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Good articleFrench seaplane carrier Commandant Teste has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
May 28, 2010Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 3, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the French seaplane carrier Commandant Teste was based at Oran from September 1937 to February 1938 to protect neutral shipping from commerce raiders during the Spanish Civil War?

Comments

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Since I'm new to GAN I don't want to start a full GAN review just yet. However, a couple of comments about the intro - "she was only damaged by splinters" - what sort of splinters? Wooden splinters? Shell splinters? Also, why "only"? Wouldn't "slightly" be a more appropriate word in this context?

Yes, it would.

Additionally, she was scuttled in '42, but then "considered for conversion" after the war. How can a scuttled ship be considered for conversion? You might need to provide a little more detail there. Gatoclass (talk) 16:18, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm, she was refloated after being scuttled.

Also, in the "service" section - I think you should mention the outbreak of WWII as not everybody may know or recall that the war began for France in September 1939. Also, "she was arrived at ... " Gatoclass (talk) 16:30, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:40, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:French seaplane carrier Commandant Teste/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:40, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay on the review. Overall the article is good. I found a few small issues, but I just went and fixed them myself. As a result, I am passing this article as a GA. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:40, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]