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The list was promoted by User:Scorpion0422 21:24, 27 December 2008 [1].

Timeline of the Adriatic campaign, 1807–1814

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Hi, I've been working on this for months, but I think its finally ready. This is a tricky one, and I haven't seen anything like this elsewhere on Wikipedia, let alone at FLC, so its slightly virgin territory. As described at the top, the timeline covers the events of one specific campaign on the left, contextualised with important events in the wider Napoleonic Wars on the right. Hopefully this article fulfills the criteria. (Redlinks are being steadily filled in by myself and another editor and should be mostly completed in a couple of weeks.)--Jackyd101 (talk) 00:35, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I thought I had, but somehow I neglected to thank User:Rama for his assistance with French ships, officers and sources.--Jackyd101 (talk) 18:54, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Restart", nothing negative, but not enough to reach consensus 22:40, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
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  • This link is redirected to page, which needs a "Subscriber Login" to view the content. I suggest you archive the page at WebCite to prevent problems like this. Regards, Cannibaloki 02:38, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This seems a little unethical. They have the subscriber login for a reason and to bypass it in this way doesn't sound like it conforms with Wikipedia's policies on copyright etc.--Jackyd101 (talk) 13:08, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:12, 20 December 2008 (UTC) [reply]
Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)Excellent article, a few suggestions:

  • "The Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814 was a lengthy struggle for supremacy"
Done
  • "climaxing at the Battle of Lissa in 1811 at which the last major French force was destroyed and its commander killed." "at which"-->in which.
Done
  • "Later in the afternoon" Comma after this phrase.
Done
  • "22 March–16 April," Spaced en dash.
Done
  • "A squadron consisting of"-->A squadron that consisted of
Done
  • "prepared French defensive positions. " What does "prepared" mean here?
A prepared position is a military term indicating a fortified position. It is usually used, as here, when the word fortification would be misleading because the fortifications are improvised: temporary earthworks, furniture barricades and similar. As it is the term used by the source I'd be reluctant to change it in this instance.
  • "without achieving a decisive blow." "achieving"-->inflicting.
Done
  • "The slow Dromedaire was outrun by her pursuers on 30 March and captured." "30 March" needs a non-breaking space.
  • "again on 14 August" Same here.
  • "In the ensuing battle on the 22 July" Same here.
  • "but the French commodore had already sailed on 18 October. " Same here.
  • "Ronco on 2 May and Nettuno " Same here. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:39, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
All done
Thanks very much for the review, I think I have addressed all the problems.--Jackyd101 (talk) 23:25, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:39, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comments from The Rambling Man on tour (talk · contribs) - a great article - some minor things in the three minutes I have...
    • I'd prefer to see citations in numerical order, so instead of [10][9] I'd prefer [9][10].
    • "1 April, A small ..." - presumably that should be a small a to be grammatically correct? Same with the numerous other instances of similar.
  • Sorry I can't spend more time on the article which is actually very interesting! The Rambling Man on tour (talk) 06:32, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Both done, thanks for the comments.--Jackyd101 (talk) 17:18, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional Support - the template located below the image interferes with the prose. The words run across the template, which shouldn't occur. If that's fixed, I'll support because the rest of the list meets WP:WIAFL.SRX 16:46, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Do you have any idea how to achieve this? I'd be happy to do it but I can't work out how!--Jackyd101 (talk) 17:05, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I tried playing with it, but I got nothing. Since this is a navbox and not an infobox, it should go at the bottom of the list anyhow, which will eliminate this problem.--SRX 18:13, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure it should, these are not ordinary navboxes but military campaignboxes designed to go at the top of the article which is where anyone looking would expect to find them (see the other articles listed for examples). I'll keep trying to find this out.--Jackyd101 (talk) 18:18, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Until then I can't support because it does not comply with WP:WIAFL Cr 6.--SRX 19:05, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
OK, but I'd like to know how to fix this, perhaps you can point me to the relevant guidelines? Anyone else able to pitch in on this issue?--Jackyd101 (talk) 22:04, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You can see whether WP:NAVBOX or WP:CLN#Navigation templates have anything on this matter.--SRX 22:14, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
I've looked but its not clear as I'm not clear on what is wrong (there is no overlap on my screen resolution). Thus I've asked for feedback from a more experienced user and we'll see if he can help out.--Jackyd101 (talk) 22:20, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(outdent) I am not experiencing overlap either. SRX, what screen resolution are you using? Dabomb87 (talk) 22:31, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It must be my screen then, since it is a 1440 x 900.--SRX 22:41, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Resolved comments from Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs)
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Thanks for the review. Other than the issues listed above, I think I have dealt with eveything that has been raised.--Jackyd101 (talk) 10:08, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support After reading it a few times, "in which" is probably the best choice. Also, your explanation on cruiser makes sense, so I have no more comment on that issue. Nice work, I always liked the timeline lists! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 17:40, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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