Talk:Queen Mary 2/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: ---Dough4872 00:19, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Comments:

1. Citations should not be in the lead unless that information is unique.
2. The lead looks a little short. Is there any more information that can be added?
3. The word "she" is used too much in the article to describe the ship. Can the use of this word be cut down?
4. The sentence "48 people on the gangway fell over 15-metre (49 ft); 32 were injured and 16 were killed." should not begin with a numeral.
5. The sentence "Due to the size of the ship, the high quality of materials, and that, having been designed as an ocean liner, she required 40% more steel than a standard cruise ship, the final cost was approximately $300,000 US per berth, nearly double that of many large passenger ships." needs to be split into two.
6. Citation needed for "In common with many modern ships, both passenger and cargo, Queen Mary 2 has a bulbous bow to reduce drag and thereby increase speed, range, and fuel efficiency."
7. "Cunard decided to pass up the convenience of the occasional Canal passage": add "Panama" before "Canal".
8. The sentence "(Queen Mary 2 carries 8 spare blades on the foredeck, immediately forward of the bridge screen.)" should not be in parentheses.
9. The sentence "Concentrated salt solution (brine) is being discharged to the sea closer to the ship’s stern together with cooling water from the engines." sounds awkward.
10. Citation needed for "With 1,600 passengers leaving the ships in Sydney, Cunard estimated the stopovers injected more than $1 million into the local economy."
11. Citation needed for "In July 2007 the National Geographic Channel broadcast the documentary Megastructures about Queen Mary 2."
12. "(on 27 November 2008 [57])" does not need to be in parentheses.
13. Citation needed for "Cunard had selected Boston as the American port for his Atlantic service which resulted in a strong connection between Boston and the Cunard Line."
14. Citation needed for "It now forms part of the Maritime Quest aboard."
15. The first paragraph of the Environmental performance section needs citations.
16. "Footnotes" should be changed to "References".
17. Throughout the article, there are many short one- and two-sentence paragraphs. These should be combined with other paragraphs.

I am placing the article on hold. ---Dough4872 00:19, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

1. Removed all but one.
2. I added a paragraph about the ship's speed and technical design and rephrased some of the rest of it.
3. Haven't changed this as I don't see what would be better.
4. Changed
5. Changed
6. Added
7. Changed
8. Changed
9. Removed "being"
10. Added
11. Added
12. Changed
13. Added
14. Removed sentence
15. Added some; possibly more would be better
16. Changed
17. I have changed some, but I can't really see a way around most of the ones that are left.

Jhbuk (talk) 19:53, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

There are still some one-sentence paragraphs in the Service history section. Once these are fixed, I can pass the article. ---Dough4872 01:25 , 13 December 2009 (UTC)

I have improved it, but there are still two at the end that I can't see any obvious place for. Jhbuk (talk) 19:24, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

They can be combined with the prior paragraph. ---Dough4872 19:54, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

I've done so, it's just I didn't think itwould be appropriate as they are unrelated. Jhbuk (talk)

I will now pass the article. ---Dough4872 01:15, 14 December 2009 (UTC)