USS Virginia (BB-13) 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. Review: July 6, 2015. ( Reviewed version).

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The pre-WWI section states, "she put into Bradford, Rhode Island for coal on 9 August." This is not possible, because Bradford, RI is an inland village. Innapoy ( talk) 04:34, 15 February 2010 (UTC) reply

This review is transcluded from Talk:USS Virginia (BB-13)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jaguar ( talk · contribs) 13:23, 3 July 2015 (UTC) reply

I'll get to this soon JAG UAR  13:23, 3 July 2015 (UTC) reply

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b ( MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a ( reference section): 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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b ( appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Initial comments

• The lead summarises the article well, so no problems here
• "Virginia then proceeded to Norfolk, where she coaled before continuing on to Tompkinsville, Staten Island" - I don't think it's linked to the correct Norfolk (I laughed when I read it)
  • Whoops! Guess I should have checked the link ;)
• "During this period, she had two brief stints as a flagship" - being a flagship (even briefly) seems notable, I think this should be mentioned in the lead?
  • Added a line
• "where she joined the 3rd Division, Battleship Force, Atlantic Fleet" - might read better as where she joined the 3rd Division, Battleship Force of the Atlantic Fleet?
  • Seems fine to me.
• "In September, Virginia returned to the Norfolk Navy Yard" - September of which year? It confused me as it's the opening of a new paragraph
  • Added the year - sometimes it can get a bit lost. Thanks for your review! Parsecboy ( talk) 20:28, 5 July 2015 (UTC) reply

References

• No dead links

On hold

Very minor points, I wasn't even sure whether or not to put this on hold! It should take minutes to address them, so once they're clarified this can become another GA. JAG UAR  16:22, 5 July 2015 (UTC) reply

Thanks for addressing them! Looks good to go. JAG UAR  11:54, 6 July 2015 (UTC) reply