Talk:George Eyre/GA1

GA Review
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 * GA review (see here for criteria)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) 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):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) 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):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

Reviewer: Shimgray | talk | 19:34, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Images

 * commons:File:HMS Speedy.jpg has copyright given as PD-old, "nineteenth century" with no author ("Englisch School" almost certainly isn't a person). Can we be confident the artist died by 1940?
 * Image fixed to the best of my ability. I have some reservations about that site in general, tough to say what'd PD and what isn't since there's little information on the site. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 21:54, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Textual details

 * Do we need to provide an English gloss for un guerre d'mort? It seems just about minor enough to leave untranslated, but those with less French than me may differ ;-)
 * Fixed. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 00:34, 19 October 2010 (UTC)


 * His post-war career is pretty tersely dealt with. Three years on the South American station - during a particularly interesting period - are knocked off in a sentence ("...was able to successfully manage..."), and it really seems there ought to be more there. Also, what (if anything) did he do from 1815 to 1823?
 * Trying to find what I can. Since he's a non-major figure from 200ish years ago it's been tough so far, especially since this isn't my specialty. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 21:48, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I was able to add in an extra sentence about the South American station, couldn't find anything else. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 16:25, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks fair. I suspect we could dig out more looking in specialized histories of the area or of the slave trade, but I don't have either to hand! Shimgray | talk | 15:02, 25 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Most of the references look like they probably came from digitised copies (eg, the Naval Biography of Great Britain, the Gentleman's Magazine, etc) - it would seem a good idea to link to the sources directly as well as give the bibliographic details.
 * In progress. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 21:48, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 22:57, 19 October 2010 (UTC)


 * All looks reasonable, I think. I'm still not 100% confident about the image, but it looks likely to date to c. 1820, and I think we can make a good-faith assumption as to its status. Shimgray | talk | 15:02, 25 October 2010 (UTC)