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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 21:34, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]


I'll get to this shortly.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:34, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • One DAB, external links OK
    • Will have to address that later - for some reason, the dablink checker is blocked at work.
  • Images appropriately licensed. Can you find a decent one to illustrate her late- or post-war appearance?
  • No duplicate links
  • Work the COs into the main body.
    • Done
  • Fix the appendicies to conform with MOS:APPENDIX
    • Done, I think
  • Link decommissioned, scrap, displaced, main battery, funnels, secondary battery, AA guns, magazines, salvo, flying-off ramp
    • Done all but flying-off ramp - do we have an article for that?
      • [[Flight deck#Early flight decks|Flying-off platforms]]
        • Thanks
  • The four Iron Duke-class battleships were ordered in the 1911 building programme, and were an incremental improvement over the preceding King George V class, the primary change being the substitution of a heavier secondary battery. Might be worth splitting in half.
    • Done
  • combat loading? Howzabout deep load with a link?
    • Done
  • one forward and one aft; of what?
    • Clarified
  • machinery spaces What kind of machinery
    • Clarified
  • The typical routine of gunnery drills and squadron exercises occurred in January. awkward
    • See how it's worded now
  • Tell the reader the turret designations, so they'll be able to figure out which turrets got the flying-off platforms and watch the hyphenation
    • Done
  • 21 in (530 mm) I think you know what to do with this!
    • Indeed
  • Which of Burt's books are you using?
    • Moved the other one to Further reading
  • What's your source for the Xth ship of her name in the RN?
    • Hadn't thought to look one up, but added now.
  • Watch your ampersands in the refs.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:24, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]