Talk:SMS Blitz (1882)

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Date	Process	Result
June 24, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed
January 28, 2021	Good topic candidate	Promoted

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:SMS Blitz/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Dank (talk · contribs) 02:53, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review

The toolbox checks out. - Dank (push to talk) 02:53, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"The ship was also equipped with four 8.7 cm K L/23 guns in single mounts. Blitz also carried one 35 cm (14 in) torpedo tube mounted in the bow.": The ship was also equipped with four 8.7 cm K L/23 guns in single mounts and one 35 cm (14 in) torpedo tube mounted in the bow.
- Done.
"Blitz and her flotilla were the only German force, and was given the task": Insert Blitz before "was"
- Done.
Otherwise:

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

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
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 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):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
- Dank (push to talk) 03:07, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Dan. Parsecboy (talk) 16:33, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Passed. - Dank (push to talk) 23:36, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

here. Parsecboy (talk) 17:35, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

More on Operation Albion

von Gagern, Ernst (1962). Der Krieg in der Ostsee: Dritter Band: Von Anfang 1916 bis zum Kriegsende (in German). Frankfurt: Verlag von E.S. Mittler & Sohn. - seems to suggest Blitz was active during operation Albion (see the index on p. 445), with p. 193 and 198 appearing to say that Blitz had troops embarked. Ideally someone with better German (who can deal with the difficult to decipher fraktur font used) could confirm my Google based attempt at translations and if appropriate, add something to the article.Nigel Ish (talk) 21:19, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I had tried going through the postwar German sources at one point, but there are few things I hate more than fraktur. But I did some poking around, and this book appears to reference Blitz in connection with Albion. Now to track down a copy. Parsecboy (talk) 22:27, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]