:37, 20 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
No prob.--White Shadows you're breaking up 01:43, 20 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

U-42/U-44? edit

The text seems to alternate between U-42 and U-44. It doesn't seem to be vandalism so is this just an editing error or did I not read it carefully enough and it was renamed? Oh, and one mention of U-41 too, in the opening section. I originally took that as a reference to an earlier boat but think it might be another mistake? sjwk (talk) 07:47, 20 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

Good catch. A mysterious stranger has corrected all these errors Diannaa TALK 19:06, 20 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

GA Review edit

This review is transcluded from Talk:German submarine U-42 (1939)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Xtzou (Talk) 18:57, 2 May 2010 (UTC) Hi, I have reviewed this article. It is well written and presents the (sparse) information clearly. I added a few links to orient myself as well as for others who may not be completely familiar with a war that happened before they were born. Well, referenced; they check out. I can only wish there were a map, such as appears in one of the references, showing where this submarine went.Reply

Xtzou (Talk) 18:57, 2 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

  1. Is it reasonably well written?
    A. Prose quality:   Clear and concise writing
    B. MoS compliance:   Complies with the basic MoS
  2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
    A. References to sources:  
    B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:  
    C. No original research:  
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. Major aspects:   Sets the context
    B. Focused:  } Remains focused on topic
  4. Is it neutral?
    Fair representation without bias:  
  5. Is it stable?
    No edit wars, etc:  
  6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
    A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:  
    B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:  
  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail: Pass!