Talk:Eric Gascoigne Robinson

GA on hold notes
Being nitpicky here:


 * Under E15 Mission:"As the small craft turned to go, they were caught by searchlights and subjected to heavy and accurate gunfire which holded Majestic's boat causing her to sink fast." - shouldn't this read 'holed'?
 * Under Later War Service:"In August, Robinson was sent to Anzac Cove as a naval liaison officer and on his second day there was badly wounded near the front line, forcing his evacuation to England, where King George V presented him with his medal at Buckingham Palace on the same day as fellow Mason ." I'm assuming there's something missing at the end there - fellow Mason what? who?

Otherwise, great work. Mocko13 03:04, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Excellent article. Promoted. - Mocko13 14:35, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

GA Sweeps (on hold)
In an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria, this article has been reviewed as part of WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. Whilst the article is generally good, I have found one or two minor issues that may need to be addressed. These are:


 * Prose: there are some examples of awkward and ungrammatical prose, and parts of the article would benefit from a gentle copyedit. I'm happy to undertake this myself if that would be helpful.
 * Neutrality: this relates to the last sentence of the article lead, which comes across as less-than-neutral. If it can be sourced as it stands, fine, but if not it should perhaps be toned down a little.
 * The licenses for some of the images may need careful checking - one is potentially obsolete, and some of the others don't have the required information (although I may be wrong; for the life of me I can't find the relevant guidelines/policy so I'll update this when I've checked up on it further!) Ignore - browser problem! EyeSerene TALK 22:09, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and the points above are being dealt with, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be renominated at WP:GAN.

Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards, EyeSerene TALK 19:30, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

GA sweeps (pass)
Thank you very much for the work put into answering the above reassessment. I am happy that Eric Gascoigne Robinson remain listed as a Good article, and I have updated the article history to reflect this. Well done ;) EyeSerene TALK 17:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

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Improvements to article
Much of this article is based on Stephen Snelling's excellent books on VCs. However Snelling is not accurate on all aspects of Eric Robinson's career. I have links with Robinson's family and access to some family archives. My account "Kipper VC" is available on the Persona Naval Press website. I intend to make some alterations to the text. I also feel that some of the text does not read like an encyclopaedia entry and would like to suggest alterations.


 * Add service at start of WWI before joining Vengeance
 * Improve account of mine clearance (done)
 * Improve account of action in Caspian (done)
 * Add information about role as NOIC Dundee (done)

Carl Carllrac (talk) 16:33, 19 June 2024 (UTC)