Talk:MS Europic Ferry/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 21:38, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Taking this one. Review to follow after the Bot runs. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:38, 9 April 2021 (UTC) Look pretty good. Some comments:

• Link River Tyne, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Southampton, Portsmouth, satellite navigation, pintle, Falkland Islands, aircraft carrier, Port Stanley, English Channel

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• European Ferries is a duplicate link.

Delinked - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Commas after Netherlands, England, Sierra Leone, Southampton, Northern Ireland, India (MOS:GEOCOMMA)

I got these, I think - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Little bit confused here, probably because my geography of the UK is so bad. Was it built at the Neptune Yard at Walker-on-Tyne, or the Wallsend West Yard at Wallsend?

Sounds like your knowledge is better than mine! I confused the company HQ (Wallsend) with the yard (Neptune, at Walker). Now fixed - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Any idea of the size of the crew?

Found the original crew in Clegg and added - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• fitted with pintle-mounted Bren light machine guns as a rudimentary defence against low-level air attack That would work well against a modern jet aircraft.

Indeed, suspect it was largely of psychological benefit! - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Europic Ferry was one of the first vessels to be identified by the Ministry of Defence as required for the campaign, it was earmarked for use as a stores transport ship in early April. semi-colon instead of comma

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• After assembling to the east of the Falkland Islands the force sailed on 20 May Comma after Falkland Islands

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Entering the bay in the early morning of 22 May she spent much of the day anchored offshore Comma after 22 May.

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Capitalise "Chinook"

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Suggest "HMS Hermes"

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Med Link Lines is red-linked but Howill Shipping is not?

Redlinked Howill and Namora, not familiar with them but they seem reasonable targets for articles - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• She sailed for the United Kingdom on 23 June carrying returning troops of 2nd and 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment. "Battalions"

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:23, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Hawkeye7. Sorry I forgot to watchlist this, so I missed your review. I'm just waiting for a copy of Clegg (1969) which should arrive in the next week or so before I look at this one again. Many thanks - Dumelow (talk) 06:50, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Hawkeye7, I've added a few more details from Clegg and hopefully addressed your comments above. Cheers - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   Both images have appropriate licences

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   Closing comment: I've filed the article under "transport" with other merchant ships rather than under "Warfare"