Talk:Landing on Long Island/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: AustralianRupert (talk · contribs) 02:41, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

I will review this article for GA over the next couple of days. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:41, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Nice work, Hawkeye, I have the following suggestions: AustralianRupert (talk) 07:54, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Initial comments/suggestions
 * in the lead: "Long Island (Papua New Guinea) was an..." I wonder if the piping should be hidden, and also whether the location of the island should be clarified more. For instance, may be this might work: "Long Island, situated blah blah blah, was an important staging point for Japanese barges..." I would also suggest maybe clarifying the area that the barges were being used, e.g. "important staging point for Japanese barges operating between X and Y", or something similar (suggest adding this to the Background section also)
 * ✅ Added. The piping has been hidden; it was uncovered by an editor when the article ran on the front page as a DYK.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:46, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * "wiped out by a volcanic eruption..." do we know when roughly (perhaps state the year, if know)?
 * ✅ Uh, well, the Allied Geographic Section report says "in the last 150 years", but I believe that it was the 1660 eruption, which
 * PT boat is overlinked in the Landing section
 * ✅ Resolved.
 * "and it was feared that the Japanese..." --> "...feared by Allied planners that the Japanese?"
 * ✅ No, by the garrison. Added a bit.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:46, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Images: are there any photos of the landing, or forces involved, or even the radar station? If not, it isn't a drama, but it would certainly improve the article if one could be added
 * Not that I could find. I'd settle for much less, like a half decent map. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:46, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * No worries, potentially this one might be a bit less cluttered, although it doesn't specifically label Long Island. File:New guinea.png. AustralianRupert (talk) 22:56, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * "cut the Japanese supply line, which was by barges moving along the coast..." --> perhaps clarify which coast
 * ✅ Added a bit.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:46, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * "aircraft coming from Madang...": suggest linking Madang here
 * Already linked above.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:46, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * "difficulty keeping the equipment operational": do we know why? Was it because of the climate?
 * ✅ Yes. Added a bit.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:46, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Do we know how long the radar station remained on the island? This source seems to have something on pp. 68-69:
 * ✅ Added that.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:46, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I think the Huon Peninsula campaign should be mentioned somewhere in the lead and the body of the article
 * ✅ Done.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:46, 5 December 2017 (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):


 * It is stable.
 * No edit wars etc.:


 * 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:
 * Great work as always, Hawkeye. Thanks for your efforts. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 22:56, 5 December 2017 (UTC)