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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 19 December 2020 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of avisos of Germany edit

Featured list candidates/List of avisos of Germany/archive1

This list comprises all of the avisos built by the German fleets, beginning with the Prussian in the 1840s and ending with one such vessel for the Nazis in the 1930s. The list is the capstone to this topic. The list passed a Milhist A-class review earlier this year, so hopefully it shouldn't need much work. Thanks to all who take the time to help me iron out any remaining issues. Parsecboy (talk) 20:13, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Dank

Good to see you at FLC again, Nate.
Standard disclaimer: I don't know what I'm doing, and I mostly AGF on sourcing.
FLC criteria:
1. The prose is fine. I've done a little copyediting; feel free to revert or discuss. The coding in the tables seems fine.
2. The lead meets WP:LEAD and defines the inclusion criteria.
3a. The list has comprehensive items and annotations.
3b. The article is well-sourced to reliable sources, and the UPSD tool isn't indicating any problems (but this isn't a source review).
3c. The list meets requirements as a stand-alone list, it isn't a content fork, it doesn't largely duplicate another article (that I can find), and it wouldn't fit easily inside another article.
4. It is navigable.
5. It meets style requirements. You make excellent use of images (but that's about all I'm qualified to say).
6. It is stable.
Support and well done. - Dank (push to talk) 02:45, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits look good to me, thanks Dan! Parsecboy (talk) 14:07, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Source review - Pass edit

Some small things:

Reliability looks good, academic sources mostly.
ISBN for volume 8?
- For some reason, the books don't have ISBNs printed in them and Worldcat stopped putting entries in after volume 7.
link Matti Friedman
- I always forget to look for these
translated title for Bilzer? (and, I'm guessing, an "in german" as well?)
- Added
Everything else looks good Aza24 (talk) 02:17, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks! Parsecboy (talk) 09:45, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Odd about the ISBN, I looked around a little and couldn't find it or OCLC either, are you using an online or physical version? Maybe it would be available inside the book itself. Aza24 (talk) 00:17, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - I have hard copies - they don't have ISBNs printed in them, for some reason. They're obviously not so old as to predate ISBNs. I will say that Worldcat is often very spotty in what they do and don't have entries for, particularly foreign works. It can be frustrating. Parsecboy (talk) 09:48, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      - Indeed... no worries though, pass for source review. Aza24 (talk) 04:07, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Support from Hog Farm edit

I'll take a look soon. Hog Farm _Bacon 22:21, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

At least to me, it seems more accurate for the Nix class to give the dates sold to Britain in the table for the end of service date, as the focus is on the usage in the navies of the various German states in this article. If this change is made, the same thing applies with the latter Grille
- That's a fair point
"She sortied twice more by early May, but on both occasions encountered far superior Danish forces and withdrew without attacking" - Just checking in to make sure that by is necessarily the word that conveys the right context here, as by and in would have different connotations here.
- The two operations were on 24 April and 6 May, so "by" is correct
"she was the first steam ship to use screw propellers rather than the paddle wheels of earlier" - A bit nitpicky, but this implies multiple screw propellors, while the table states that the ship had only one.
- Fixed
"With Grille serving as a yacht in the 1850s, the navy decided it needed another aviso to serve as a flagship for the gunboat flotillas defending the country's Baltic coast." - Specify that it's still the Prussians at this point.
- Done
"Falke was originally built as a speculative project by her British constructors, who intended to sell the vessel to the Confederate States Navy for use as a blockade runner during the American Civil War" - Just checking in to see what the sources explicitly say. A number of ACW blockade runners were actually privately owned, so just want to make sure that the CSN is explicitly stated, not just assumed.
- Hildebrand et. al. say (in German) the ship was built "on speculation for the Confederate States of America, but was not taken over."
"Greif was not a successful warship" - Can it be briefly stated why?
- The sources aren't clear on this one, unlike some of the others (like the Meteors).

Willing to discuss any of these, and retract if need be. Hog Farm _Bacon 00:55, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Hog Farm. Parsecboy (talk) 10:49, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"The 1880s saw a significant aviso construction program that included the two Blitz-class avisos, Greif, the two Wacht-class avisos, and the two Meteor-class avisos" - I'd be tempted to lose the "the" before each class, because it kinda implies that you are referring back to vessels previously mentioned, which isn't the case. Does that make sense?
- That works for me
"Hela was, herself, sunk" - don't think those commas are needed personally
- Removed
"Greif was designed at a time where torpedoes had become" => "Greif was designed at a time when torpedoes had become"
- Fixed
That's all I've got. Great work and an interesting read on a topic I know little about -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:55, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks Chris. Parsecboy (talk) 14:57, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:20, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting; sorry for the delay. --Pres N 20:31, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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