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Action of 1 January 1800
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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/January 1, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 12:43, 12 December 2012 (UTC)



The Action of 1 January 1800 was a naval battle of the Quasi-War that took place off the coast of present-day Haiti, near the island of Gonâve in the Bight of Léogâne. The battle was fought between an American convoy consisting of four merchant vessels escorted by the United States naval schooner USS Experiment (1799), and a squadron of armed barges manned by piratical Haitians known as picaroons. A French-aligned Haitian general, André Rigaud (pictured), had instructed his forces to attack all foreign shipping within their range of operations. Accordingly, once Experiment and her convoy of merchant ships neared Gonâve and were caught in a dead calm, the picaroons attacked them, capturing two of the American merchant ships before withdrawing. Experiment managed to save the other two ships in her convoy, and escorted them to a friendly port. On the American side, only the captain of the schooner Mary was killed. The picaroons took heavy losses during this engagement, but remained strong enough to continue wreaking havoc among American shipping in the region. Only after Rigaud was forced out of power by the forces of Toussaint L'Ouverture, leader of the 1791 Haitian Revolution, did the picaroon attacks cease. (Full article...)

1 year FA (1 point), relevant date (1 point); last similar article? Well, if you say it's Haitian history, nothing in the last six months (2 points); if you say it's warfare involving the US, then Carlson's patrol on 6th November (no adjustment); if you say it's ship-related warfare, perhaps Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō on 27th Dec (-2 points). So, anything from 4 to 0 depending on your stance. FYI, USS Constellation vs La Vengeance has date relevance for 1st February, and is another naval battle from the Quasi-War (although not involving Haitian picaroons). What do people prefer? Which (or neither) gets 1st Jan, do we run the "loser" close to 1st Jan or on another date, or what?! Both have date relevance, both have good points in their favour about diversity. As mentioned above, I am not supporting or opposing either article. BencherliteTalk 09:33, 12 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Support: Better date relevance than the other article, and also the older FA. Plus Haiti needs some love...
 * The Balan article can run next Jan 1, perhaps.--Chimino (talk) 09:53, 12 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Support, has to run some 1 January, why not 2013? The actress my have some other relevant date in her bio or could appear next year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:57, 12 December 2012 (UTC)