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Reviewer: Magic ♪piano 20:06, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
Looks like another decently-written ship-class article.
What I'm missing in re 3a is background. In addition to the need to explain the "war scare" (a tag I did not place, but mention of possible war with Russia and use of ships like these in the Baltic would be relevant at that point), there appears to be a more elaborate answer to the question of why this design was chosen in preference to other designs then under consideration. I find
here, for example, debate in UK political and military circles on the subject that would illuminate the design choices in a less technical way. I am also lacking context into the history of ironclads at this point; these seem to be fairly early ironclads the UK produced, but where they fit in the UK's timeline of ironclad construction is not mentioned here (or in the predecessor
Cerberus class monitor...). I also note that the word "ironclad" appears nowhere in the article; "iron" is used to describe its armour only in the section on that subject. Not everyone will know that "monitor" implies "ironclad"; I shouldn't have to click through to another article to find that out.
Nomination is on hold; this should not be too much work to address. Magic ♪piano 21:51, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
I thought I would flag up here that have started a discussion at Template talk:Cyclops class ironclad about its name, which has some relevance to this article. Dunarc ( talk) 23:45, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
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Did you know?" column on
September 23, 2010. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the accommodations aboard the
Cyclops class monitor warships were rated the worst in the
Royal Navy and referred to by ordinary seamen as "ratholes with tinned air"? |
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Reviewer: Magic ♪piano 20:06, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
Looks like another decently-written ship-class article.
What I'm missing in re 3a is background. In addition to the need to explain the "war scare" (a tag I did not place, but mention of possible war with Russia and use of ships like these in the Baltic would be relevant at that point), there appears to be a more elaborate answer to the question of why this design was chosen in preference to other designs then under consideration. I find
here, for example, debate in UK political and military circles on the subject that would illuminate the design choices in a less technical way. I am also lacking context into the history of ironclads at this point; these seem to be fairly early ironclads the UK produced, but where they fit in the UK's timeline of ironclad construction is not mentioned here (or in the predecessor
Cerberus class monitor...). I also note that the word "ironclad" appears nowhere in the article; "iron" is used to describe its armour only in the section on that subject. Not everyone will know that "monitor" implies "ironclad"; I shouldn't have to click through to another article to find that out.
Nomination is on hold; this should not be too much work to address. Magic ♪piano 21:51, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
I thought I would flag up here that have started a discussion at Template talk:Cyclops class ironclad about its name, which has some relevance to this article. Dunarc ( talk) 23:45, 9 February 2023 (UTC)