Talk:BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun

GA Review

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Reviewer: Skinny87 (talk) 08:12, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   Was there any particular reason why Fisher wanted a larger calibre weapon? Were there fears that the previous size wouldn't do enough damage, or penetrate sufficient armour?

   It's not entirely clear. Possibly the former, but he definitely seems to have had an exaggerated idea of what the gun could do.

   'It was mounted in a single-gun turret, also designated as the 15-inch B, derived from the twin-gun 15-inch Mark I/N turret and the barbettes of Furious were designed to accommodate either turret in case problems arose with the 18-inch gun's development.' - Does this mean the barbettes (could do with a wikilink by the way) were enlarged to accomodate both styles of turrets in case the gun design was larger than anticipated? This is slightly confusing.

   Linked; broke the sentence up so that it's hopefully a bit clearer.

   'The guns proved to be too much for Furious' light hull and they became available for other uses during 1917' - What, were they too heavy or too large?

   Poweful.

   'He planned to transport the guns across the English Channel lashed to the bulges of monitors. ' - What are 'bulges', can they be wikilinked?

   Anti-torpedo bulges, linked.

   'He also thought that they could be used on the decks of monitors so that a dual purpose carriage was designed for the guns' - 'and as such' instead of 'so that'

   Done

   'Ammunition handling, elevation and ramming were to be done via hydraulic pump, but the breech was hand-worked' - To make the paragraph flow more logically, I think it would be best to have this sentence moved to just after 'The original concept for land use involved a special elevating slide that could traverse 6° to either side'.

   Agreed.

   'The guns proved to be too much for Furious' light hull and they became available for other uses during 1917' - This concept is first introduced here, but the explanation as to why comes later; I would move the explanation to here, otherwise the reader has to go through the rest of the article to find it.

   'A total of 85 18-inch shells were fired in action' - I would make it clear that this was from both active guns, as it makes it seem as if this was achieved by the second somehow.

   Done.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

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): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Good little article, a little tweak here and there and it'll be passed. Skinny87 (talk) 08:24, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Done.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:07, 5 October 2010 (UTC)