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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 01:54:07 10 October 2019 (UTC) [1].

List of battleships of Japan

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Nominator(s): Parsecboy (talk) 17:46, 21 August 2019 (UTC) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk)[reply]

This is a list of all battleships built or acquired by Japan, covering the period between the advent of modern pre-dreadnought battleships in the 1890s and the end of Japan's status as a naval power of the first rank in 1945. This list is the capstone to the Japanese national subtopic of the Operation Majestic Titan special project. It just passed a MILHIST A-class review, so hopefully there aren't many problems that need to be addressed. Thanks to all who take the time to review the list. Parsecboy (talk) 17:46, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

CommentsSupport by CPA-5

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I guess lists never get old and long too. :) I'll review this one later. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 17:06, 25 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  • In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson announced the resumption Add "American" before "President".
    • Good idea
  • US v. U.S.
    • Fixed
  • as part of Admiral Kurita's Center Force.[155][152] Re-order the ref here.
    • Good catch
  • See a lot of British afterwards.
    • Fixed
  • I could remember that you Sturm said to me "True, but I don't want to switch between Imperial and metric formats half-way through the list" however some tables tell to me that metric units are the primary units. Why that now?
    • I think you're referring to gun calibers - the general rule of thumb is to have the primary unit the official name of the gun - Vickers didn't make a 35.6cm gun, they made a 14-inch gun, while the Kure Naval Arsenal didn't build 18.1-inch guns, they built 46cm guns

That's it, I think. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 13:43, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks CPA. Parsecboy (talk) 11:45, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@CPA-5:, was there anything else you'd like us to address? Parsecboy (talk) 12:42, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

CommentsSupport by PM

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I reviewed this at Milhist ACR, so just a few quibbles here:

  • in the lead, suggest "and rebuilt the Kongō-class battlecruisers into fast battleships and modernized the existing ships"
    • Good catch
  • suggest "The ships were also assigned to the 1st Fleet before the Russo–Japanese War, were present..." to avoid starting a sentence with "Also"
    • Done
  • drop the comma after "Sagami and Suwo," and after "Pobeda"
    • Done
  • "by an air attack ion Kure Naval Base"
    • Fixed
  • which sub sank Shinano? Earlier you have named the sub that sank Kongō
    • Added

That's all I could find. Nice job on this list. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:27, 7 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Peacemaker. Parsecboy (talk) 11:49, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, supporting. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:54, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by ChrisTheDude

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  • The first paragraph just has one ref right at the end - does that source the entire para?
    • That's a question for @Sturmvogel 66:
      • I did some digging around, and it does seem to cover the whole paragraph
  • "But to counter" - don't start a sentence with "but" - suggest changing "To counter the Imperial Chinese Beiyang Fleet in the early 1890s, however....."
    • Works for me
  • "they ordered" => "Japan ordered" (to make is absolutely clear who "they" were)
    • Done
  • "rebuilt the Kongō-class battlecruisers into fast battleships and modernizing the existing ships" - seems to be a bit of a grammatical mish-mash here - should it be "modernized"?
    • Fixed per Peacemaker's comment above
  • "As part of the 1st Fleet the sisters participated" - presume the "sisters" are the aforementioned ships? Might be worth clarifying.....
    • Clarified
  • "Sagami and Suwo, were originally" - don't need that comma
    • Fixed
  • "the Satsuma class were obsolete before they were even launched" - previously (eg under "Sagami and Suwo") you treat "class" as a singular noun, here it's plural - best to be consistent
    • Good catch
  • "it couldn't afford to upgrade all of them" => "it could not afford to upgrade all of them"
    • Fixed
  • I've just noticed that "sister ships" is linked under Ise class, even though it's about the eighth time the term is used. Best to link the first usage.
    • Fixed
  • Think that's it from me..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:09, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Query - is anyone looking at the comments on this one? Since the FLC was started the article has only received a single edit, which was to add a wikilink, and none of the comments raised above seem to have been looked at in up to three weeks..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:58, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nate, just jogging your memory about these comments. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:00, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, yeah, I think Sturm and I got busy with other things. I'll get to these now. Parsecboy (talk) 11:36, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@ChrisTheDude: - is there anything else that needs to be addressed? Thanks again. Parsecboy (talk) 12:54, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Source review passed (though of course it's mostly books). Always neat to see an OMT list come through, even after all these years! Promoting. --PresN 01:53, 10 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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