Talk:Regele Ferdinand-class destroyer/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: AustralianRupert (talk · contribs) 02:02, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

I will take a look at this one. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:02, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

General comments: G'day, Sturm, this looks pretty good. I have a few minor comments/suggestions: AustralianRupert (talk) 02:57, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

• the information in the infobox is supported by the body except:
  • being preceded by the Vifor class
    • Not sure if this one was dealt with? AustralianRupert (talk) 01:57, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
      • Honestly, I don't think that it needs citing.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:31, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
        • Fair enough. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 04:39, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
  • being succeeded by Mărășești
    • Had to delete Marasesti since she was a frigate, but I've never cited preceding or succeeding class before
• this seems slightly contradictory: "decided to order a pair..." v. "Four destroyers were intended to be ordered, but only two were actually built"
  • I think that they'd planned to build two pairs at a time, but ran out of money before the second pair was ordered. But nobody actually says this.
    • Perhaps change the first part to "the Romanian Government decided to order several modern destroyers". Would that work? AustralianRupert (talk) 01:57, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
      • I think so.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:31, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
• the table in the Ships section appears to be unreferenced
  • Oops
• the article appears to use British English variation, but I see at least one instance of "defense"
  • That one always slips by; it's nowhere near as obvious as the extra u in many words.
• On 26 June 1941, shortly after the Axis invasion...: perhaps clarify Romania's alignment with Germany here?
  • Axis linked in the lead. Is that not clear enough?
    • Ok, no worries. AustralianRupert (talk) 01:57, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
• link Operation Barbarossa
  • Thought I had, but obviously not!
• Massively outnumbered by the Soviet Black Sea Fleet: link Black Sea Fleet?
  • Linked in the lede.
• is there any information that can be added about what the ships did between 1930 and 1937, or between 1937 and 1941?
  • Not in anything available to me.
    • Ok, no worries. AustralianRupert (talk) 01:57, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
• on a Romanian minefield --> "in a Romanian minefield"?
• Romanians began laying minefields: move the link for minefield to the first mention
• After Sevastopol surrendered --> "After the Soviet garrision at Sevastopol surrendered"?
• encircled Sevastopol during April --> "encircled Axis troops in Sevastopol during April"?
• their attacks so damaged her fuel system that she... --> "their attacks damaged her fuel system to the extent that she..."?
• "Monakov & Rohwer" in the citations, but it is reverse order in the Bibliography
  • Good catch.
• on face value the sources look reliable, although I wonder if you could tell me something about "Sakhapoligrafizdat"?
  • Not much, but it's not Samizdat ;-) A lot of the good post-Cold War Soviet naval history is coming from small presses of which I presume that this is one.
    • I see quite a few entries on worldcat for the publisher, and Google Scholar also has quite a few entries: [1]. So it is probably okay. AustralianRupert (talk) 04:39, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
• the Earwig tool reported no copyright violations likely: [2] (no action required)
• the source link for "File:RegeleFerdinand1935.jpg" appears to be a dead link
  • Replaced
• same as above for "File:RegeleFerdinand1930-1944.jpg"
  • Can't find an alternative source, but I don't think that it matters given the non-existent copyright on Romanian photos.
    • Unfortunately, the throughlink at the Wayback machine isn't helping, either. I guess it's a permanent deadlink. AustralianRupert (talk) 04:39, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
• I suggest removing the header "External links", or adding a couple of links. Per the guidance at MOS:LAYOUTEL, the Commons link shouldn't sit in an EL section by itself
  • Added. Thanks for giving this a look. You've been missed. See if my changes work for you.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:01, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Criteria

• It is reasonably well written.

  a (prose): b (MoS):

• It is factually accurate and verifiable.

  a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

• It is broad in its coverage.

  a (major aspects): b (focused):

• It follows the neutral point of view policy.

  a (fair representation): b (all significant views):

No issues detected. AustralianRupert (talk) 04:39, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

• It is stable.

  No edit wars etc.:

Article appears stable and isn't subject to a current edit war. AustralianRupert (talk) 04:39, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

• It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.

  a (tagged and captioned): b (Is illustrated with appropriate images): c (non-free images have fair use rationales): d public domain pictures appropriately demonstrate why they are public domain:

• Overall:

  a Pass/Fail: