Talk:Action of 7 May 1794/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:44, 4 April 2010 (UTC) GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * A. Prose quality:
 * B. MoS compliance:
 * Done
 * 1) Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
 * A. References to sources:
 * B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
 * C. No original research:
 * 1) Is it broad in its coverage?
 * A. Major aspects:
 * No. of guns added (although the sources do not give a figure for the corvette). I originally thought that a frigate should be able to always outrun a ship of the line, but in fact it didn't work that way: because they were much bigger, ships of the line were more stable and could carry more sail than a frigate. In strong winds this made them the fastest things at sea, and there were dozens of additional factors that could contribute to the relative speed of sailing vessels - unfortunately my available sources do not list which ones contributed to the failure of Linois to outrun Boyles on this occassion.
 * B. Focused:
 * 1) Is it neutral?
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * Pass or Fail:

Thanks for the review, I've addressed or answered all of the points you have raised above.--Jackyd101 (talk) 23:06, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Fix the awkward sentence noted and I'll promote this.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 04:07, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, which awkward sentence?--Jackyd101 (talk) 11:09, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The one marked as awkward.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:15, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I've reworded, but I wasn't really sure what the problem was - can you remove the tag if it is sorted? In future can you flag up exactly what is awkward about the phrasing in the review so I can understand more clearly what needs to be changed? Thanks--Jackyd101 (talk) 01:36, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I had a hard time articulating what I felt was wrong so I left the tag in the hopes that you'd be able to pick up on it. Anyway, I tweaked it a little, see if it works for you. But I'm promoting it in the meantime.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:54, 6 April 2010 (UTC)