Talk:USS Kansas (BB-21)/GA1

GA Review

Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch

Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 19:44, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

I'll have this done by tomorrow JAGUAR  19:44, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Initial comments

• "She made trips to Europe in 1910 and 1911 and after 1912" - are the trips in 1910 and 1911 separate?
• The lead is well written and summarises the article
• "She had a crew of 827 officers and men, though this increased to 881 and later to 896" - when was this? Did she begin service with 827 men?
  • Yes, and this should be clarified now.
• " On 1 July, Kansas steamed out of Norfolk to carry the remains of the Venezuelan ambassador" - remains? It didn't say what happened
  • DANFS doesn't say who the ambassador was or how he died, and I can't find any further information on him. I added "recently deceased" to the line to make it a bit clearer, though.
• " to protect a fast HX troopship convoy" - what is HX?
  • It's a convoy designation - we have an article, HX convoys, but unfortunately it only focuses on the WWII use of the designation, so I didn't think it would be useful to link as it would probably confuse readers.
• "Rear Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes raised his flag aboard Kansas in Philadelphia as the flagship of the 4th BatDiv"- the Kansas was a flagship at one point? This was not mentioned in the lead
  • Added a bit on this. Thanks for reviewing the article. Parsecboy (talk) 11:48, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

References

• No dead links

On hold

Just some very minor points to addressed. Once they're out of the way this will be another GA. JAGUAR  15:49, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for addressing them! Everything looks good. JAGUAR  11:53, 16 June 2015 (UTC)