Talk:Hugh Downman

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Date	Process	Result
October 23, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 23, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that after exhausting his shot fighting a privateer for two days, Commander Hugh Downman of HMS Speedy was reduced to firing nails at his opponent?

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Sarastro1 (talk) 20:09, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A nice article, very readable and informative and covers main points as far as I can tell. A few very minor things.

"fighting off a larger vessel that attacked him" A bit clunky: what about fighting off an attack by a larger vessel?
"performed services to the nobles and monarchs of the Italian states" Performed services for, maybe? What services did he perform?
"Downman went on to serve in command of several ships of the line" Would it be better to say "commanded several ships of the line"?
"flying the broad pennant" I would either find a link, explain it fully, or simply say "under the command".
"He returned to England at the start of 1793 and with the commencement of the French Revolutionary Wars, Downman joined the 74-gun HMS Alcide and went out to the Mediterranean, where served with Commodore Linzee's squadron." Long sentence!
"cut out a French gunboat" Maybe explain what this means.
"when on 2 May he was ordered to strike his flag" Again, maybe explain.
"paid off" Ditto.
"Later years" seems a little short for a section. Maybe merge into another section? Only five sentences and three start with "he"!
In family and legacy, single quotation marks are used. I may be wrong but I thought MoS says double quotation marks? But I'm rubbish at MoS so feel free to correct me.
Sources seem fine (as far as I can tell), ditto refs. Ditton images. Could a few more images be added? E.g. Picture of Speedy?
Dablinks and links good.
Not at all a problem at GA, but some sections are a little shortish and may need expanding if you take this to FA.

I'll put it on hold, but don't imagine there will be any problems. --Sarastro1 (talk) 20:09, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Issues addressed; thanks for the review. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 19:34, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]