Talk:USS Balch (DD-50)/GA1

GA Review

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Hi there, I am happy to tell you that this article has passed GA without the need for any further improvement. Listed below is information on how the article fared against the Wikipedia:good article criteria. I know that this review may seem cursory, but I have read it thoroughly and I genuinely have no additional questions or comments, it is a very good article.--Jackyd101 (talk) 00:01, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

• It is reasonably well written.

  a (prose): b (MoS):

• It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

A very minor thing, but Lord Charles Beresford had been made a baron by October 1916, and therefore the correct form of address should be Lord Beresford (without the Charles). --Jackyd101 (talk) 00:01, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

• 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):

• It is stable.

  

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

  a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):

• Overall:

  a Pass/Fail:

Thankyou and congratulations, an excellent addition to Wikipedia:Good Articles. All the best.