Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of Leyte Gulf/archive1

Battle of Leyte Gulf
Partial self nom - I've done a little work here (I wrote the battlebox and scanned some pics for it) but user:Gdr has written almost all of the prose himself. &rarr;Raul654 06:17, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)


 * Minor object. This is a good article, but I would like to see some small issues resolved. 1) The battle-box mentions the Battle of Leyte as the "battle before", while "Aftermath" writes that "the way was opened for the reconquest of Leyte by the land forces under the command of MacArthur, in the battle of Leyte". This seems contradictory, even though the Battle of Leyte article mentions 20 Oct 1944 as the begin date. 2) 50% of the aftermath section deals with critique on Halsey, rather than with the actual aftermath of the battle. I think a dicussion of the commander's handling is great, but this only discusses the non-dispatching of the TF, and not the battle in general, or the Japanese actions. 3) One of the references is "The Battle of Leyte Gulf: 23–26 October 1944", while the article has 24 and 25 October as the dates. This is not necessarily a problem, but it strikes me as odd. Jeronimo 11:33, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * (1) "Battle before" is strictly chronological. See WikiProject Battles. Since the first landings of the battle of Leyte were on 1944-10-20 it comes before the battle of Leyte Gulf even though most of the fighting was afterwards. If this is a problem, it would be a good idea to discuss this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Battles. I changed the wording of the "Aftermath" section to address this point. (2) I'm not sure what to do about this, other than to put the Halsey material in a subsection. Any suggestions? (3) I changed the dates in the battlebox. Gdr 14:36, 2004 Oct 29 (UTC)
 * I'm withdrawing my objection, although I'm not sure if 2) is resolved to my satisfaction. It's good enough for featured status either way. As for 1), I'll raise this point at the WikiProject site. I found the "previous/next battle" entry also problematic for another FAC, Battle of Jutland. Jeronimo 20:15, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * Minor objection. In "Battle of Surigao Strait", the arrival of Nishimura's force without the support from other forces is credited to the poor communication or the complex coordination. This is only partially true. It is also due to the radio silence enforced on actual striking forces. Except for Ozawa's decoy force, all other groupd operated under the complete radio silence. Also, the discription of "two battleships coverted to carriers (Hyuga and Ise)" needs somewhat more tweaking. It is misleading in a sense as both were still much closer to a battleship than a carrier after the conversion. Revth 12:42, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Good points. Now fixed, I hope. Gdr 14:36, 2004 Oct 29 (UTC)
 * Thanks and support. Revth 15:49, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. I will leave others more knowledgeable than I to criticise the factual content, but a good article. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:53, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * Support: I learned a great deal. Geogre 21:12, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Filiocht 11:58, Nov 3, 2004 (UTC)