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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:46, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

London-class battleship

 * ... that HMS London, a London-class battleship, was fitted with a makeshift ramp for experiments with naval aircraft? Source: page 224 of
 * Reviewed: AMES Type 80

Improved to Good Article status by Parsecboy (talk) and L293D (talk). Nominated by L293D (talk) at 03:22, 5 December 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg	Hi L293D, review follows: article passed GA review on 4 December; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; sources are all offline but I am happy to AGF that there is no copyright violation from these; hook is interesting but does not appear to be cited in the article - it only states that "London was used in shipboard aviation experiments in 1912–1913" (the lead states "London was used to test the use of ramp-launched airplanes from ships") but there is no citation; image is used in the article. It is by "H Coish", no death dates are provided but a non-reliable source seems to suggest he died in 1912 so the tag used seems appropriate; QPQ has been carried out.  A minor change to the article to introduce the fact about the ramps and the appropriate source and this one will be good to go - Dumelow (talk) 18:39, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
 * According to the source and artwork itself, it was published in 1899. If my understanding of public domain rules is correct, then a pd-1923 tag or something similar should do. I've added the hook fact. L293D (☎ • ✎) 13:05, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg	Hi L293D. The pre-1923 depends on where it was published: if it was published outside the US then I think it can only be hosted locally and not on commons (under the  tag).  It's not my strong point, but I am happy to AGF that the tag is right and the image is PD, as seems likely considering the date. ticked - Dumelow (talk) 18:00, 6 December 2018 (UTC)