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Nominator(s): Ykraps (talk)

HMS Pearl (1762) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I am nominating this article for A-Class review because...Hoping to get to FAC eventually and this is the next logical step. I have expanded the article significantly since it achieved GA in May 2018. There was a peer review in August Wikipedia:Peer_review/HMS_Pearl_(1762)/archive1. The article is about a Royal Navy frigate from the age of sail. She fought in the American and French Revolutionary Wars, although her part in the latter was less interesting, mainly confined to the more mundane frigate duties. Relegated to harbour roles in 1804, she was eventually sold in 1832. Ykraps (talk) 15:49, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Support by Hog Farm

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Will get to this over the next few days. Hog Farm Bacon 19:53, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lead
  • "At the end of the war in 1782, Pearl returned to England" - but the Treaty of Paris wasn't signed until 1783, and the general consensus of RS that I've seen is that the war didn't end until 1783, so the 1782 date is misleading here
    Officially the war ended with the ratification of the Treaty of Paris but Britain realised America was lost when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown and had already begun to withdraw. As I can't think of a succinct way to put this, I've removed for now.--Ykraps (talk) 05:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "and was force to put into Sierra Leone" - I'm assuming you mean forced, not force?
    Of course. Thanks.--Ykraps (talk) 05:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Give Elphinstone's rank
    Done.--Ykraps (talk) 05:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bold Prothee in the lead, as it was a valid alternate name
    Done.--Ykraps (talk) 05:57, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Will get to more of this later. Hog Farm Bacon 21:00, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Duplinks
  • There's a bunch of these, according to the duplink finder tool: HMS Roebuck, New York City, fitted-out (piped linked as refitted), cutting out, and the Minerve.
    Done, I think. Where do I find the tool to check?
American Revolutionary War
Assault on Philadelphia
Operations in the West Indies

Gonna take a break here. Hog Farm Bacon 22:01, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mediterranean service and the outbreak of war
Alexandria
Siege of Porto Ferrajo
Fate

And that's my run through the prose. Willing to discuss any of these. Hog Farm Bacon 02:59, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing. I will get to asap but I'm away at the moment and internet access is sporadic.--Ykraps (talk) 17:41, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Hog Farm: Do you have anything more to add?--Ykraps (talk) 21:25, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

CommentSupport by PM

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I don't have much of an idea about age of sail ships, 20th C ships are my forte, but I'll have a crack. I have some comments:

Lead
Body

That's it. Nice job thus far. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 11:02, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Let me know when you're done. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:47, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Peacemaker67: Thanks for taking time and effort to review this article. Sorry it's taking so long but last week I was away on holiday and this week I'm back at work, struggling to clear the backlog. I think I'm just about done now: There is still the unresolved issues of the frigate Industry (19th question in Body section) and the Ligurian Republic (38th question in Body section). Happy to take your advice on either of these. Regards--Ykraps (talk) 06:51, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
OK, just a couple of things noted above, and I reckon we're good to go. Great job on this article, BTW. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:45, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Peacemaker67: Thanks for your edits to the article. I think I've attended to everything else.--Ykraps (talk) 08:39, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support from AustralianRupert

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G'day, this looks pretty good to my untrained eye. Not a lot stood out to me: AustralianRupert (talk) 09:38, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@AustralianRupert: I know how busy you are at the moment so many, many thanks for taking the time to review.--Ykraps (talk) 06:31, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No worries at all, thanks for your efforts. Added my support above, now. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 08:14, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Image review - pass

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Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:47, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Source review - pass

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  • All sources are high quality.
  • Spot checks done on 43, 74, 113 - all okay.

Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:47, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Hawkeye7: Thank you for doing the source and image review. Is there anything else I need to action?--Ykraps (talk) 06:04, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
No. All good. I am curious about the London Gazette links. How did you find them? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:13, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Search the Gazette's website here [[6]]. Entering 'Pearl' in the 'search archives' box brings up this list.[[7]] You can refine your search in the pane on the left-hand side; I normally use dates from launch to a few years after breaking. Then it's just a question of trawling through them.--Ykraps (talk) 07:55, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.