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Good articleGeorge Eyre has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
October 25, 2010Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 25, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Captain George Eyre narrowly escaped death in 1812, when he was hit in the head by a musket ball and three others passed through his clothes?

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:George Eyre/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Reviewer: Shimgray | talk | 19:34, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • His post-war career is pretty tersely dealt with. Three years on the South American station - during a particularly interesting period - are knocked off in a sentence ("...was able to successfully manage..."), and it really seems there ought to be more there. Also, what (if anything) did he do from 1815 to 1823?
    Trying to find what I can. Since he's a non-major figure from 200ish years ago it's been tough so far, especially since this isn't my specialty. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 21:48, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I was able to add in an extra sentence about the South American station, couldn't find anything else. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 16:25, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks fair. I suspect we could dig out more looking in specialized histories of the area or of the slave trade, but I don't have either to hand! Shimgray | talk | 15:02, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • All looks reasonable, I think. I'm still not 100% confident about the image, but it looks likely to date to c. 1820, and I think we can make a good-faith assumption as to its status. Shimgray | talk | 15:02, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]