Talk:HMS Speedy (1782)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: ✽ Familiae Watt§ ^(TALK) 11:32, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Quick fail criteria assessment

Reviewing the article against the "quick-fail criteria".

1. The article completely lacks reliable sources – see Wikipedia:Verifiability.

   • - the article seems well sourced with a wide array of reference material.

2. The topic is treated in an obviously non-neutral way – see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view.

   • - no obvious NPOV tone to article.

3. There are cleanup banners that are obviously still valid, including cleanup, wikify, NPOV, unreferenced or large numbers of fact, clarifyme, or similar tags.

   • - no tags on page.

4. The article is or has been the subject of ongoing or recent, unresolved edit wars.

   • - no edit warring over article.

5. The article specifically concerns a rapidly unfolding current event with a definite endpoint.

   • - scope of article clear.

Article meets standards set out in the "quick-fail criteria". Full review to follow. ✽ Juniper§ Liege ^(TALK) 21:38, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Issues to address

Below are listed some standout issues that need to be discussed. I will add provressively as I review the article.

• LEAD: is well written, but a little too vague - one or two examples need to be furnished to support statements. SuggestedL

Built at Dover, Speedy spent most of the interwar years serving off the British coast. Transferring to the Mediterranean after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, she spent the rest of her career there under a number of notable commanders, winning fame for herself in various engagements and often against heavy odds. Her first commander in the Mediterranean, Charles Cunningham, served with distinction with several squadrons, assisting in the capture of several prizes such as [provide an example]. His successor, George Cockburn, impressed his superiors with his dogged devotion to duty, but Speedy's next commander, George Eyre, had the misfortune to lose her to a superior French force in/at [provide date/location]. She was soon retaken, and re-entered service under Hugh Downman, who captured a number of privateers. [provide some context to this sentence, eg: date, fighting French/Spanish, name of captured vessels] His successor, Jahleel Brenton, fought a number of actions with Spanish forces off Gibraltar, while her last captain, Lord Thomas Cochrane, achieved some of his greatest exploits with her, forcing the surrender of a much larger Spanish warship. [name the warship] Speedy was finally captured by a powerful French squadron and donated to the Papal Navy by Napoleon. She was broken-up in 1807.

The lead should be introductory and not overly detailed, but not vague either. ✽ Juniper§ Liege ^(TALK) 07:31, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

This is an otherwise good article, well written. I have fixed some minor issues (little bit of overlinking), but otherwise, once the lead issue is addressed, there should be no problem passing the article. ✽ Juniper§ Liege ^(TALK) 07:38, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your review, as per your suggestion I have added some context to the lead. Benea (talk) 09:43, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Looks good. I'll pass the review. ✽ Juniper§ Liege ^(TALK) 10:07, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Main assessment

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose):

   • Well written. Identified problems addressed.

   b (MoS):

   • Conforms to manual of style.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references):

   • Well referenced.

   b (citations to reliable sources):

   • Citations are to third party publications.

   c (OR):

   • No evidence of OR.

3. It is broad in its scope.

   a (major aspects):

   • Addresses major aspect of article subject matter.

   b (focused):

   • Remains focused. No digressions.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy:

   • No issues concerning POV evident.

5. It is stable:

   • No edit wars etc.

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):

   • Images are properly tagged and justified.

   b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   • Images are accompanied by contextual captions.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail: PASS ✽ Juniper§ Liege ^(TALK) 10:16, 12 February 2010 (UTC)