Template talk:Did you know/HMS Doterel (1880)

HMS Doterel (1880)

 * ... that on 26 April 1861 HMS Doterel (pictured) exploded, killing 143 of the 155 crew members?
 * Reviewed: exempt

Created by Ryan Vesey (talk), Shem1805 (talk). Self nom at 03:39, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Please add a comment and signature (or just a signature if endorsing) after each aspect you have reviewed: Hook
 * Length, format, content rules: I added the comma. Tony   (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Source: Tony   (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Interest: Excellent. Tony   (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Image suitability, if applicable: Great pity so small; great image, still worth using. Tony   (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The image is 600 × 373 (it's only small here because the display size is set to 100 x 100). Shem (talk) 15:23, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Shem, yeah, implicit in my comment is an underlying complaint about the main-page rules, which IMO unreasonable constrict the side of TFA and DYK images. Tony   (talk)

03:57, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry Tony - with you now. Shem (talk) 19:22, 29 July 2011 (UTC)


 * ALT hooks, if proposed:

Article
 * Length: Tony   (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Vintage: Tony   (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Sourcing (V, RS, BLP): Looks reliable. Tony   (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Neutrality: Tony   (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Plagiarism/close paraphrasing: Checks out ... London Ill. News said 143 dead, but I didn't look at other sources. Tony   (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Copyvio: Tony   (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Obvious faults in prose, structure, formatting: Good. I fixed a few things (the x to a ×, but do you need them anyway? Tony   (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Comments/discussion: Nice work indeed! Ready to go. Tony  (talk)  10:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)


 * The ×'s seem to be common practice in article's about ships. Here I randomly pulled up a ship article and it used them. Here is another example I found. Ryan Vesey  Review me!  12:59, 27 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I've changed "the HMS" to "HMS"; this is a solecism, the definite article is superfluous in front of "HMS", since it reads in full "the Her Majesty's Ship". Otherwise, very happy with the proposal. Shem (talk) 15:16, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Ryan, thanks, good to know. This looks ready. Symbol confirmed.svg Tony   (talk)  03:53, 29 July 2011 (UTC)