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Date	Process	Result
May 6, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed
September 13, 2013	Good topic candidate	Promoted

Current status: Good article

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Reviewer: Peacemaker67 (talk · contribs) 05:29, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	Comments addressed
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.	OK
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
	2c. it contains no original research.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.	OK
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).	OK
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.	OK
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.	Fine
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.	OK
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	OK
	7. Overall assessment.	Points addressed. Promoted.

Comments

"amidships" is a duplicate link
- Fixed.
no alt text for image (not required)
did she have a name when she was a merchant ship?
- Not that I'm aware of - Gröner usually gives the new name if it was available. It's not in Conway's or any other source I've been able to track down.
"240 mm (9.4 in) thick amidships"
- Fixed.
what are "Marine type boilers" and should they be linked to an article?
- Some kind of naval boiler, I'd guess they were manufactured by one of the Imperial dockyards (such as KWW), but Gröner isn't specific.
"The lengthened hull, which improved her hydrodynamic shape, and the improved boilers increased her speed by a full knot..."
- What's the problem here? It's saying that the longer hull and the improved boilers increased her speed.
  - I thought it would improve the flow of the sentence, but it's not a war winner.
this might be an Americanism, but should "through the end of the war" be "through to the end of the war"?
- Fixed.

Just a couple of points to be addressed and she's ready for promotion. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 05:49, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks PM67, your reviews are always very helpful. Parsecboy (talk) 18:05, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No prob. Promoting. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 01:22, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:S.M. Küstenpanzerschiff Ägir - restoration.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:S.M. Küstenpanzerschiff Ägir - restoration.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on October 15, 2015. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2015-10-15. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:26, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

SMS Ägir was the second and final member of the Odin class of coastal defense ships built for the German Imperial Navy. Ägir was built by the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig shipyard between 1893 and 1896, and named for the eponymous Norse god. She was armed with a main battery of three 24-centimeter (9.4 in) guns. She served in the German fleet throughout the 1890s and was rebuilt in 1901–03. She served in the VI Battle Squadron after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, but saw no action. Ägir was demobilized in 1915 and used as a tender thereafter. After the war, she was rebuilt as a merchant ship and served in this capacity until December 1929, when she was wrecked on the island of Gotland.Lithography: Hugo Graf, restoration: Adam Cuerden

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here. Parsecboy (talk) 16:37, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]