Talk:Nix-class aviso/GA1

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Parsecboy in topic GA Review

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 21:50, 3 September 2019 (UTC)Reply


I'll get to this shortly.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:50, 3 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Hey, you got one! :P Parsecboy (talk) 22:07, 3 September 2019 (UTC)Reply
Thought that you'd be amused. ;-) Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:09, 3 September 2019 (UTC)Reply
  • Image properly licensed, no DABs
  • Link class in the lede
    • Done
  • Their hulls were iron-built, using tranverse iron frames and with wooden decks. awkward
    • Reworded (and shortened)
  • Don't abbreviate metric horsepower in the main body
    • Good idea - since I've started using the {{cvt}} template I have to remember to make myself use the full one for some things
      • Agreed, cvt is a godsend, but must remember not to use it for knots and it's useless for long tons
  • she could steam they
    • Good catch
  • could not be steered at all while under sail So uncontrollable under sail alone? I don't think I've ever seen a steam ship mentioned as bad as that under sail.
    • Yeah, it struck me as odd as well - lots of these sail/steam era ships had poor performance under sail, but I've never seen anything that bad
  • She carried an armament They
    • Fixed
  • When was Salamander put into reserve?
    • Added
  • Wooden stokeholds from an experienced British builder? How curious.
    • Yeah, I thought that was odd too - but then, it was the mid-19th century, and British builders did plenty of stupid things
  • Salamander had to be withdrawn from service due to an outbreak of cholera among the crew?
    • Clarified
  • they passed into Royal Navy control Passive voice howzabout "were transferred to"
    • Done
  • Comma after Malta
    • Done
  • Which volume of Gröner?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:14, 8 September 2019 (UTC)Reply