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• Michel Coiffard// Georgejdorner (talk) 03:22, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Still Start class, unfortunately, George. I've done some formatting work for you and added some comments on the talk page on how it could be improved. I feel that it could be promoted to a B class with only a little bit more work. Also there is a fact that needs clarifying (as I mention in my comments on the talk page). Please let me know if you want a further assessment if you decide to keep working on the article (which I hope you will). Good work by the way and I'm sorry if it seems like I keep harping on the same things in your articles. I do believe you do good work, it just needs a little bit more to get it over the B class hump. — AustralianRupert (talk) 02:48, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
• Battle of Más a Tierra - I added sources for all paragraphs and am wondering if this is now B class XavierGreen (talk) 01:12, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
  • B class. There is room for further improvement, though, in terms of the citations. As it is you have only got one per paragraph (at the end), which implies that the whole paragraph came from the whole source. If it did that is okay, but it doesn't hurt to have two or even more citations per paragraph. The best policy is one for every fact that is contestable or that someone might want to know where it came from, e.g. like a date of something occuring, a number or a reason for something. Nevertheless, it meets the B class criteria, so good work! — AustralianRupert (talk) 11:04, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
• LAV III - The article has been updated and edited extensively since its last review Jonathon A H (talk) 04:21, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Still start class, I'm afraid. The article only covers the vehicle's use in Canadian service and the 'Design Criticism' section isn't neutral or fully cited (in general, 'criticism' sections should be integrated into the article rather than be presented as a separate section so that alternate views can be presented side by side). Nick-D (talk) 10:52, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
    • Fair enough. I've put a merger proposal up to fold in the NZLAV section. Waiting an appropriate amount of time for discussion (of which there's been none beyond my initial proposal). Information on Saudi use is virtually non-existant (and given the small number sold, and the large number of other LAV variants they have in service, like finding a needle in a haystack). Will work on the rest, though.

• Mackensen class battlecruiser - recently rewritten, would like it checked for B-class. Thanks in advance! Parsecboy (talk) 12:12, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• B, well done. The only thing I could see was the stub template left on it. ;) Woody (talk) 14:45, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks, Woody. There's always something I miss :) Parsecboy (talk) 14:47, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Ersatz Yorck class battlecruiser - another German warship class article. Yeah, I know, I need to get a hobby. Except this is my hobby, so what d'ya want? Parsecboy (talk) 17:13, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
  • B-class. Damn fine hobby if you ask me :)  Roger Davies ^talk 17:22, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
• SMS Hindenburg - rewritten, can someone check it for B-class? Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 19:37, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
  • B-class. Anotherclown (talk) 12:42, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
• Uragan class guard ship new article would like it assessed for B-class. Do I need to expand the lead? If so, suggestions are welcome. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:06, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
• Leonard W. Murray - added substantial content and links, including much from primary source material in the Canadian National Archives. Would appreciate a review to see if making progress. Still more to do on WWII and post-war period. Friendofleonard (talk) 02:33, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Assessed as a Start class now, up from a Stub. Good work so far, I have put some comments on the article's talk page on how I think you could improve it up to a B class article. Keep up the good work. — AustralianRupert (talk) 04:59, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
• HM Submarine X1 added a section on the ship's brief career, hopefully this will be enough to bring it up to B-class. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:45, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
  • B-class, nice work Sturmvogel. Parsecboy (talk) 22:26, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
• Wilfred Arthur - one of my older RAAF bios, expanded and upgraded. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 16:15, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
• Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga major expansion, curious to see if it meets B-class criteria. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:43, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
  • I looked the article over, but am uncomfortable with the relative lack of information on the ship's WWII service; just two short paragraphs for Pearl Harbor and all of the Central/South Pacific raids, and less for Midway don't meet "reasonably covers the topic", at least for me. That's the one thing holding it back, in my opinion. Parsecboy (talk) 22:32, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

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