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February 15, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed
September 13, 2013	Good topic candidate	Promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 20, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that both of the Kaiserliche Marine's Odin-class coast defense ships were rebuilt as freighters after the end of World War I?

Current status: Good article

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Thurgate (talk) 19:13, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
prose: (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.:
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):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Comments

1. The ships did lose significant speed in heavy seas. Suggest - The ships lost significant speed in heavy seas

2. 2 shaft 3 cyl vertical triple expansion; 4,800 ihp. Suggest - 2 shaft 3 cylinder vertical triple expansion; 4,800 shp

3. propulsion system as in Siegfried. Suggest - propulsion system that was in the Siegfried class.

4. After the refit. Which refit was this?

5. SK L/35 guns. Could do with a link

6. In an arrangement very unusual for such large guns. Suggest - In an arrangement that was very unusual for such large guns

7. two of which were. Suggest - two of the guns were

8. 200 mm of teak. Needs a conversion to inch's

9. ornament. Suggest a link for this

I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow you to address the issues I've brought up. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, or here with any concerns. Thurgate (talk) 19:13, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've got everything actionable. There's no article about bow ornaments, so there's nothing I can really do there. Thanks for reviewing the article. Parsecboy (talk) 20:05, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work. Passed. Thurgate (talk) 21:07, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]