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Java campaign of 1806–1807 has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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Date	Process	Result
October 11, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Java campaign of 1806–1807/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
'British Royal Navy forces against the forces of the Kingdom of Holland,' - Repetition of 'forces'

Repetition of 'was able' in the second paragraph of the lede

'At the start of 1806, control in the Indian Ocean in the Napoleonic Wars was disputed' - 'of the Indian Ocean' would seem better.

'but were still insufficient' - 'but their forces were still insufficient' needs to be added, I think, as we're referring to the British being unable to effect complete control of the ocean. Either that or replace 'insufficient' with 'unable'. Either/or, really.

Repetition of 'too concerned' in Background section

'Batavia roads' - What context is 'roads' used here? It doesn't seem to have been used previously.

'Captain Pellew opened fire on the other grounded ships while boats boarded them in turn' - Should probably be clarified, as I doubt he fired when the boats were actually boarding the vessels!

Couple of instances in the Griesse section where you use variations on 'without a single casualty', and it seems a little peacockish; I'd suggest getting rid of 'single' to make it more neutral.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
'Cautious of the larger force' - Should probably mention he believed one ship to be a ship of the line.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
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):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

That's about it. Good article, needs a few details checked before I can pass it. Cheers, Skinny87 (talk) 15:47, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. I think I have addressed all of the above, let me know if there are any more problems.--Jackyd101 (talk) 11:45, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou very much!--Jackyd101 (talk) 18:21, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]