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"the Kaiser removed von Ingenohl from his post on 2 February." - who was he and what was his post? Introduce the name, rank and position here so it doesn't confuse the reader.
"At 05:06, Markgraf and several other battleships fired on an imaginary submarine.[44]" - this doesn't sound very encyclopedic. Did they fire on something they thought was a submarine? What was it and why did they think it was a sub?
Throughout the battle both sides repeatedly thought they saw submarines attacking and fired on them - a number of sources refer to them specifically as "imaginary submarines", including Tarrant and Campbell. As far as I know there's no explanation other than jumpy nerves. Parsecboy (talk) 02:47, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"For most of 1917, Markgraf was occupied with guard duties in the North Sea, interrupted only by a refit period in January and periodic unit training in the Baltic.[4]" - what was refitted or improved during this action?
ISBNs need to be consistent, either all of them 13-digit or 10-digit.
Books published before 2007 or so don't have 13-digit ISBNs, and people yell at FAC when you try to put a 13-digit on an edition that predates it. Parsecboy (talk) 02:47, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The "Campbell" notes need to be clarified. Right now it's impossible to tell which ones refer to the 1998 book or the 1987 book.
If the ship was named after the ruler of Baden, who was a grand duke, why would it have borne the
lesser title of "Margrave" ( which is the normal english rendering of the german title Markgraf )?
Also, the equivalent title in England would be Marquess, not Marquis.Eregli bob (talk) 07:39, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know, perhaps it was a reference to a earlier ruler of the Margraviate of Baden. In any case, it's cited specifically in the Hildebrand, Rohr & Steinmetz book. You're right on the Marquess bit though. Parsecboy (talk) 13:48, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Spital8katz took out the part about low-background steel, because it's wrong. The steel is low background not because it's been under the water all these years, but because it was manufactured before WWII. I don't have a copy of Butler, either he was confused or misquoted. I suggest finding a new source. Here's one: [1]Kendall-K1 (talk) 19:49, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I've corrected it. Butler has this to say:
"Apart from the occasional piece of radiation-free steel, essential
to certain types of scientific instruments unavailable in steel produced since the explosion of the first atomic device, recovered from time to time, the wrecks are left undisturbed."