Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of screw corvettes of Germany/archive1
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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 18:21:16 23 July 2019 (UTC) [1].
List of screw corvettes of Germany edit
List of screw corvettes of Germany (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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This list comprises all of the screw corvettes built by Germany from the 1860s through the 1880s, which had varied and (I think!) interesting careers - some saw action in the Wars of German Unification while the later vessels were frequently used to police the German colonial empire; a couple were sunk in storms, and most of the rest were eventually scrapped - only Blücher's fate remains a mystery; what happened to the vessel after being sold in 1909 has apparently been lost to history. In any event, thanks to those who take the time to review the list. I should add that the list serves as the capstone to this project I assembled last year. Parsecboy (talk) 11:59, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Comments
- "a role that many of the older corvettes had begun to serve in by that time" - don't think the word "in" is needed here
- Removed, and switched "serve" to "fill" to avoid repeating it in the same sentence.
- "two of which were taken as prizes and the third being sunk" - the word "being" isn't needed here
- Removed
- "but not badly damaged by a Danish frigate." - slightly confusing wording. Does this mean that she was attacked by a frigate but only lightly damaged? Or that she was badly damaged but by something else? The wording is ambiguous.
- That's a good point - I've hopefully reworded it for better clarity.
- Only looked as far down as the Nymphe class so far, will pop back for more later.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:29, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Further comments
- " They had a displacement of more than a thousand tons lower than the earlier vessels" - I think this should probably be " They had a displacement of more than a thousand tons less than the earlier vessels"
- Think that's it for the rest of the article! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:35, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:15, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
CommentsSupport from PM
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This list is in great shape. I reviewed it at Milhist ACR and checked it against the individual ship and class articles, so there isn't much to add now. I have a few comments:
- link keel laying in the lead
- Done
- link Squadron (naval) in the lead
- Done
- in the lead, suggest "Nymphe's sister Medusa was in Japan..." as I am left wondering what class she came from
- Good idea
- in the lead and Ariadne class section, you could probably get away with delinking Mediterranean Sea, although it is lineball in terms of common knowledge IMO
- Yeah, that one is sort of on the borderline, but my rule of thumb is to err on the side of assuming the average reader won't know a given place (but maybe I've just seen too many late night bits making fun of people who couldn't identify US states)
- in the lead, suggest "later the construction"→"later the establishment"
- Sounds good to me
- in the lead, suggest "and the 'Bismarck-class ship Gneisenau" for the same reason as above
- Good idea
- Under Nymphe class, they are referred to as steam corvettes, but aren't these ships screw corvettes? Suggest consistent terminology
- Good catch - the terms are mostly interchangeable (apart from the inclusion of
- is there a link for cruiser in "traditional cruiser duties"?
- Probably the generic cruiser article is the best bet
- "while under the French flag"
- Good catch
- link Haiti at first mention
- I think the MoS advises against linking to current countries
- link ship commissioning for decommissioning
- Done
- Have you gone with a policy of not linking ship names in the body (outside the tables)? Otherwise there are a few that should be linked at first mention
- Yeah, I figure linking in the prose in addition to the tables would be overkill
- you could link "show the flag" to the wiktionary entry as it is a bit obscure
- It's linked in the Nymphe section
- under Charlotte "and hulked; her ultimate fate is unknown" but the table says broken up, 1921?
- Good catch, fixed the table
That's all I have. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:42, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks PM. Parsecboy (talk) 13:52, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- No prob, supporting. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:14, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
CommentsSupport by CPA-5
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I claim my seat here. Tomorrow I will have look at it. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 20:54, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- response to rising tensions with Denmark over the Schleswig-Holstein Question Link Denmark.
- I think per the MoS, linking to existing countries is to be a avoided
- Medusa was blockaded in Yokohama, Japan Link Japan with the Empire of Japan's article.
- Done
- The ships were purportedly being built for Japan under the Link Japan here with the Tokugawa shogunate's article.
- Done
- Link France in the lead and body with the Second French Empire's article.
- Done
- "1 shaft, 1 marine steam engine, 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)" extra nought isn't necessary.
- Had to hard code it in
- Don't forget to link tonnes and long tons in the article.
- Good catch
That's anything from me. CPA-5 (talk) 12:43, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Source review passed (I did remove the use of Amazon ids from the two books that had them, ASIN (Amazon Standard ID) is not a global standard but solely an internal reference number for a single retailer); promoting. --PresN 18:21, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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