Talk:John Cooke (Royal Navy officer)

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February 28, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed

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John Cooke bio
Animation of the Battle of Trafalgar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackyd101 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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It is reasonably well written.
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The writing is good, but it could always be better
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This article meets all criteria, although the writing could always be better. Thus, it Passes GA. Thank you for your hard work in improving this article to GA status. Juliancolton ^{The storm still blows...} 18:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

battles?

"Cooke ... served aboard HMS Duke at the Battle of Dominica and the Battle of the Saintes, at both of which Duke was heavily engaged". - Aren't these "two battles" two different names for the same engagement? dawkeye (talk) 20:08, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

More details?

According to Tracey's Who's Who, more is known about Cooke's early life than is supposed here. Including that he was baptised on 5 March 1762 at St Mary Whitechapel, as the 2nd son of Francis and Margaret. Also that he first went to sea age 11, was at school in Greenwich, and was on the books of the royal yacht before joining Eagle, as well as other details. White, Heathcote and the DNB all give a birth year of 1763, which would clash with Tracey's assertion though, but giving the copious extra detail compared to the other's fairly short biographies, I'm somewhat inclined to suspect he might have some more up to date research. Benea (talk) 13:50, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I wrote this many years ago now and my articlecraft was a little immature - I'm in agreement that Tracy is the correct source in this instance.--Jackyd101 (talk) 17:22, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]