Talk:USS Porter (DD-59)/GA1

GA Review

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Below is my review:

Just out of curiosity, the article mentions about the shakedown cruise of the destroyer. But no shakedown was mentioned in any of the other destroyers of the same class. What went special that it had to carry out shakedown? Or, why was it not carried out by other destroyers? It would be nice to provide a few comments about it. Other than that only one issue:

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   • Laid down - February 1914 (infobox) and August 1914 (text). I guess it should be August, but would be nice if corrected by you to remove any guesswork.
     • Infobox corrected to August 1914. Thanks for catching that. — Bellhalla (talk) 12:43, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

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, where possible and appropriate.

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

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Thanks - DSachan (talk) 11:25, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for all the reviews! As far as the shakedown cruise: my understanding is that it's a typical action for all new ships, and I would assume that the other five ships all undertook them as well. But the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (the main source for actions of the ships during their careers) does not mention them. — Bellhalla (talk) 12:43, 17 May 2009 (UTC)