Talk:Ross expedition/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Kostas20142 (talk · contribs) 13:53, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

I will take up and review this nomination --Kostas20142 (talk) 13:53, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

comments

 * File:HMS Erebus and Terror in the Antarctic by John Wilson Carmichael.jpg requires USA pd tag.
 * Done.


 * Please check whether a USA pd tag is applicable for File:James Clark Ross.jpg, File:Erebus image.jpg and add it.
 * Done.


 * Please add a pd tag (outside USA) for File:Flora Antarctica Plate CXXIV.jpg
 * Done.


 * Question: Can the term "unusually strong warships" be somehow supported??
 * Ref added. They were exceptionally robust.


 * "...was assistant-surgeon to Robert McCormick. and was responsible for collecting zoological and geological specimens.": I think the "was" at "was responsible for" should be omitted.
 * Done.


 * "Thomas Abernethy, who had been previous Arctic expeditions with Ross": Could you please rephrase it or add a preposition? I am proposing it because the current syntax reafd like "Thomas Abernethy is expedition" or so.
 * Done.


 * "It was throughout "splendidly" illustrated by Walter Hood Fitch": I don't know whether including "splendidly",is a good idea.
 * Whyever not? It is a most unusual and distinctive comment, quoted from the named source, not from me. I've repeated the ref for clarity.
 * No problem then, excuse me for the misunderstanding.


 * Regarding influence section, could you please improve the second section? I think it requires some copyediting. Also, I fail to understand the section's purpose. (not saying that it should not exist, just that I did not yet understand it.)
 * I've just read it through and I'm happy with it. The Flora is arguably (as Walton notes) the major product of the expedition, and as such it deserves a mention here.
 * On the section's purpose, it's to show how important (WikiJargon alert: Notable) the expedition was. Of course that gives us a platform to provide some interesting quotations.
 * Ok, it stays as is. I am a bit skeptical about the section's name, however I cannot think anything better right now and it can be discussed later on, at talk page as it won't affect the review.
 * Thanks. It could be named 'Legacy' or some such.